Equally lasting, and perhaps more destructive has been the erosion of trust in the government leadership in the face of its unwillingness to find the truth and hold to account those who planned the ...

As Sri Lanka prepares for both Presidential and General elections, the political scene is filled with anticipation and speculation. With three leading presidential candidates already announced and the ...

*Speech by High Commissioner of India Santosh Jha at the official launch of the “Ramayana Trail – The Sacred Mission” Project organised by the Supreme Global Holdings group on 21st April 2024 at Hotel ...

To understand the crisis in Palestine we reached back to the 1917 Balfour declaration. To grasp the coordinates of the Ukraine conundrum it is an advantage to delve into Zbigniew Brzeziński’s 1997 ...

In his foreword to the UN Convention on Corruption In the Foreword, Kofi Annan had said: Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines ...

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On behalf of the Asian Human Rights Commission we are writing to express our deep solidarity with you in the struggle to demand justice for victims of the Easter Sunday massacre – those who were ...

Across the Arabian sea in India, on Friday, hundreds of millions pf people started their voting marathon to elect their 18 th Lok Sabha after independence. The poll ends on 1 st June, and results will ...

But their hypocrisy and self-deceptions stand exposed for the rest of the world to see. As for the hypocrisy charge, well, let’s be honest, it sticks for a reason. The Global South has been cynical ...

It may be a matter of interest to note that in 1979, the Ritz was bought by the Egyptian investor Mohamed Al Fayed. As well known, a few hours prior to her fateful encounter with the paparazzi on 30 ...

There are many irons in the fire and many distractions at play in this year of upcoming elections. Secondly, I also suggested months ago that the Parliamentary Elections would be a more contentious ...

The Smartphone is no more a luxury; its use in day-to-day social, economic and political transactions has made newspapers, television channels and radio stations obsolete and near-archaic. Politicians ...