India expands Indo -Pacific policy
India is increasing the area covered by its Indo-Pacific policy to include the western Indian ocean and Arabian Sea. This means that Asean is not...
A Conversation with Ambassador Alice Wells on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Addressing the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars think tank on 21 November 2019, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central...
Post Amma and Ayya: The new Tamil Nadu potboiler
A short while after Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war came to an end in May 2009, Tamil Nadu’s then chief minister M. Karunanidhi had made...
One Belt One Road’ project hits political, financial hurdles
China’s plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan. Pakistan’s...
India’s foray to South China Sea root cause of tensions
China’s political assertion in the Indian Ocean, especially Sri Lanka and Maldives, is a response to India’s moves in the South China Sea, a post...
Seeman acquitted in sedition case
The Additional District Sessions Court has acquitted Naam Tamilar Katchi leader S. Seeman and film director I. Ameer Sulthan in a sedition case slapped against...
Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd aims to become model employer
Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd (RPL) is determined to become a model employer by ensuring all-round development of the repatriate population from Sri Lanka who work and...
Future Banking – Mobile Banking is dead
I saw a post earlier this week which asked what mobile banking would look like in the future. There were a few responses discussing personal...
Media cannot be trusted to explain decisions
Judges can no longer rely on the media to explain court decisions and should instead use the “golden opportunity” of social media to communicate directly...
Rahul Gandhi critical of China’s presence
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he was "absolutely ready" to take up an executive responsibility if the party asked him to...
Privacy is a fundamental right: Indian SC
In a unanimous verdict, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday declared that privacy is intrinsic to life and liberty and an...
Joint communique of leaders roundtable of Belt and Road forum
1. We, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China, President Mauricio Macri of the Republic of Argentina, President Alexander Lukashenko of the Republic...
Hackers lure mid-ranking officers with promise of overseas posts
A massive cyber attack on the computers of Indian Army officers has been thwarted. Suspected Pakistani and Chinese hackers attempted to inject data stealing malware...
On road to debt trap
China’s grandiose global connectivity initiative -- One Belt One Road (OBOR) or Belt& Road Initiative (linking China with Europe via SE Asia & C Asia...
Rajinikanth’s visit triggers opposition
Superstar Rajinikanth's visit to Sri Lanka next month to inaugurate a housing scheme has met with opposition from pro-Tamil outfits here, who cautioned him from...