Former Indian civil servants urge Supreme Court to take suo motu action against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for his hate speech against Bengali speaking Muslims
Sarma has urged Assamese to “give trouble” to Bengali speaking Muslims to drive them out of Assam and India
ICC asks PCB the reason for invoking Force Majeure to boycott India game
Dhaka, February 8 (ESPNcricinfo) – The ICC has asked the PCB to explain in detail the reasoning behind an invocation of the Force Majeure clause in their boycott of the India clash at the T20 World Cup on February 15. ESPNcricinfo understands the PCB sent...
Unrepentant Sri Lankan communist “Shan” Sanmugathasan and his perceptions of LTTE and JVP.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Colombo, February 7 – Nagalingam Sanmugathasan known to many as ‘Shan” and/or “Comrade Shan” was a dynamic leader produced by the leftist movement in Sri Lanka. “Comrade” Shan was arguably the last great Maoist of Sri Lanka. His name was spelled in English...
India’s 2026-27 budget gives a fillip to local industry in the midst of global disruptions
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, January 8 – India’s national budget for 2026-27, presented to parliament on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announced higher infrastructure spending and measures to support domestic manufacturing amidst rising global uncertainties created in a large part by the weaponisation...
Canada to sell US$ 2 billion worth of uranium to India over the next decade
Deal will help India reach its nuclear power production target of 100 gigawatts by 2047
The Maldives’ Chagos gamble – stoking Trump’s fire to warm its own pot?
Beyond the Geopolitical Bluster- Decoding President Muizzu’s high-stakes dash for sovereign leverage amidst an April debt deadline and a rising tide of nationalism.
Escalation for de-escalation: Trump’s tactic
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, February 7- The early months of 2026 have revealed that geopolitical stability is no longer anchored in treaties, institutions, or inherited norms. Instead, it is increasingly shaped by deliberate escalatory signalling—threats, tariff pressure, coercive diplomacy, and rhetorical brinkmanship—used by...
Pathfinder Foundation and Chintan Research Foundation Sign MoU
Colombo, February 6 -Pathfinder Foundation (PF) and the New Delhi-basedChintan Research Foundation (CRF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 6 February 2026 in Colombo to broaden their collaboration as independent think tanks. The Acting High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Dr Satyanjal Pandey,...
André Béteille, the renowned Indian sociologist, passed away at the age of 91
By K.M. Seethi/Eurasia Review Thiruvananthapuram, February 5 – Indian sociology in the 1950s and 1960s was a discipline searching for direction. Much of its language was borrowed from colonial anthropology or from philosophical readings of tradition. Caste appeared in those writings as an ancient design,...
History of teams pulling out of matches in ICC men’s tournaments
By Kanishkaa Balachandran/The Hindu Bengaluru, February 5 – The ICC T20 World Cup is yet to begin, and we already have one team, Bangladesh, being withdrawn from the tournament, and Pakistan boycotting its match against India in Colombo. Bangladesh had requested to shift its matches...
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