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Sri Lanka issued an urgent appeal on Monday to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as its economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 people dependent on state handouts. The Ministry for Women and Child Affairs said they were seeking private donations to feed possibly several hundred thousand children wasting due to insufficient food. The bankrupt state, grappling with Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis since independence, was unable to sustain welfare. "When the Covid pandemic was at its peak, the problem was bad, but now, with the economic crisis, the situation is far worse," secretary Neil Bandara Hapuhinne told reporters in Colombo. Hapuhinne said they had counted 1,27,000 malnourished children among the 5,70,000 girls and boys below the age of five in mid-2021. Since then, he estimated the numbers have increased several fold with the full impact of rampant inflation and dire shortages of food and other essentials. He said the number of people receiving direct … [Read more...] about Bankrupt Sri Lanka seeks urgent help to feed children

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India National Democratic Alliance candidate and former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the 14 th Vice-President of the country. He secured 528 votes out of the 710 valid votes in the 16 th Vice-Presidential election held in Parliament on Saturday. The Opposition candidate and Congress leader, Margaret Alva, got 182 votes. Sri Lanka asks China to delay visit by ship, say sources Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship, following objections from India, official sources said on August 6. The Yuan Wang 5 is en route from the Chinese port of Jiangyin and due in the Chinese-run Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 11, according to analytics website MarineTraffic . Chess Olympiad | Gukesh beats Fabiano Caruana; makes 8 out of 8 with his smart moves By beating Fabiano Caruana, D. Gukesh continues his remarkable run at the 44th Chess Olympiad. He has won all his eight games for … [Read more...] about Morning Digest | Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India, Sri Lanka asks Chinese ship to stay away, and more

A Chinese military vessel is scheduled to call at the Sri Lankan Port of Hambantota . The Indian Government, with their concerns for Indian security, has raised the issue with the Sri Lankan government . The Sri Lankan government is heavily in debt and distress partly because of the mega infrastructure of the Hambantota port and many other such projects. The Hambantota port is now the property of a Chinese corporation, having been swapped for part of Sri Lanka debt to a variety of Chinese entities. China’s interests in the Indian Ocean grew in the context of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative. The OBOR consists of two components; namely the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) and the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB). It constitutes a massive geopolitical project that aims to construct landscapes to enable flow of trade and investment by ‘promoting economic cooperation and connectivity’ between Asia, West Asia, Africa, and Europe. Centralising trade routes In the last one … [Read more...] about Bring back the dhow route

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 through a voice vote. Earlier in the day, the House was adjourned due to sloganeering the House. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was withdrawn by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as listed in the Supplementary List of Business of the Lower House for the day. The Centre also tabled the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. After the lunch break, the Upper House began a discussion on the National Anti-Doping Bill, 2022. During the discussion, several members expressed their support for the bill, however, also made suggestions about its shortcomings. The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is also scheduled to be discussed for passing in the Upper House on Wednesday. To get a rundown of the day’s developments in Parliament in your inbox, subscribe to our Parliament Watch newsletter here . You can also read the latest edition of the newsletter here … [Read more...] about Parliament Monsoon Session live updates | Rajya Sabha passes anti-doping Bill

The 8th edition of the Covelong Surf, Music and Fitness Festival is all set and will hit the beaches of Covelong from tomorrow here in Kovalam. The three-day multi-event festival will decide the National Champions in Surfing where over 80 surfers from the country will participate in it and various surfers from Sri Lanka and the Maldives will be competing in International Open Category. The Covelong Classic surfing championship will see top men’s and women’s surfers from across the country vie for the top spots under seven categories in surfing. The surfing categories for the championship are as follows – Novice (U12); Groms (U16); Juniors (17-22 years); Seniors (23-30 years); Masters (31 years and above); Women (all ages); Open Category (Foreign Nationals). CWG 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | IN-DEPTH | INDIA FOCUS | OFF THE FIELD | IN PHOTOS | MEDALS TALLY The Covelong Classic is one of India’s most coveted and top surfing competitions that takes place alongside a vibrant … [Read more...] about Eighth Edition of Covelong Surf, Music and Fitness Festival to Kickstart on August 5

On the 12th day of the Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave her reply in the Rajya Sabha after the much-awaited debate on inflation. The Lok Sabha, meanwhile, passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 after a debate, with many Opposition MPs highlighting the classification of vermins, invasive species and state governments’ reduced role. Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed questions on the consistent fall of the rupee and said in the Rajya Sabha that there has been “no collapse” of the Indian currency. The Finance Minister added that even after a series of factors affecting the world economy, the Indian currency has “appreciated itself”. In the Lower House, DMK MP Thalikottai Baalu questioned the efficiency of the reservation and social justice policies of the government. Earlier on Monday, the Lok Sabha took up the long-awaited discussion on price rise in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who … [Read more...] about Parliament Monsoon Session updates | August 2, 2022

Indian athletes were off to a good start on the seventh day of competitions at the 2002 Commonwealth Games here with two-time Olympic medallist P.V Sindhu and former World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth storming into the next round in women’s and men’s singles respectively while the track and field athletes Manju Bala (hammer throw) and sprinter Hima Das (women’s 200m) making it to the next stage in their respective disciplines. In the evening, long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya will be lining up for the finals, hoping to add to the bronze medal that Tejaswin Shankar won in the high jump on Wednesday. ALSO READ | CWG 2022 Live Updates, Day 7 Sreeshankar, who has a personal best of 8.36m, topped Group A in the qualifying round, with a leap of 8.05 while Muhammed Anees was eight with an effort of 7.88m. On Thursday, Sindhu stormed into the next round with a comprehensive 2-0 win against Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives in a Round of 32 match in Hall … [Read more...] about CWG 2022: Sindhu, Srikanth Win Singles Openers; Hima in 200m Semis, Manju Bala Qualifies in Hammer Throw

China on August 9 said it has started the process for the return of Indian students stuck back home due to the COVID-19 visa restrictions here and the first batch may arrive soon, raising hopes for the thousands of students waiting to re-join their colleges in this country. “We are working intensively for the return of foreign students to China and the process for Indian student’s return has begun," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told media briefing in Beijing when asked about social media posts by some Chinese diplomats about opening of a new visa policy for all the foreign students soon. Also Read China lifts two-year COVID visa ban on Indians; to allow return of stranded professionals, families “We believe we will see the return of the first batch of Indian students very soon and we will continue to pursue it with relevant work while ensuring the safety against COVID,” Wang said. Asked at what stage is the process of the list provided by the … [Read more...] about First batch of Indian students stuck back home will arrive ‘very soon’: China

Dynast politics has an expiry date. Once, the surname Gandhi made you a genuine heavyweight, but with Rahul Gandhi losing Amethi, a family bastion, that’s gone. After Bal Thackeray’s demise, Uddhav Thackeray, as we have seen recently, could not keep the party together, just by virtue of being a Thackeray. The Akali Dal, initially created to democratise the Gurdwaras in conjunction with the struggle against British colonialism, when reduced to a Badal family enterprise allowing Punjab to become a dope haven, is now quite discredited. The pattern could repeat itself in J&K too, with the Abdullahs and Muftis feeling threatened that their game could be up. Thus, their rallying point has become the restoration of Article 370. But as a Kashmiri myself, I ask the youth of the Valley — how will reviving that dead letter help? It is quite funny to see some people argue that militancy and stone-pelting have not completely ended because of the abrogation, as if the abrogation was … [Read more...] about 3 Yrs of Article 370 Abrogation: Stronger Integration of J&K with Indian Union is Good News for Kashmiris

A 10-year-old’s battle with long COVID shows how a child’s life can be scrambled long after recovering from initial infection, and how little is known about what the lingering-recurring symptoms of the virus look like for the youngest patients. COVID infections in the Bay Area are finally dropping, and yet at the same time, five counties have fallen into the CDC’s highest risk category. Since the pandemic began, COVID-19 has claimed nearly 8,500 lives in the Bay Area. (For the June 7 live blog, click here. ) Latest updates: Babies exposed to COVID in womb show neurodevelopmental changes, study says Infants whose mothers were diagnosed with COVID-19 while pregnant may suffer from neurological and motor function development at 6 weeks, according to preliminary research by the European Congress of Psychiatry. The analysis suggests that the babies born to infected mothers may have greater difficulty relaxing and adapting their bodies while being held, and difficulty … [Read more...] about COVID in California: Pete Buttigieg tests positive for the coronavirus