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Sri Lankans wait for their turn to give their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP)

No more coronavirus community spread in Sri Lanka: Officials

COVID-19 task force head says Sri Lanka has not witnessed a single community case for nearly three months now

25 July 2020 2:56 PM IST

Tensions have soared on multiple fronts between the worlds two biggest economies, deteriorating further after Washington ordered the closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday within 72 hours.(AP)

China orders US to close consulate in Chengdu in retaliation over...

The move comes after repeated threats of retaliation against the Houston consulate closure if the US did not withdraw...

24 July 2020 11:46 AM IST

The workers, who launched the Black Week protest on Wednesday, alleged that government had reneged on the pledge to make the ECT operational as a Sri Lankan venture.(AFP)

Sri Lankan port workers protest against proposed deal with India

Previous Sirisena govt had signed a -'memorandum of cooperation-' with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container...

23 July 2020 3:39 PM IST

Spectators watch as a Long March-5 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Chinas Hainan Province. (Photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency via AP)

From the Moon to Mars: China-'s long march in space

Beijing-'s space programme has made huge strides in recent years as it tries to catch up with the United States and...

23 July 2020 12:40 PM IST

$Nepal\s ruling communist party meet fails to resolve Oli-Prachanda feud$ World

Nepal-'s ruling communist party meet fails to resolve Oli-Prachanda...

Prime Minister Oli did not attend the meeting of 45-member Standing Committee held at his official residence at...

21 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

a person taking photos while water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, to relieve flood pressure in Yichang, central Chinas Hubei province. (AFP)

China-'s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared

The rains are putting renewed pressure on the massive Three Gorges Dam that straddles the river upstream of Wuhan city...

21 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) looks at reagent bottles before performing vaccine tests. (AFP)

Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China-'s Sinovac COVID-19...

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 July 2020 3:32 PM IST

A Mars lander is lifted during a test for its hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility at Huailai in Chinas Hebei province. The site outside Beijing simulated conditions on the red planet, where the pull of gravity is about one-third that of Earth. China will launch their Mars rover and an orbiter sometime around July 23, 2020, in a mission named Tianwen, or Questions for Heaven. (AP )

China moves rocket into place for its 1st Mars mission

The mission is one of the most ambitious yet for Chinaâ€™s space program, which advanced rapidly since its first crewed...

17 July 2020 2:33 PM IST

Indian flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged house along river Brahmaputra in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP)

Monsoon floods wreaking havoc in other South Asian countries too

As Indian states struggle with floods and collapsing buildings, situations are similar in neighbouring Nepal and...

17 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Such a ban, if implemented, could hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and would be certain to draw retaliation against Americans who travel to China. (Representational Image:AFP)

US considering travel ban on entire Chinese Communist Party members

Senior officials discussing the matter have begun circulating a draft of a possible presidential order, sources reveal

17 July 2020 11:24 AM IST

Members of a civil society group hold a demonstration demanding the government allow the construction of a Hindu temple, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP)

Religious minorities under attack in Pakistan

An opposition politician was charged this week with blasphemy after declaring all religions were equal in the country

16 July 2020 3:00 PM IST

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory. (AP)

Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to -'pre-test-'...

The companyâ€™s claim that 30 â€˜special volunteersâ€™ rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government...

16 July 2020 12:37 PM IST