In the 14 years since Indian officials last held a census, the country has seen rapid growth, with India overtaking China as the world’s most populous nation, with 1.44 billion people, according to ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Dissanayake’s speech paying glowing tribute to sham independence and demanding that class interests of workers and the ...

Saikat Majumdar’s new book explores the rise of amateurs as a response to colonial rule, and its current form, embodied by ...

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on ...

SEOUL/SYDNEY -- Governments across Asia are restricting their use of DeepSeek's artificial intelligence services due to security concerns, following the Chinese startup's industry-shaking claims ...

Scientists have demonstrated that Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats not only travels great distances, but also hunt at impressive altitudes of up to 1,600 meters above ground -- the altitude at which ...

Ramaphosa shared information about the new ID system during his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on 6 February. “We will invest in digital public infrastructure to give South Africans ...

Hiruni Fernando was very much in the spotlight, in the local scene, especially when she formed an all-girls group, called ...

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...