Month: December 2019
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Dec- 2019 -30 DecemberCURRENT AFFAIRS
CHINA CRACKDOWN
In 2012, Xi promised to crack down on the corrupt practices of powerful politicians (‘tigers’) and lowly bureaucrats
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30 DecemberCURRENT AFFAIRS
GLOBAL WARMING
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2020. There is a mere 10 years – a single decade – to take decisive action to prevent catastrophic and irreversible
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30 DecemberEDITORIALS
REFORM AGENDA
Sri Lanka has a new government that came into power amid heightened popular expectations of reforms
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30 DecemberCURRENT AFFAIRS
FRANCE TODAY
Who would have thought that France would be one of the best performing European economies of 2019? The news has caught not only economists
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30 DecemberEDITORIALS
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
And finally, it’s here! In the past, 2020 has been referenced as a seemingly far-off milestone whether it’s
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30 DecemberTOMORROW’S WORLD
TOMORROW’S WORLD
January global events calendar. International conference on frontiers of computers and communication engineering
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30 DecemberEDITORIALS
AIR QUALITY
Towards the latter part of 2019, Sri Lanka may have got a glimpse into the future – a rather foggy one at that. It was reported that air quality in several
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30 DecemberCURRENT AFFAIRS
NEW FRONTIERS
BEING GENDERLESS As civil and corporate entities look for more ways to ensure social inclusion and diversity, the fashion industry
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30 DecemberEDITORIALS
BIOMETRIC BOMBSHELL
Surveillance is no longer a pastime that’s limited to totalitarian regimes; it’s being practised by private entities that keep a watchful eye
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30 DecemberBUSINESS FORUM
INSURANCE SECTOR
The insurance sector is substantially under-penetrated in this country – whether this be in terms of the number of individuals who
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