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After TV host’s anti-army tweet, Pakistan plans legal regulation of social media
A massive crackdown is being launched against social media users spreading hate speech and violence, Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhry, said.
Did the US trick India and China into war in 1962?
CIA parachuted Khampa tribesmen into Tibet to lead an insurrection against the Chinese. The Chinese believed that they were air -dropped by the Indian Air Force
US warns India against buying Venezuelan oil
The hardline US National Security Adviser John Bolton has issued a warning to India against buying Venezuelan oil, saying it "will not be forgotten".
US seeks sustained military engagement with Lanka despite political and ethnic turmoil
Adm. Phil S. Davidson said the Sri Lankan navy is a well-trained and professional force with the potential to contribute to multi-lateral maritime interoperability in the Indian Ocean.
Sri Lanka begins search for two hangmen
Colombo, Feb 13 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's Prisons Department, on Wednesday said it was on the look out for two hangmen after President Maithripala Sirisena vowed to implement the death penalty on convicted drug traffickers within the next two months. Prisons Spokesperson, Thushara Upuldeniya said that an advertisement had already been released in the local media calling for applications, and...
Roots of witch hunting in India lie in an exploitative social system
Annually, 156 women get killed in witch hunts in India's backward tribal districts, says Umar Manzoor Shah in www.ucanews.com
Indian envoy urges Lankan entrepreneurs to partner India’s phenomenal growth
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that by 2030, India would be the third largest economy in the world.
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals grows 2.2% in Jan.
Colombo, Feb 12 (newsin.asia) - Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grew 2.2 percent in January compared to the same period last year with the arrival of 244,239 tourists, statistics from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed here Tuesday. The leading markets for Sri Lanka tourism were India, China and Britain. China accounted for 11 percent of the total traffic,...
Bio piracy on the rise in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Feb 12 - Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have warned of an increase in efforts to steal valuable genetic resources from Sri Lanka and smuggle out valuable plants and insect samples, the Island reported Tuesday. Environmentalist Sajeewa Chamikara said that bio piracy had been ongoing in Sri Lanka for decades as the country was considered a biodiversity hotspot. "There are...
Modi’s electoral prospects dim as grandiose promises remain unfulfilled
With his achievements falling woefully short of the grandiose promises he made, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing the prospect of a hung parliament or even a defeat in the May 2019 elections, a far cry from 2014.
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