Author: Yusara Askari

Colombo, Sri Lanka: For the deadly April 2019 bombing attacks, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said on Saturday that the Country's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested former Sri Lankan Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and brother Riyadh for allegedly assisting the terroristsAccording to Sputnik, earlier in the day, the ex-minister, who presently serves as a lawmaker, tweeted that the CID was standing outside of his house in Boudhaloka Mawatha, looking to arrest him "without a charge." Bathiudeen also mentioned having cooperated with the authorities so far."They were arrested by the CID on the charges of aiding and abetting the suicide bombers responsible for the 2019 April 21st attacks," Rohana said as quoted by Sri Lanka's News 1st outlet, reported by Sput...

At Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and Anantnag tourists were coming but due to covid-19 second wave, there is again less tourist influx.Visitor influx is gradually increasing at several tourist spots in the Pahalgam area in Anantnag after the sector nosedived courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic. The upward trend on this delicate sector indicates that more tourists will visit Pahalgam to enjoy its mesmerizing beauty.Pahalgam, which also goes by the name “Valley of Shepherds” is situated 100 kilometers away from Srinagar city. It is also considered one of the most beautiful tourist destinations of south Kashmir that used to attract a good number of tourists from different parts of the world every year.The local Department of Tourism had lined up activities and efforts to revive the tourism indu

Paraguay is one of the 90 countries who are to get COVID-19 shorts from India. Paraguay has received 1 lakh covaxin shots last month.That might seem par for the course of New Delhi’s vaccine diplomacy, which has seen the country use inoculations and other medical equipment to cement its status except for the fact that the supply to Paraguay apparently came after a request from Taiwan.This was reflected in an April statement by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu that the Chinese government had tried to convince Paraguay to drop Taiwan as a diplomatic ally in exchange for vaccine doses. “In the last few weeks, we have been speaking to like-minded countries, including Japan, the United States, India etc., and India fortunately has been able to provide some Covaxin vaccines to Paraguay,” Wu

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in a move to strengthen regional ties after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to visit India and the Philippines in late April, in a move to strengthen regional ties after meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden. Suga’s travels will include meeting India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Kyodo News, citing Japanese government sources. According to analysts, Japan wants to strengthen ties in Asia to counter Beijing's growing clout in the region. That echoes the agenda for his White House meeting, which was seen as emphasizing the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance before their shared rival, China. Analysts told VOA Mandarin that Suga’s expected visit is aimed at boosting c