While there is an urgent need to step up power generation and to encourage private and foreign participation in the nuclear power sector, there are financial, liability and safety issues to consider.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 19 – This week, India...
Bangladesh’s war of independence was fought on the ground, in the diplomatic arena across world capitals, and in the UN Security Council, with all three venues seeing intense action.
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, December 18 - On Tuesday, Bangladesh celebrated its...
Frequent cancellation of announced Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) gives rise to speculation about the reason
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo9, December 17 - India has cancelled a Notice to Airmen (NOTA) issued on December 12 about a naval missile testing exercise in the Bay...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 15 – On Thursday, December 11, the former head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Gen. Faiz Hameed was sentenced to 14 years Rigorous Imprisonment by a military court for corruption, manipulating politicians and fomenting civil unrest....
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 13- The various manifestations of climate change like nature’s fury and the economic and social disruptions it causes, are linked to inequalities both in the national and global social order, says the 2026 report of the...
The absence of a consensus on the nation’s journey to independence could weaken national resolve to face of challenges both at home abroad.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 12 – It is 54 years since Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign country, and...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 10 - US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) for the year 2025 signals a decline in the importance of India as compared with the NSS he presented in 2017 during his first term.
In 2017, Pakistan...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 8 - A quick and significant response to humanitarian crises across its borders is today a major ingredient in India’s foreign policy. India is justly proud of its reputation for being the “first responder” during emergencies...
The unprecedented cancellation of over 2000 flights by India’s largest airline IndiGo earlier this week leaving thousands of passengers stranded across the country, is attributed to the monopolistic system, greed for profits, shortage of pilots and sloppy management practices.
By...
The defence and economic cooperation set to emerge from Russian President Putin’s current visit to India is expected to strengthen Russia-India relations and thereby strengthen Putin’s resolve to meet the mounting threat from UK, Germany and France.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December...
In a letter to Madras State Finance Minister C.Subramaniam in June 1958, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said that while the destruction of Tamil lives and properties was worrying, an Indian intervention would be counter-productive for the Tamils as...
The rumour about the alleged murder of the jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week, is a sign of a deeper malady in that country – the uneasy relationship between the country's politicians and its army.
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