India appreciates Sirisena’s approach on reconciliation
Colombo: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Sri lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and said India highly appreciates his statesman-like approach towards national reconciliation. “Not only Sri lanka, but we in New Delhi also highly appreciate the speech made by Your Excellency in Parliament last week,” Jaishankar said when he paid a courtesy call on the President at the Presidential Secretariat.
england to replace ‘God Save the Queen’IJ
london: Is England looking to replace its national anthem ‘God Save the Queen’IJ British MPs on Wednesday initiated a debate in the House of Commons on whether to replace ‘God Save the Queen’ as the official anthem for England and get a song that represents only England and not Britain as a whole.
Russia prison chief held for ‘stealing 50km road’
Moscow: Russia on Wednesday detained a senior prison service official on suspicion of stealing a 50-kilometre stretch of public road, investigators said. Alexander Protopopov oversaw the dismantling of a concrete highway and sold off the slabs as prison service chief in the far northern Komi region, the Investigative Committee said in a statement. The road, which was made up of over 7,000 reinforced concrete slabs, was “dismantled and driven away” over the period of more than a year, between 2014 and 2015.
Iran expects Nuke deal implementation by jan 17
Tehran: The final implementation of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is expected by January 17, Iranian state media said, quoting Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, concluding that Iran had fulfilled its obligations under the agreement,
will come out on Friday, broadcaster IRIB quoted Araghchi as saying, paving the way for sanctions to end.
4 held in turkey for attack on Germans
Istanbul: Turkey said on Wednesday it has arrested four more people in connection with a deadly suicide bombing that ripped through the historic heart of Istanbul, killing ten German tourists and raising alarm over security in the country.