After some intense and somewhat violent nationwide protests against the current dispensation, followed by the fight of and subsequent resignation by President Gotabaya Rajapakse, Sri Lanka finally got a president for the remaining period of over two years. As per Sri Lankan constitution, if the high
Pakistan, suffering from its longest spell in the Grey List of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), can finally hope to get out of it which is partially responsible for its economic downturn. Pakistan has the dubious distinction of frequently being in and out of the Grey List (officially known as
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his whirlwind three days’ tour of three west European nations. True to his reputation, the itinerary was packed with talks with the German Chancellor, participation in the 2nd India-Nordic Summit in Denmark and, on the side lines of it, bilateral meetings wit
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan had been finally summerly voted out of the post of the Chief Executive of Pakistan, a post he held for three and half years amid the worsening chaotic situation of the country and thus achieved the dubious distinction of being the first ever Prime Minister of P
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in last 75 years. The situation has deteriorated so much that there are frequent and prolonged power cuts, acute shortage of fuel resulting in severe disruption of public transport and freight systems. This, coupled with the steep fall in import of food
The fortnight-long Russian offensive on Ukraine has stretched much beyond the expectations of all parties involved in the crisis - Ukraine, Russia and even the NATO. None of them expected the problem to aggravate to such proportions that the leaders would start discussing possibility of a nuclear wa