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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as a part of the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS

South Asia

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

Twenty members of the 47-strong UNHRC voted in favour of the resolution on Sri Lanka. Photo: Collected

South Asia

India abstains on resolutions on Sri Lanka and Xinjiang at UNHRC

Pakistan's finance minister Miftah Ismail speaks during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan December 28, 2017. Picture taken December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File Photo

South Asia

Pakistan ‘a 1pc republic’, says former finance minister Miftah Ismail

The four medicines are cough and cold syrups produced in India, said the WHO statement.(Picture courtesy: Shutterstock)

South Asia

India vows action if cough syrup proved to be behind Gambia deaths

An India Rupee note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo

South Asia

World Bank cuts India's growth forecast to 6.5%

The four medicines are cough and cold syrups produced in India, said the WHO statement.(Picture courtesy: Shutterstock)

South Asia

Gambia urgently recalls India-made cough syrups blamed for 66 child deaths

A cargo ship sails towards Colombo Harbour as a Sri Lankan national flag is seen, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Sri Lanka Crisis

UN rights body renews accountability mandate for Sri Lanka

Apple AirPods (2nd Generation). Photo: Collected

Tech

After iPhone, Apple to produce some AirPods, Beat headphones in India: Report

People disembark a boat after they were evacuated from a flooded village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

South Asia

8 killed in flash flood during idol immersion in India’s West Bengal

A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Global Economy

Japan says no pact yet with Sri Lanka on debt restructure talks

Savita Kanswal. Photo: Collected

South Asia

Record-setter Indian mountaineer Savita Kanswal among those killed in Uttarakhand avalanche

Labourers load consumer goods onto supply trucks at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Global Economy

India Sept services growth slumped to 6-month low on cooling demand

A group of local fishermen attempt to clean an empty fishing net that has just been pulled to shore in Mannar, Sri Lanka, 17 August 2022. Photo: Reuters

South Asia

Sri Lankan fishermen oppose exploitation of their maritime resources by China