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India moots global pool of health professionals for pandemics and disasters

India has pitched for creating a global pool of health professionals that any country could engage during pandemics and natural disasters. New Delhi has also sought country-level regulations for portability of health insurance and liability provisions to enable cross-border telemedicine services in a submission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). “We may explore the idea of establishing a globally recognised pool of trained health professionals. This pool of resources could be drawn by a co

03 Mar, 2023

Parliament to debate postponement of polls on 9th, 10th March

Parliament has decided to debate the postponement of the Local Government elections on 9th, and 10th March. The Committee on Parliamentary Business which met today decided that Parliament will convene from 07 to 10 March. The committee decided that an adjournment debate on the postponement of the 2023 Local Government (LG) election will be held on 09 and 10 March, as proposed by the opposition. The Election Commission had decided to postpone the Local Government elections which was scheduled

01 Mar, 2023

IMF defends tax hike in Sri Lanka

By Easwaran Rutnam The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has defended the tax reforms which has drawn strong public opposition in Sri Lanka. The IMF said the current economic crisis has a number of origins, including the government?s inability to meet government spending needs through its revenue collections. Sri Lanka is among the countries to collect the least amount of fiscal revenue in the world, with tax revenue to GDP ratio at only 7.3 percent in 2021. According to the IMF, external cr

02 Mar, 2023