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The TNA yesterday requested the government to take action to "genuinely implement" the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on "Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka and to reverse the latter's current actions pertaining to ...

Unauthorised temples, new resorts and makeshift shops inside the core area are major threats the newly formed Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve is facing. The State government announced the formation of the fourth tiger reserve in the State through a ...

Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Food & Agriculture, Headlines, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, Population, Poverty & MDGs, Regional Categories Ranchers Try to Drive Tsimané Indians Off Their Land EL JATATAL, ...

The Honourable Speaker, The Honourable Premier, The honourable leader of the opposition, The honourable members of the house, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen. Mr Speaker, In her state of the Province Address last month, the Premier stated ...

India and China sought to draw a line under a military standoff along part of their disputed border, agreeing to accelerate talks on a settlement and boost trade that they said would help drive the world economy. The potential for conflict along the ...

1, At the invitation of H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, is on a State visit to India from 19 to 22 May 2013, Premier Li held talks ...

Girl students of (RGUKT) have outshone boys by bagging 12 of the 13 slots for making it to the NASA Space Settlement Contest. They will be leaving for the U.S. via Chennai on Monday. Girls performed better than boys in designing projects on space ...

Vishal Sankhla, an Indian engineer, is among those at the centre of a storm over how to fix the nation's immigration system. Sankhla got a master's degree in electrical engineering nine years ago from the University of Southern California, followed ...

Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place ...