by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should
Editorial The plaintive bleats of Sri Lanka’s opposition parties, predicting the imminent collapse of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government, ring more of desperate fantasy than grounded political calculus. The notion that this
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo The recent Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed by Sri Lanka with India and the United Arab Emirates are nothing short of a carefully camouflaged handover of
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I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and cordial. We have a great deal to do…and think that we can be of use to each other
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Editorial On 22 April 2025, in the emerald meadows of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, the skies bore witness not to tranquillity, but to unbridled savagery. Twenty-six innocent tourists were butchered in a
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor A savage terrorist attack yesterday claimed the lives of 27 unarmed Indians in Kashmir, with India accusing Pakistan of being behind the atrocity, though there remains a
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by Our Political Affairs Editor April 23 stands as a solemn commemoration of the death of Lalith Athulathmudali, a towering luminary in Sri Lankan political history. His life, cruelly truncated by assassination,
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Editorial On April 22, 2025, the quietude of Kashmir’s picturesque Pahalgam was shattered by an act of grotesque barbarity that echoed across not just the region but the entire globe. In what
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by Our Correspondent in Rome As the Catholic world prepares to bid farewell to Pope Francis, the question looms large over who will succeed him and guide the future of the world’s
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Editorial Pope Francis’s death today at the age of 88 marks the end of an epoch for the Catholic Church, one in which the often steadfast dogma of centuries was both challenged
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In a world embroiled in technological supremacy, shifting moral compasses, and the unrelenting pursuit of material gain, Easter Sunday stands as a resolute reminder of transcendence, humility, and hope. Unlike many civil
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