India had abstained from voting on the US- sponsored resolution against Russia in the UN Security Council. While it’s closeness to both the US and Russia may have played a role in taking this decision, it is undeniable that...
Poor electoral performance in the recent by- elections, and diminishing prospects in the 2022 elections, had made Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce the repeal of three controversial farm laws which had made farmers in North India agitate relentlessly...
By P.K.Balachandran
The Speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament,Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, on Wednesday made a fervent appeal to MPs to stop giving priority to their political demands (chiefly the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa) and put their heads together to...
In a March 28 tweet, Assange’s partner Stella Moris said that “after a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis @pontifex delivered to his cell door by the prison priest.”
“Our family...
Colombo, September 1: With the last of American troops leaving Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline, the Taliban have achieved a key objective – ending the military occupation of the country by the world’s sole super power. But the...
The alliance led by DMK along with 12 other parties including Congress, CPI, CPIM, Vaiko’s MDMK, two major Muslim parties AlUML and MMK, and 6 other minor parties won the recent Assembly election in Tamil Nadu.
Despite the presence of...
There is consistent, strong evidence to prove that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, behind the Covid-19 pandemic, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new assessment published on Friday in The Lancet journal.
The analysis by six experts from the...
When India and Pakistan were at war in December 1971 over the founding of a new nation to be known as “Bangladesh”, China was expected to rush to the aid of Pakistan, a close ally. But Beijing did little...
Colombo, November 9: Sri Lanka is set to gain from the intensified Big Power rivalry over Colombo port.
With the US and the Adani group now collaborating in building the West Container Terminal (WCT), and China already in through the Colombo...
The on-going Ukrainian crisis, unlike other crises in the recent past, has divided the world into two distinct and sharply antagonist blocs in a throwback to the Cold War era.
But in contrast to the Cold War days, there is...
Migration from Sri Lanka has its agreeable and disagreeable sides. On the one hand, the workers’ remittances are a great help, but on the other, illegal migration shows the country in poor light and the flight of qualified personnel...
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF reports to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Washington, September 21 (PTI): There is a “steady” and “alarming” erosion of fundamental rights, particularly of religious and other minorities in India,...
