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THE ECHO OF INDIA KOLKATA International ThursdayAugust 6,2026 Vikram Misri meets Lanka's top leadership; discusses US lawmaker voices concern on FCRA amendments; could hit bilateral ties with India issues of mutual interest, bilateral projects PRESS TRUST OF INDIA management of foreign case of assets that are a place contributions and assets of worship, the Authority PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Their "discussions focused in the wake of Cyclone Amarasuriya. The Foreign strengthen the longstanding WASHINGTON, AUG 5: A created using foreign must ensure that its religious on issues of mutual interest Ditwah. The LoCs will Secretary met his Sri partnership between the US lawmaker has voiced contributions when an character is maintained. COLOMBO, AUG 5: and review of key bilateral support reconstruction, Lankan counterpart Aruni two countries, was received concern over the organisation's FCRA The proposed legislation Foreign Secretary Vikram projects, including India- i n f r a s t r u c t u r e Ranaraja and "discussed at the airport by the Indian amendments proposed by registration is cancelled, also reduces the maximum Misri on Wednesday met Sri assisted development development, and regional and global issues High Commissioner Santosh India to its laws governing surrendered or ceases penalty for violation of the Lanka's top leadership and projects in Sri Lanka," the procurement requirements of mutual interest, and Jha and senior officials foreign donations received because it is not renewed. Act from imprisonment of discussed issues of mutual Indian High Commission in that arose in the aftermath of ways to further deepen from the Sri Lankan Foreign by NGOs, trusts, educational The bill also states that in five years to one year. interest and reviewed key Colombo said in a post on X. the cyclone," it said. close bilateral ties," the Ministry. "Building on institutions and religious bilateral projects, "Following the meeting, Misri also held a meeting Indian mission said. Misri regular high-level organisations, and said the including Indian-assisted both sides exchanged with Foreign Minister reinforced Sri Lanka's exchanges between India move could affect bilateral development projects in the agreements on INR- Vijitha Herath during central role in India's and Sri Lanka, this visit will relations. US Congressman island nation. Misri, who denominated Lines of which they reviewed Neighbourhood First Policy reinforce close bilateral ties Riley Moore on Tuesday said arrived in Colombo for a Credit for USD 350 mn, ongoing cooperation in key and in advancing Vision and strengthen momentum the amendments to the day-long visit, called on which form part of the USD priority areas. He is MAHASAGAR. on key initiatives," the Foreign Contribution President Anura Kumara 450 mn reconstruction scheduled to meet Prime Misri, who arrived in Indian High Commission Regulation Act (FCRA) would Dissanayake in Colombo. package extended by India Minister Harini Colombo to further said in another post. permit the Indian government to takeover Russian missile, drone churches and religious charities and would amount to clear attack against barrage in Kyiv, 17 dead Christians. Christians have been in India since St Thomas the Apostle travelled to the ASSOCIATED PRESS Malabar Coast just decades after the resurrection of our KYIV, AUG 5: Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv Lord Jesus Christ. But and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded despite this long Christian history, India's Parliament is 44 others overnight into Wednesday, smashing business considering amending premises and a train station, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Foreign Contribution Zelenskyy said. The targets hit included a brewing company, Regulation Amendment a warehouse for construction material and a mail sorting (FCRA) rules to permit office that had nothing to do with the war, Zelenskyy said. government takeovers of But the Russian Defence Ministry said the businesses churches and religious masked ties to the military. The nighttime attack lasting about charities, Moore, a two hours was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian Republican from West ballistic missile strikes that have become near-routine this Virginia, said in a post on X. summer. The intensified barrages are exploiting Ukraine's This is a clear attack against critical shortage of interceptor missiles for the US-made Christians. If this bill Patriot systems, the sole air defence weapon in its arsenal proceeds in this way, it would able to shoot down ballistic missiles. be a point of major concern A firefighter signals near a fragment of a Russian missile after air strikes at a food Zelenskyy has pleaded with other countries to send more in our bilateral relationship of the ammunition made scarcer by the Iran war. Supplies warehouse near Kyiv, Ukraine––AP/PTI with India, said Moore, a first of air defence missiles to Ukraine during the first half of term Congressman. British Indian artist this year tumbled to one-third of the 2025 level, Zelenskyy SNIPPETS The Foreign said. Ballistic interceptors are what could have saved the Contribution (Regulation) lives of those killed today, Zelenskyy said on social media. Balraj Khanna Amendment Bill, 2026 seeks It is very important for our partners to understand that delays Russian drone to empower the government honoured with to create a "Designated in supplying them, or a reluctance to hand over anti-ballistic Authority" to take over the systems, lead directly to such horrific casualties and factory director badly major UK exhibition destruction. With US-led peace efforts apparently stalled, Ukraine has stepped up its deep strikes on key Russian targets such injured in car explosion PRESS TRUST OF INDIA as oil refineries in an effort to compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate. Zelenskyy has accepted an unconditional ceasefire demanded by US President Donald MOSCOW: The director of a drone factory in the Urals was LONDON, AUG 5: India- Trump but Putin has refused. In its latest attack on logistics badly wounded Wednesday when his car exploded, the state- born artist Balraj Khanna facilities of Wildberries, Russia's biggest online retailer, run Tass news agency reported. Tass said that Vladimir has been honoured with the Tkachuk was hospitalised in grave condition following the first major exhibition of his Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse in the Tula region south explosion. It didn't immediately give details of the explosion works in the UK starting of Moscow, the company and the region's governor said or say who could be responsible. Tkachuk headed the next month, over two years Wednesday. It was the 14th Wildberries warehouse to catch Uraldrinzavod factory that manufactured the Upyr drones after his death in London fire in less than three weeks, according to a Ukrainian tally. for the Russian military. aged 84. 'Lines of Flight', Ukraine says the company provides goods that can be used which will run at the Ikon by the military. Kyiv is also keen to unsettle the Russian Drone at German airport Gallery in Birmingham public with high-profile attacks. The Russian Defence until February 2027, brings Ministry said its forces downed 475 Ukrainian drones together more than 40 leads to flight disruption overnight over 16 Russian regions, as well as illegally paintings made over six annexed Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov and the decades to present a Black Sea. comprehensive overview BERLIN: A drone sighting and the discovery of a suspicious Russia fired 24 ballistic missiles, four other missiles of Khanna's career as a object at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport led to flight identified as either hypersonic Zircons or supersonic Oniks, painter, writer and curator. disruption during the night, and one runway remained closed and 115 drones, many of them jet-powered and harder to The exhibition traces the on Wednesday, authorities said. Several flights, including stop due to [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]