In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
The recent remarks by the Chairman of a large corporate group, Larsen & Toubro, in India suggesting that employees should work 90 hours a week have been ridiculed by trade unions, associations
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IndiGo, India’s largest low-cost airline, has secured its position as the leading foreign carrier operating in Sri Lanka. The airline now runs 54 weekly flights connecting key Indian cities—Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and
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To say Manmohan Singh was a great man would be to state the obvious. He was a brilliant political leader, a visionary thinker, an outstanding economist, a superb academic, a fabulous leader
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A senior Labour MP has called for an independent inquiry into the UK’s role in a massacre at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984, an event that saw hundreds of Sikh
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The Indian rupee fell to a historic low on Tuesday, driven by intense demand for the U.S. dollar, as positions matured in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market. Despite the sharp depreciation, the
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Editorial As a small island nation, Sri Lanka is no stranger to the shifting sands of international relations. Yet, as it embarks on its second official state visit to China from January
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In a seminar titled “Is India the Big Brother?” held at the Colombo Foundation Institute, Duminda Nagamuwa, the Propaganda Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), expressed concerns over the increasing Indian
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On January 12, 2025, at least five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including two women, were killed in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in a forest in the Indravati
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The Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of people, has begun in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, bringing millions of devout Hindus to the confluence of three sacred rivers: the Ganges, Yamuna, and
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An Extraordinary Individual The cultural affinity shared between India and Sri Lanka is a bond which cannot be fathomed from the normal measurements of geopolitics. It echoes the deepest spiritual heritages derived from
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In a significant development for regional defence cooperation, Indonesia has initiated formal discussions with India over the purchase of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles. A letter of intent from the Indonesian Ministry of
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Ever since the people of the world learned the need for homogeneity—be it cultural, linguistic, religious, tribal, or for the necessity to band together—and felt the need to acknowledge the existence of
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Hydrography, though not a term frequently encountered in the daily discourse of Sri Lankans, holds paramount importance in the safeguarding of the nation’s sovereignty. While the price of rice, coconut, and fuel
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In a fresh round of sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, the United States and the United Kingdom have blacklisted two prominent Indian companies, Skyhart Management Services Private Limited and Avision Shipping Services
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared a fascinating personal anecdote about his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, revealing a unique bond between the two leaders. During a recent podcast with
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