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JICA and Sri Lanka plan to resume work on halted BIA terminal before November

Sri Lanka, Aug. 14 -- During the meeting held between a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Minister of Ports, Civil Aviation and Power Anura Karunathilaka, both part... Read More


Constitutional amendments must not be used as political tools, charges Dinana Dakuna

Sri Lanka, Aug. 14 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's arguments on judicial independence and the efficiency of the judicial system on behalf of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution lack depth, ... Read More


"Our blood has been sucked": Omar Abdullah hits out at Pak on Indus waters

India, Aug. 14 -- Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday, Aug 14 hit out at Pakistan for staking claim over water from rivers of Jammu and Kashmir, saying Islamabad should not be selec... Read More


Bihar DGP defends police retaliation in encounters

India, Aug. 14 -- Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar on Friday asserted that security personnel are "sometimes forced to retaliate in self-defence" during face-offs with criminals, amid an ongoing controversy invo... Read More


Constable's wife dies by suicide using his service rifle in Saharanpur

India, Aug. 14 -- A constable's wife shot herself dead using her husband's service rifle at their rented home in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Friday, police said. Sadar Bazar SHO Chandrasen... Read More


BJP Kerala chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar seeks Centre's support to revamp 2,000-year-old temple

India, Aug. 14 -- BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday submitted a comprehensive proposal to Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for the rejuvenation and moderni... Read More


Five dead, one missing after record-breaking rainfall floods Japan's Chiba

India, Aug. 14 -- Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least five peop... Read More


Mother, son killed in Russian drone strike as Ukraine civilian toll rises

India, Aug. 14 -- Russian jet-powered drones struck a home in northern Ukraine on Friday, Aug 14 killing a 29-year-old woman and her nine-year-old son, officials said. The strike came a day after the... Read More


Beyond the golf course: Rotary drive targets Tanzania's neonatal care crisis

Tanzania, Aug. 14 -- Dar es Salaam. The Rotary Club of Bahari Dar es Salaam is seeking to mobilise more than Sh80 million from leaders and institutions in the public and private sectors to support com... Read More


BioBTX to Build First Commercial-Scale Circular Chemicals Plant

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- Dutch circular chemistry technology developer BioBTX is building what it says will be the world's first commercial-scale plant to convert mixed plastic waste into high-quality aroma... Read More