The ambitious project has seen marginal successes. But major questions remain regarding its short and long term outlook

Dr Amarasuriya is an academic, activist and a former member of the parliament from the marxist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to which President Anura Dissanayake also belongs.

IIM-A was the only among the 20 premier management institutes that had not implemented the quota system for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and persons with disabilities (PWD).

Notably, 15 key recommendations of the Justice Biplab Sarma Committee will not be implemented for the time being. These, CM Himanta said, will require Constitutional amendments. Here's all you need to know about the issue.

Sri Lanka’s 225-member Parliament has a term of five years. The previous election took place in August 2020, which means the now-dissolved Parliament was supposed to be in place until August 2025.

What is the keffiyeh and how did it become linked to the Palestinian cause? We explain.

The crux of the matter before the High Court was whether only the manufacturer can provide “safety glazing” on vehicles’ windscreens and window glasses, or whether owners can install their own later on, by installing a layer of plastic on the inner side of…

Pakistan Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif thanked IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva for the 37-month loan programme, the twenty-fifth such programme in Pakistan’s history, and the sixth under the current borrowing framework.

For two and a half years, the dividend income of Indian oil companies — ONGC Videsh (OVL), Oil India (OIL), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), and Bharat PetroResources (BPRL) — from investments in upstream projects in Russia have been piling up in that country.

The Biden presidency has been enormously consequential for India-US ties. After the hour-long meeting with PM Modi last week, the President remarked that his country’s partnership with India “is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any time in history”.

The writer, director, actor, and political activist, fondly remembered as Gursharan Bhaji by his admirers, passed away on September 27, 2011. Agitating farmers invoked him, and his plays with a conscience inspired Punjabi youths over four decades. Here's…

The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, which mandates that the agency must obtain the state government’s consent. What happens when consent is withdrawn?

Rising oceans are posing a global threat, particularly to low lying islands and coastal cities. How can we respond?

Former Defence Minister Ishiba, 67, has become the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party that has ruled Japan for most of the past seven decades

'Stand News' was a media organisation founded in 2014, in the wake of a students’ movement in Hong Kong. Its editors have now been charged with sedition.

During a hearing, Justice Srishananda had referred to a particular locality of Bengaluru as being “in Pakistan”. In another hearing, he had made an “objectionable” comment against a female lawyer.

Quick fixes such as smog towers and cloud seeding do not deliver meaningful results. The fight for clean air is not just a technical challenge; it is a deeply political one. Here’s what must be done

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 700 people in the last week alone, and the exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which began soon after the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, has led to the displacement of thousands.