Sri Lanka Newly Elected Government Faces Uphill Challenges of Sovereignty and Stabilizing the Economy
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The new mandate of Sri Lanka necessitates efforts aimed at stabilizing the economy while keeping the country’s sovereignty intact.
Loya Jirga Continues Over Release of Remaining Taliban Prisoners
A few days ago, Kabul administration head, president Ashraf Ghani called for \’Loya Jirga\’. A traditional public meeting. It started on Friday. President Ghani while calling for Loya Jirga argued that he cannot free the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners because they are convicted of serious crimes. Moreover, he can’t set them free without consulting the […]
India Struggles over Financially Inclusive Economy without Generating Fresh Bad Loans
Manish Sabharwal in his opinion piece has jotted down criticism of the conventional approach towards financial Inclusion. Additionally, being the co-founder of Team lease services, an India-based company providing human resource facilities to a range of industries, he believes that credit financing or moratoriums would not aid a strained economy. “A modern economy grows by […]
Chapters on democracy, secularism, and citizenship edited out of Indian schoolbooks
Teaching Chapters on Democracy A recent controversy over the fact that government-run schools in India are no longer teaching chapters on democracy rights, secularism, federalism, and citizenship, among other topics. These teaching chapters on democracy concepts that supposedly lie at the core of the Indian Constitution. Now seem to come into conflict with the Hindu-majoritarian […]
The Art of Storytelling in Statecraft
Perception and its importance Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. As humans, we tend to rely more on pictorial messages than other mediums. This is where audio-visual mediums we have today, come in play. This brings an interesting question to the floor. Is perception the easiest […]
South Asian Nations Express Concern for Beirut
 Explosions in Beirut A fire at a warehouse containing explosives, nearly 2700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, at the Port of Beirut led to the blast. The blast left more than 3,000 people wounded, and over 135 casualties have been reported so far. Lebanese authorities have declared Beirut a \”disaster area\” due to the incident. Lebanon\’s Supreme […]
Grenade attack at a rally for Kashmir in Pakistan leaves at least 40 injured
Suffered injuries At least 40 people suffered from injuries in a grenade attack on a rally for Kashmir. On the day Pakistan marks as the first anniversary of India’s revocation of Kashmir’s semi-autonomy on Wednesday. Delhi said the change was necessary to develop the revolt-torn region and integrate it with the rest of India. However […]
Negative Economic Growth Recorded for the First Quarter of FY 2020 for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s economic growth has reduced by negative 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2020. 3.7% increase was recorded for the first quarter in 2019, reveals the official data. The department of census and statistics (CDS) revealed the data on Wednesday, over the summary GDP indicators for the first quarter. The quarter began on […]
3rd UN discussion on Kashmir after India holds Kashmir under curfew
UNSC discussed disputed territory of Kashmir under curfew at Pakistan’s request. This is the 3rd time, the Kashmir issue has reached the UN.