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20 Aug

Mumbai Police gets 26/11-like terrorist attack threat from Pakistani mobile number

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Just 2 days after a mysterious weapons-laden boat was recovered from Maharashtra's Raigad, Mumbai police on Saturday received a chance message, warning of a 26/11-like terror attack, people familiar with the calculations said. The message was sent via WhatsApp from a Pakistan-based smartphone number to Mumbai Police's traffic management line. The message also mentioned that the terror operation would be carried out by 6 people, sources said. Mumbai Police is currently investigating the matter and other detectives and Central Corporations are said to have been involved. Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday recovered a mysterious weapon-laden boat from Raigarh. “A…

13 Aug

Sri Lanka gives nod to entry for controversial Chinese ship despite India’s concerns

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Sri Lanka's government on Saturday allowed a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite concerns from neighboring India that it wants to covert agents in New Delhi's military installations, officials said. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey ship using transport and analysis sites around the world, but is also a dual-use spy ship, according to Indian media. New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing's growing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as firmly within its sphere of influence. The Yuan Wang 5 was initially scheduled to call at…

09 Aug

China preparing for invasion: Taiwan Foreign Minister

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Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on August 9 that Beijing had once surrounded the island with air and sea tactics to prepare for an attack and shift the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. "China has used drills and its navy's playbook to attack Taiwan," Joseph Wu told a press conference in Taipei. "China's real intention is to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and the entire region." The threat to Taiwan from China is "more serious than ever" but the island will resolutely defend its independence and democracy, Wu said in an interview with CNN…

06 Aug

Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude hits Nepal, no casualties reported

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On Saturday morning, an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook the Kathmandu Valley and parts of central Nepal. However, there was no assessment of any damage or casualties, officials said. According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the 5.3-magnitude earthquake, which occurred at 5:26 pm, was epicenter at Belkot Gadhi in Nuwakot district.

30 Jul

Millions rupees found inside Sri Lankan President’s House during uprising against Rajapaksa produced before court

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Sri Lankan police have produced tens of thousands of rupees in court at the original residence of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who are anti-government protesters who fled the palace three weeks ago after a popular uprising against his authority. On July 9, hundreds of anti-government protesters broke through barricades and stormed then-President Rajapaksa's home in the high-security Fort neighborhood of central Colombo, as they demanded his resignation over the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory. Amid unprecedented anti-government protests, Rajapaksa fled the country on July 13 to the Maldives and then to Singapore where he emailed his resignation.…

22 Jul

Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister

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Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new PM, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean state grapples with its worst monetary disaster in decades. The action came simply hours after protection forces raided a protest camp on government grounds in the fundamental city of Colombo and cleared section of it, with at least nine arrests, as the new administration strikes to crack down on protesters. A former minister from the Podujana Peramuna party, Gunawardena took the oath of office in the presence of Wickremesinghe,…

18 Jul

India emerges as top lender to Sri Lanka in first 4 months of 2022

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India emerged as the pinnacle lender to Sri Lanka during the first four months of this year, extending credit really worth $376.9 million, in contrast to $67.9 million from China, as the island country grapples with its worst financial crisis. A scarcity of foreign exchange has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medication and energy for its populace of 22 million people. Last month, the usa defaulted on foreign debt and inflation has multiplied with the aid of about 50%. The scenario precipitated big protests that led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. India topped…

14 Jul

Sri Lanka Crisis: Plane carrying President Gotabaya lands in Singapore

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The Sri Lankan financial disaster is escalating through the minute with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa refusing to step down. He appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the appearing President after he fled to Male, Maldives, with his wife and two staffers on Wednesday, infuriating protesters further. Protesters have so a ways taken over the Presidential palace, PM’s office, PM’s house, and the nation broadcaster. Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa known as the government’s actions hence a ways “total anarchy”. Singapore said on Thursday it had allowed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the city-state on a "personal visit" and that…

11 Jul

Sri Lanka Crisis: Parliament to elect new President on July 20

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Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker in a statement on Monday said that the House will reconvene from July 15 while a new president for the crisis-hit country will be elected on July 20. Sri Lanka’s complete Cabinet of ministers on Monday agreed to resign once an settlement is reached on the formation of an all-party meantime government, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s workplace said after the president and premier presented to resign. Meanwhile, the Governor of the Central Bank of the us of a said that negotiations are on the India over a $1 billion swap. When requested if he would resign,…

10 Jul

Sri Lanka Economic crisis: As Gotabaya flees, protesters swim in Presidential pool, flex at his gym

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As the financial disaster in Sri Lanka escalates, hundreds of protestors on Saturday stormed the presidential palace in Colombo and made themselves home, enjoying the luxuries reserved for the President and his family. The protesters had been considered taking dips in the swimming pool, working out at the presidential gym, and gorging on the meals in the President’s kitchen. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, meanwhile, was once compelled to flee amid the escalating violence and demand for his resignation. It was once the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, Sri Lanka’s president and high minister agreed to…