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These days, the Sri Lankan rupee has fallen by almost 45 percent compared to the US dollar. Its foreign exchange reserves are nearly dry, having dropped below $1 billion. Meanwhile, the island nation has to repay debts of about $4 billion in the rest of this year, including a $1 billion international sovereign bond that [...]

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Tuesday voted to suspend Russia from the organization. The move came during an emergency session convened at the request of 6 members and at the instruction of the UNWTO’s Executive Council. The Executive Council previously debated suspending Russia in an emergency meeting last month. The UNWTO is a [...]

The no-knock warrant — a search warrant that authorizes police officers to enter certain premises without knocking and announcing their presence or purpose before entering — is a source of contention in America today. Its element of surprise and extirpative effects makes it a powerful yet contemptible militarized tactic. In this respect, reference is made [...]

I. Introduction The world’s attention is focused on Ukraine and the vicious war ravaging the country, forcing millions of people to flee. But is this Russian invasion different than other invasions by a major world power in terms of violations of international law? It is and it is not. On the one hand, the Russian [...]

Introduction The Indian government has tabled the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha, a bill aimed at increasing the minimum legal age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years. This bill will amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, which prohibits child marriages in India. The 2006 act provides a different minimum [...]

After three days of Generation Equality Forum meetings in Paris (hosted by the French Government from 30 June to 2 July), the international community launched a Global Acceleration Plan (GAP) for gender equality, driven by six Action Coalitions, the Compact on Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action. The GAP aims to accelerate gender equality in the [...]

Most people in our societies identify as male or female, a man or a woman; but there have been people around the globe in different eras that have claimed other identities regarding their gender identity and have put this binary under challenge. Alternative genders across the globe demonstrate examples of cross-cultural gender diversity. In a [...]

In Carpenter v. the United States, the Supreme Court of the United States acknowledged how digital data could provide intrusive details in one click and change the legal definition of privacy forever. The way a common man uses the internet without diving into complexes of his staked rights puts him in jeopardy. Recently, Intermediary Guidelines [...]

US Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, seeking to provide a “comprehensive renew of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.” The announcement came during Haaland’s remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2021 Mid Year Conference. Through the 1960s, the US enacted [...]

During the pandemic, the scientific community took a remarkable step forward by sharing large sets of public data on COVID-19 with researchers and healthcare professionals engaged in treatments and vaccine development. Many saw great potential for this data in training Artificial Intelligence (AI) responses in managing the pandemic. A year later, as countries rushing to [...]