Alleged irregularities in medical procurement in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh have exposed vulnerabilities in public purchasing, including suspected price inflation, manipulated tenders and collusion between officials and private suppliers. As political
Children as young as 12 are becoming involved in attacks linked to online communities that glorify mass shootings, celebrate violence and exploit vulnerable young people, according to an assessment by The Soufan Center, which warns that youth involvement in violent
Having failed on multiple occasions to reach consensus with the LTTE, Sri Lanka, finally, during President Mahinda Rajapaksa tenure, launched all-out war. The LTTE
Countries across Asia and the Pacific have made remarkable strides over the past three decades in tackling poverty through a combination of economic growth,
When Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) Government came to office in late 2024, it presented itself as a decisive break with the political culture that had dominated the country for decades.
More
Nearly 800 Indonesians have fallen ill in a series of separate food-poisoning incidents linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme, raising fresh questions over the safety and management of a
More
More than 20 million children and adolescents aged between 12 and 17 experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse across 21 countries during a single year, according to
More
For millions of Japanese children, the end of the summer holiday marks a familiar transition: uniforms are put back on, alarm clocks are reset and classrooms fill again after weeks away from
More
The Indian Grant Housing Programme, implemented with the aim of providing permanent shelter and land ownership to the estate community in Sri Lanka who have lived extremely difficult and challenging lives in
More
Spain has recorded its highest estimated number of heat-related deaths since the country’s Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) began operating in 2015, with 5,232 deaths linked to high temperatures between May 15
More
Sri Lankan security authorities have seized 463 kilograms of ‘Ice’ methamphetamine, with an estimated value of more than Rs 800 crore, from a container carrying a consignment of towels that had been
More
For Dani Bensky, the story began long before Jeffrey Epstein became one of the most notorious names in America’s history of sexual abuse and trafficking. It began when she was 17, a
More
The death toll rose to at least 163, according to Nepal Police in a statement on X, while more than 800 people are missing in Nepal alone. Combined with those missing in
More
At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,
More
On 20 August, during the 23rd edition of the Council of the Americas in Buenos Aires, Javier Milei concluded his speech to the business elite by blaming the ‘little green scarves’ and
More
Meta, the digital company behind Facebook and Instagram, has reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with numerous US states over allegations concerning the dangers its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers. Under
More
Five-year-old Hind Rajab Hamada was killed in Gaza on 29 January 2024 after her family fled attacks by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip. Her uncle, his wife, their four
More
The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around the world move toward restrictions, India is faced
More
The third phase of excavation at the alleged Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna concluded last Wednesday, 19, with another set of human remains located and ten sets fully exhumed. The discoveries
More
