mumbai a special national investigation agency nia court in mumbai on friday rejected a plea made by telugu poet p varavara rao 82 an accused in the elgar parishadmaoist links case for permission to travel to hyderabad for three months for a cataract surgery in august the supreme court had granted rao medical bail he was arrested on august 28 2018 from his home in hyderabad the case originally registered by the pune police on january 8 2018 and transferred to the nia in january 2020 seoul south korea on friday issued a special travel advisory on sri lanka the foreign ministry said as the island country is gripped by civil unrest stemming from an economic crisisthe advisory calls for korean citizens to cancel or delay nonessential trips to sri lanka or take extra caution if they are already in the country according to the ministry yonhap news agency reportedsri lankas government has declared a state of emergency amid prolonged protests over soaring prices for food fuel and other necessities