22-03-2023 PENNSYLVANIA/ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will get the first $330m tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package in the next two days, says the global lender, putting the onus on the cash-strapped country to rein in its debt to sustainable levels. Economic mismanagement, coupled with the effects of …

22-03-2023 RIYADH: A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia for posting criticism of the kingdom’s government on Twitter has been released from prison, but remains banned from travelling, according to his son. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, was jailed for 16 years by a criminal court in 2022 before an appeals …

New delhi ‘Mar ’21 ‘2023-President Droupadi Murmu has greeted citizens on the eve of Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba. In a message, the President said, these festivals, which are celebrated on the arrival of the Indian New Year, are symbols of faith and carriers …

New Delhi ‘Mar ’21 ‘2023-Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area office and Innovation Centre in India in New Delhi on Wednesday (22 March 2023). ITU is the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies and its Headquarters is in Geneva. India …

New Delhi,Mar 21 2023-Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI has said that its Global Operations Centre continues to closely monitor movements of wanted criminals like Mehul Choksi in close coordination with foreign law enforcement agencies. It said that CBI is not reliant only on INTERPOL channels. The agency said, extradition request …

Chandigarh’Mar 21 2023-Explaining how fugitive and Khalistan ideologue Amritpal Singh is still absconding while over 150 people have been arrested in connection with the March 18 crackdown, Punjab Police Inspector General Sukhchain Singh Gill said here on Tuesday that he escaped by changing clothes in a gurdwara and fled on …

New Delhi’mar’21 2023-The BJP is the world’s most important foreign political party and it may also be the least understood, according to an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal authored by Walter Russell Mead. “India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is, from the standpoint of American national interests, the most …

21-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Police in India’s Punjab are searching for a Sikh separatist leader who has been on the run since Saturday. Mobile internet is suspended across the state and more than 100 of Amritpal Singh’s supporters have been detained but despite numerous roadblocks and a …

21-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ KARACHI: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan will begin later this week. The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 12 to 18 hours, depending on where you are in the world. Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month when the first verses …

21-03-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: A major clean-up effort is under way in Australia after millions of fish died in a river in western New South Wales (NSW). Fish will be cleared from “high density areas”, but it will not be possible to remove all the carcasses, police say. Police reassured …