India’s trade deficit with its FTA partners was actually widening
By Veena Venugopal/Financial Times New Delhi, January 13 – Donald Trump has announced a 25 per cent tariff on countries that do business with Iran, a move that could hit India hard as a key trading partner to the Islamic republic. The White House declined...
Elders dying after a fall is a WHO-flagged major issue
By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Colombo, January 14 – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2021, falls were the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Each year an estimated 684 000 individuals had died from falls globally of which over 80% were in low...
Security considerations in Trump’s demand for Greenland
By P. K. Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, January 13 – US President Donald Trump has said that the US will take over Greenland whether the Greenlanders and the Danes, who have sovereignty over the island, like it or not. Trump’s case is that American control over...
Iran is on the boil – Survival of the Islamic regime is in question following US intervention in Venezuela
By P K Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 13 – Iran is on the boil, with the masses across cities protesting an unprecedented 42% inflation. An average Iranian would need US$ 500 dollars a month to make both ends meet, but he has only US$ 125....
Preventing de-dollarization, Trump’s aim in Venezuela and the world too
De-dollarization will be an uphill task as it is progressing globally
Qatar’s growing role as global mediator ‘deeply necessary’, says Ex-Finnish President Ms.Tarja Halonen
By Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula Doha, Qatar, December 24 – Former President of Finland and member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, H E Tarja Halonen, has praised Qatar’s growing role as a global mediator, describing its efforts as both “difficult” and deeply...
The collapse of a Seven-Star illusion: Why India’s “Cleanest City” Failed the Test of Life
By Tang Lu Beijing, January 6 – During my years in India, I personally witnessed the nationwide rollout of Prime Minister Modi’s “Swachh Bharat Mission” (Clean India Campaign). I traveled across multiple cities to observe the transformation firsthand. In my view, the most significant achievement...
India performed creditably in the May 2025 India–Pakistan conflict: Stimson Centre analyst
By P.K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 6 – Despite losing some aircraft during the brief but intense India–Pakistan conflict in May 2025, India ultimately performed creditably, striking deep into Pakistan with missiles and drones while largely defending itself against Pakistani retaliation, according to Christopher Clary,...
Four interlocking objectives of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, January 6 — The United States’ invasion of Venezuela in early January 2026, culminating in the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro’s left-wing government, was driven by four interlocking objectives: (1) installing a compliant regime in Caracas; (2) forcefully reasserting American primacy...
20th Anniversary of the gruesome killing of five Tamil students in Trincomalee during the Lankan war
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Colombo, January 6- This article, written in January 2022. is re-posted here without major changes to mark the 20th anniversary of the gruesome killings of the Tamil students in Trincomalee. A solemn, low key memorial event was held in Trincomalee town on Sunday...
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