Court issues order preventing removal of Raja Collure

India now looks to build strategic gas reserve

After oil, India may now build strategic reserve of natural gas to further strengthen the country?s energy security and shield itself from supply disruptions and frequent price fluctuations coming from perennial political risks in the prime energy supplying countries in the Middle East and Africa. The reserve will also help the country cope with demand spike and price rise in the event of border skirmishes and war like situations that played out recently with China. Sources privy to the develo

12 Jan, 2021

COPE expresses displeasure after SLIIT rejects summons

The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) has refused to appear before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). The committee expressed its displeasure over the fact that even though the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology had been summoned before the Committee, it had informed the COPE through the ‘Julius & Creasy’ law firm that it was not legally obligated to do so. COPE has now decided that Julius & Creasy should be summoned to resolve the matter. The COPE comm

12 Jan, 2021

India releases Chinese soldier apprehended for crossing disputed border

Indian authorities on Monday released a soldier of China?s People?s liberation Army (PlA), who was apprehended for crossing the disputed border in Eastern ladakh. ?The PlA soldier who had been apprehended on January 8, was handed back to China at Chushul ? Moldo at 10. 10 a. m. today,? said a senior Indian Army officer. The solider was interrogated for spying on deployment of Indian forces at the disputed border region in ladakh. He had crossed the line of Actual Control (lAC) at friction poi

12 Jan, 2021