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India Must Be Prepared For More Complex Challenges In Future: Army Chief

The dangers and challenges before the armed forces are likely to get more complex in the future and India needs to be ready to face them, the Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said today. The armed forces should prepare for the future keeping in mind the possible challenges, the Army chief said. “Dangers and challenges before us are likely to get complex in the future. We need to be ready,” General Pande told reporters at the Kargil War Memorial in Drass on the occasion of the 24th Kar

29 Jul, 2023

UNP to form grand alliance to contest 2024 polls

The United National Party (UNP) is to form a grand alliance to contest the 2024 Presidential and General elections. UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardena said that a number of political parties have agreed to form an alliance with the UNP to back Ranil Wickremesinghe at the next Presidential Election. He said that 2024 will be the year of elections with the Presidential, General and Local Government elections likely to be held. Wijewardena claimed that several members of the Samagi Jana Balaweg

30 Jul, 2023

India says China can join debt relief effort for Sri Lanka

As a large creditor to Sri Lanka, China is welcome to join the effort steered by Japan, India and France to help the island nation cope with its debt distress, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. She also called upon the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to speed up relief measures for countries facing debt vulnerabilities. Terming multilateral development banks? (MDBs) reforms and debt-relief measures for many stressed economies as the top two finance track priorities

29 Jul, 2023