India once was a strong ally of Palestine. What changed?
By Jannatul Naym Pieal India this time around has taken a much stronger pro-Israel stand than is typical during Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. In 1947, India voted against the partition of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly. India was the first non‐Arab state to recognise the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole and legitimate representative [...]
Gut-brain communication: A mysterious hidden dialogue
K N Seneviratne oration 2023 The 36th K N Seneviratne Oration delivered by Prof Nranga M Devanarayana, will be held at the Faculty of Medical Scieces, University of Sri Jayawardenepura on Saturday, November 18, in conjunction with the Annual Sessions of the Physiological Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL). The inauguration will be at 8.30 am [...]
Grand Kandyan welcomes Indian Finance Minister
The Grand Kandyan Hotel hosted Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her three-day official visit to Sri Lanka. She was welcomed to the hotel by Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and Grand Kandyan Hotel General Manager Thusith Samaraweera.
National War Heroes Day Commemoration 2023
Salute of the Motherland Salute of the Motherland to the Sri Lankan gallant war heroes was held at the War Memorial. Air Vice Marshal Ravi Arunthavanathan, former Additional Secretary Defence and Deputy Chief of Staff of SLAF, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, PSC laid a floral tribute to commemorate them at this solemn ceremony.
A rights-based global food system
By Oyinlola Oyebode, Yureshya Perera, Tlaleng Mofokeng, and Sharifah Sekalala LONDON/WASHINGTON, DC/WARWICK – With the world’s human population expected to reach a staggering ten billion in the next century, the question of how to achieve food security looms large. The current food system is certainly not up to the task: already, it is failing to [...]