Off·beat
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Young People Urge Leaders to Protect most Vulnerable Against Climate Change
More than 2,000 young leaders and youth-led organisations from across the Commonwealth are urging governments to respect the needs and…
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Communist China’s Debt Trap: An Empire of Lies and Deceit
China’s latest investment of an estimated $1.4 billion in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City project is the largest single foreign…
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Children to Experience 2-to-7 Times more Climate Extremes than Grandparents
During his or her lifetime, a child born in 2021 will experience on an average twice as many wildfires, between…
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Misinterpretation of Constitution’s Basic Structure Needs to be Prevented
There is every reason to be proud of the basic structure of the Constitution of India but the “problem” lies…
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Crime Against Women in Matrilineal Meghalaya: Who’ll Bell the Cat?
Like Economics, Sociology too cannot be a durable truth. It requires constant attention, closer scrutiny and revision. Such a notion…
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India’s 4 mn-Strong Diaspora Link with US Comes to Fore During PM Modi’s Visit
The importance of the Indian diaspora has come to the fore in India-US relations with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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China Influencing World Using Army of Fake Social Media Accounts, but Why?
The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, at a recent meeting with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi (now appointed as…
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China’s Panchen Lama Ignored by Tibetans
Recently, China-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu (GN) who acts only as a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),…