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NEW DELHI: India is set to gift a Dornier-228 maritime patrol aircraft to Sri Lanka on Monday, a day before the Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang5 docks at the southern port of Hambantota in the island nation from August 16 to 22.…

State governments should not dole out "non-merit freebies" such as gifts and consumer durables beyond their fiscal capabilities, said former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar. Kumar explained that there is a difference between merit…

New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Saturday permitted Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang 5 to dock at Hambantota Port from August 16 to 22, days after it requested China to defer the visit until consultations. India will discuss matter with the Sri Lankan…

NEW DELHI: India on Friday rejected China's "insinuations" that New Delhi pressured Colombo against a planned visit by a Chinese research vessel to the Sri Lankan port of Hambantotabut asserted that it will take decisions based on its…

Australia's men's cricket team players on Thursday said they have donated their prize money from the recent all-format tour of Sri Lanka to support children and families impacted by the island nation's economic crisis, the worst in…

New Delhi plans to invest in Sri Lanka across sectors through both private and public firms and interconnect the Lankan economy with the Indian economy to boost the sagging fortunes of the island nation. The sectors that India is…

Tyre maker on Tuesday reported a 25.35 per cent decline in consolidated profit from continuing operations at Rs 123.6 crore in the first quarter ended June, impacted by higher raw material cost. The company, which had posted a…

Following a strong protest by India, Sri Lanka has blocked the proposed visit by a Chinese "spy vessel’’ to the Hambantotaport in southern Sri Lanka. In an official communication, the Lankan foreign ministry asked the Chinese embassy in…

Indian ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth qualified for the quarter-finals of men's singles at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in on Friday. In his round of 16 tie, Srikanth defeated Sri Lanka's Dumindu Abeywickrama 21-9, 21-12.…

NEW DELHI: In what was their second bilateral meeting in less than a month, foreign minister S Jaishankarand US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed regional and global issues, including the Sri Lanka crisis and what…