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New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka are expected to discuss economic connectivity and China during the visit of president Ranil Wickremesinghe starting on Friday. This is the Sri Lankan president’s first visit to India since taking office after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa was swept from power amid mass protests in 2022. Wickremesinghe’s visit comes even as his country continues to grapple with a protracted economic crisis with inflation soaring at 25.2%.

New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka are expected to discuss economic connectivity and China during the visit of president Ranil Wickremesinghe, who arrives in New Delhi today. This is Wickremesinghe’s first visit to India since taking office after his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was swept from power after mass protests in 2022. The visit comes even as Sri Lanka continues to grapple with a protracted economic crisis.

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Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said it would not be appropriate to say if Pakistani citizen Seema Haider, who entered India illegally in May and is staying with her partner in Noida, is a spy «unless we have enough proof». Seema (30) and her Indian partner Sachin Meena (22) were questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad on Monday and Tuesday. They were first arrested by the local police in Greater Noida on July 4 but were granted bail by a court on July 7.

British spies are already using artificial intelligence to hamper the supply of weapons to Russia, the head of Britain’s MI6 agency said Wednesday, predicting that Western spies will increasingly have to focus on tracking the malign use of AI by hostile states. In a rare public speech, Richard Moore also urged Russians who oppose the invasion of Ukraine to spy for Britain, saying others had already done so since the war began.

Sri Lanka's president arrives in India on Thursday for his first visit to the regional powerhouse, with concerns mounting in New Delhi over China's increasing influence in the strategically placed but financially bankrupt island. New Sri Lankan leaders usually travel to India within a few weeks of taking office, but Ranil Wickremesinghe's trip comes exactly a year after he became president following the toppling of his predecessor at the height of an unprecedented economic crisis.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has remained wholly out of the public eye for the past month, sparking intense debate about his whereabouts. His last public appearance was on June 25 for a meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry in Beijing. While officials indicate that he missed the recent ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting due to health reasons people have remained skeptical.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Monday that the United States should avoid any «foolish act» that could put its security at risk and rejected offers of talks as a ploy, state news agency KCNA reported. Kim made her comments after White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the United States remained concerned that North Korea would carry out another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, after it last week fired an ICBM off its east coast. «The U.S.

Katrina Kaif turned 40 on July 16 (Sunday). Her actor-husband Vicky Kaushal took to Instagram to wish a very happy birthday to the ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ star and also treated their fans to some adorable pictures of their vacation. Sharing two mushy pictures of themselves, the ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ actor wrote, “In awe of your magic … every day.

ISI agent was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly supplying vital information about Indian military establishments to his handlers in Pakistan, an official statement said. "Raees, a resident of Gonda, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS).

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North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the South's navy said. This came after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).  North Korea fired its latest Hwasong-18 missile, which Pyongyang describes as the core of its nuclear strike force, off the east coast on Wednesday in what it said was a ‘strong practical warning’ to the adversaries, according to Reuters reports.  The navy stated that Sunday's trilateral drill was conducted in international waters between South Korea and Japan that brought together destroyers equipped with Aegis radar systems from the three countries.  Washington and its Asian allies have been working to improve their information-sharing system on North Korea's missiles, while South Korea and Japan are independently linked to US radar systems but not to each other's.

China's size and ambition has enabled it to successfully penetrate every sector of the UK's economy, an influential parliamentary panel has said, warning that Beijing's national imperative continues to become a technological and economic superpower on which other countries are reliant, which represents the «greatest risk» to the UK. The House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said in a wide-ranging report released on Thursday that the intelligence threat posed by China is compounded by a «whole-of-state» approach with the use of state and non-state players for spying.

₹9 crore on its second day, taking the total collection to ₹21.30 crore across all languages. Despite the drop in the second day collection, the movie is expected to perform well over the weekend. It had 25,000 advance bookings for the opening weekend, approximately 12,000 tickets were sold for the opening day, reported India Today.

The New York Times, the objective behind this initiative is to compel the government to disclose all available information regarding unidentified phenomena, in an effort to address conspiracy theories and alleviate concerns that essential information is being concealed from the public.  The proposed measure presents an opportunity to shed light on the subject and potentially debunk unfounded speculation surrounding UFOs, fostering greater transparency and understanding. The report further noted that Senator Chuck Schumer plans to introduce the legislation as an amendment to the annual defense policy bill, and it enjoys bipartisan support.

Raimondo and State Department officials in the weeks before State Secretary Antony Blinken visited Beijing in June, New York Times reported citing US officials. The investigation is underway but the US officials, on Wednesday, downplayed the idea that the Chinese hackers, who are likely to be part of the military or spy services, have stolen the sensitive information, insisting that no classified email or cloud systems were penetrated. The State Department's cybersecurity team first discovered the intrusion.

Ranil Wickremesinghe's India trip on July 21 could lead to new arrangements across several sectors including power and energy, agriculture and maritime issues. Wickremesinghe, on his maiden trip to India in his current capacity, will be accompanied by three of his top ministers.

The famous haunting in Britain that has inspired many films, television shows, and plays, including the movie The Conjuring 2, will now be the subject of another play in the UK. Called The Enfield Haunting, the stage play stars Doctor Who actor Catherine Tate along with David Threlfall of Shameless fame. The Enfield Haunting is a new play based on the Enfield poltergeist of 1977, one of the most known and allegedly real poltergeist events in the world.

Okinawa. The digital bonds that bind Asia are in many ways tighter than ever. The region’s appetite for data is growing at an even faster pace than the rest of the world’s.

Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the successful test of the country's newest intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Thursday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down any US spy planes that enter its airspace. A beaming Kim, wearing a white suit and flanked by his wife and key aides, was shown in state media images applauding enthusiastically after the launch of the solid-fuel Hwasong-18 on Wednesday. The ICBM, which North Korea has fired only once before, in April, flew 1,001 kilometres at a maximum altitude of 6,648 km before splashing into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.