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India at 100 on human capital index, Finland leads pack

May 15, 2015 - 11:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GENEVA (TIP): India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list. India is […]

Sri Lanka arrests 54 Indian fishermen

May 8, 2015 - 10:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): As many as 54 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in island’s waters off the coast of Kankesanturai and Talaimannar in the north. Sri Lankan Naval […]

Sri Lankan lawmakers protest bribery summons for ex-leader

Apr 24, 2015 - 12:09 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): A protest staged by lawmakers backing former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ran into a second day after the country’s bribery commission summoned the ex-leader and his brothers to explain their actions while […]

SRI LANKA’S SIRISENA meets China’s Xi Jinping

Mar 27, 2015 - 1:21 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): Sri Lanka‘s new president held talks March 26 with Chinese leader Xi Jinping amid a push to recalibrate his predecessor’s strongly pro-China policies and a review of major Chinese projects in the island […]

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SMART MOVES – Modi Government on US & China

Mar 27, 2015 - 12:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Navy has right to shoot anyone who intrudes: Lankan PM

Mar 20, 2015 - 1:07 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka‘s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has again said that his country’s navy has the right to shoot anyone who intrudes into its territorial waters, notwithstanding India‘s forthright disapproval. “The Lankan navy has […]

Lankan govt may lift ban on Tamil diaspora groups

Mar 20, 2015 - 1:06 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said it may lift the ban on Tamil diaspora groups imposed by the previous Mahinda Rajapaksa regime to achieve reconciliation with the minority community. Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during an agreement signing ceremony in Colombo.

Sri Lanka as Indian Ocean pivot

Mar 20, 2015 - 1:04 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Prime Minister Modi should be congratulated for his bold decision to visit Sri Lanka for a bilateral visit, after Rajiv Gandhi in 1987. Perhaps, Modi has no internal political pressures or coalition objections that had prevented […]

De Villiers ensures South Africa make last eight

Mar 14, 2015 - 2:49 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WELLINGTON (TIP): South Africa cruised to a straightforward 146-run win over the United Arab Emirates Thursday to secure a World Cup quarterfinal berth and seal second place in Pool B behind India. The Proteas never […]

INDIA, SRI LANKA SIGN 4 PACTS DURING MODI VISIT

Mar 13, 2015 - 9:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): India and Sri Lanka on March 13 signed four bilateral pacts — agreement on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial — during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s first tour to the […]

War crimes inquiry likely soon: Sri Lanka president

Mar 13, 2015 - 8:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): A domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war may be set up in less than a month, President Maithripala Sirisena said on his trip to Britain. He, […]

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Neighbors, now not distant

Mar 13, 2015 - 8:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done well by focusing on Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka for diplomatic engagement, something that was long awaited. It has been 28 years since an Indian PM made a stand-alone visit […]

China says ‘Mausam’ can be linked to ‘One Belt One Road’

Mar 7, 2015 - 11:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi braces to firm up New Delhi’s bid to countervail Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, Beijing has now suggested that India’s own efforts to […]

Reprieve for Sri Lanka as UN rights council defers report on violations till Sept 15

Mar 7, 2015 - 1:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

ZURICH (TIP): Sri Lankan President Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisawa got the good news that his country has been given a six-month reprieve by the UN Human Rights Council during his visit to India this month. […]

WORLD CUP: CHRISTCHURCH WELCOMES THE WORLD

Feb 14, 2015 - 2:34 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHRISTCHURCH (TIP): The traffic stopped all around the city and everyone on the streets looked up at the night sky which was bathed in a riot of colours. As fireworks lit the skyline, the Kiwi […]

Sri Lanka bans alleged killer of Rajiv Gandhi from travelling abroad

Feb 13, 2015 - 7:54 am EST @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): A Sri Lankan court on Thursday barred former Tamil Tiger rebel leader Kumaran Pathmanathan, wanted by India in connection with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, from travelling abroad, a lawyer said. Rajiv Gandhi was […]

A BENEVOLENT LAW ABUSED – Racketeers use SIJS to make big money

Feb 13, 2015 - 6:55 am EST @theindpanorama 0

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Sri Lanka to probe high-profile assassinations

Jan 24, 2015 - 7:55 am EST @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka‘s new government on January 20 said it will reopen probes into unresolved high-profile assassinations, including that of two Tamil lawmakers, which took pace during the decade-long rule of former president Mahinda […]

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TOO MANY HOLES IN 2015 ODI WORLD CUP FORMAT

Jan 24, 2015 - 7:24 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): A close look at the format of the 2015 ODI World Cup shows a series of lacunae. Much of the tournament will be played for largely inconsequential games. That apart, the teams […]

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Rajapaksa concedes defeat in Sri Lanka’s historic elections

Jan 9, 2015 - 6:37 am EST @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday, January 9 morning conceded defeat in presidential elections held on Thursday, even as trends showed a clear victory for united opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena. Sirisena was […]

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Sri Lanka mudslides kill 9

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:42 am EST @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (SRI LANKA) (TIP): At least nine people have been killed in mudslides triggered by heavy rains in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Disaster-response officials say more than 60,000 people have been evacuated and […]

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A decade later, Asia remembers tsunami victims with tears, prayers

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:41 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA (TIP): Tearful memorials were being held on Friday across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago. On December […]

Fifty Shades of Saffron

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:40 am EST @theindpanorama 0

On December 11, 2014, when the U.N. General Assembly adopted June 21 as the International Day of Yoga, as recommended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India rejoiced. Never mind that the day before was the […]

A TRIBUTE TO PHIL HUGHES PHIL HUGHES’ PASSING AWAY A reminder of life’s uncertainty

Nov 29, 2014 - 5:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

You didn’t have to know Australian batsman Phil Hughes to be shaken by the news of his death after a twoday battle in hospital upon being hit by a cricket ball in a Sheffield Shield […]

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Citing trade, Beijing seeks bigger role

Nov 29, 2014 - 4:52 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): The shadow of China seeking a greater role in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and its presence in the eight-member grouping could not be missed here as the 18th Summit […]

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