WORLD BANK HAS NO NEW FINANCING PLANS FOR CRISIS-HIT SRI LANKA
The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades
NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF EUROPEANS PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS SUMMER
The Northern Hemisphere summer holiday season is in full swing and as pandemic-related
IS PAKISTAN THE NEXT SRI LANKA?
Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely
HOW TO AVOID LOSING TRUST IN THE WAKE OF POTENTIAL LAYOFFS
With recession fears and rising interest rates causing many companies to shed jobs, consider this three-step approach to avoid wrecking company culture
MONKEYPOX: WHO DECLARES HIGHEST ALERT OVER OUTBREAK
The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
IT’S SO HOT, ROADS ARE BUCKLING, THEY’RE PUTTING FOIL ON A BRIDGE AND ROOFS ARE MELTING AROUND THE WORLD
The deadly heat waves of the last week have sparked strange infrastructural events
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2022: DROUPADI MURMU, FORMER GOVERNOR OF JHARKHAND, IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
India got its first tribal President yesterday as NDA choice Droupadi Murmu scooped up
BIDEN TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND IS EXPERIENCING MILD SYMPTOMS
President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "mild symptoms," White House press
RANIL WICKREMESINGHE ELECTED CRISIS-HIT SRI LANKA’S NEW PRESIDENT
The parliament in Sri Lanka has elected veteran politician and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
INT’L COMMUNITY WILL NOT LET CASH-STRAPPED PAK TO BECOME SRI LANKA: REPORT
Illustration Business Standard - July 15, 2022 There is tacit coordination that the international community will…
SRI LANKAN PRIME MINISTER, 2 RIVALS VIE IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Trade Union activists and civil society members shout slogans against Acting President and Prime Minister…
HEATWAVE ENGULFS MUCH OF EUROPE AS WILDFIRES RAGE
BBC - 18 July, 2022 Western France is facing a "heat apocalypse", experts have warned,…
INDIA’S COVID VACCINATIONS HIT 2 BILLION, NEW CASES AT FOUR-MONTH HIGH
A healthcare worker collects a test swab sample from a child amidst the spread of…
INDIA ON COURSE TO BECOME WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING ECONOMY, SAYS RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seal is pictured on a gate outside the RBI…
INDIAN TECH FIRMS CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $200 BN TO THE US ECONOMY, MORE THAN THE COMBINED ECONOMIES OF 20 US STATES
BCCL Business Insider - July 13, 2022 The Indian tech firms supported million jobs in total…
THE ‘WORST VARIANT’ IS HERE
CNN - July 14, 2022 Nearly two-and-a-half years since the coronavirus pandemic began, the most infectious…
SRI LANKA PRESIDENT GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA, WHO FLED THE COUNTRY, RESIGNS
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled to Singapore NDTV - July 14, 2022 Sri Lankan…
PROTESTERS STORM SRI LANKA PM’S OFFICE AS CROWDS TEAR-GASSED
BBC - 13 July 2022 Protestors erupt in joy after taking over prime minister's office…
HEATHROW TELLS AIRLINES TO STOP SELLING SUMMER TICKETS
GETTY IMAGES BBC - 13 July 2022 Heathrow Airport has told airlines to stop selling…
SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA FLEES THE COUNTRY ON MILITARY JET
GETTY IMAGES | Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka ahead of his expected resignation as…
