He replaces the president's brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resigned on Monday amid street protests in the main city Colombo and beyond which became more deadly this week
Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Foreign Affairs Department In-Charge, said that Ukraine will be part of deliberations during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Europe visit.
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Saudi at his own expense, Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb said and also criticised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders for spreading "lies"
The letter has been prompted by a recent adhoc decision by state-run CIL to further curtail road and rake supplies of coal to the non-power sector, without any advance notice
There are currently 77 unicorns in the country, of which 40 have entered the club this year, according to data from Venture Intelligence
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Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the PIL seeking stay on the construction of Central Vista here amid the raging Covid pandemic was just another attempt to stall the project
Delhi High Court said it will hear tomorrow the plea seeking direction to stop or suspend all construction activity of the Central Vista Avenue Redevelopment Project
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that his annual interaction with students ''Pariksha Pe Charcha'' will be held on April 7 in a new format
While addressing the media in Auckland on Sunday afternoon, Ardern said the work would begin and the Labour caucus will meet on Monday
Political unrest has gripped Kyrgyzstan since a parliamentary election on October 4 was tainted by allegations of vote-buying and fraud
John Turner, a Liberal party politician who served stints as Canada's justice and finance ministers before a very brief turn as the country's 17th prime minister, has died at age 91
Keshav Chandra has been appointed as the Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
Feasibility report likely by July end
1992 batch IAS officer Rajendra Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Chief ministers are likely to push for allowing economic activities to resume slowly, as the centre weighs a graded exit from the 54-day lockdown
Pay government dues and enable high-speed connectivity
One advantage of the merger cited by the banks to the government is that their capital base would go up
He also encouraged people to use one's mother tongue saying all progress is meaningless if one's mother tongue is neglected
A classmate remembers Pramod Kumar Mishra, the new Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, from their time together at the Delhi School of Economics.