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CURRENT AFFAIRS

  • Feb- 2019 -
    4 February

    FOOD SECURITY

    Global undernourishment has been on the rise since 2014, reaching an estimated 821 million in 2017. It’s clearly a long road ahead to

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  • Jan- 2019 -
    2 January

    WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT

    Last year saw an unprecedented number of women winning their way into the seats of power in politics

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  • 2 January

    SOCIAL MEDIA COUP

    The 26 October sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will rank as a first on many unsavoury lists. It was a catalyst for protracted

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  • 2 January

    GLOBAL INNOVATION

    Innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs converged at the Global Innovation Forum held in London in November to discuss

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  • 2 January

    ANTI-GRAFT GENERATION

    Youth are considered idealistic, seeking perfection in an imperfect world. The young people making an impact in the world today

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  • Dec- 2018 -
    1 December

    GLOBAL WARMING

    Many of us know the concept of global warming albeit vaguely. Some heard more about it after President Donald

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  • 1 December

    CLIMATE CALAMITIES

    As the sun rises early in the morning, dawn on the east coast of Sri Lanka is a spectacular sight to behold. Those golden rays on the horizon create a…

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  • 1 December

    COMBATING CORRUPTION

    We live in a corrupt world that appears disinclined to end corruption. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2017

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  • 1 December

    MADAGASCAR TODAY

    On 7 November, Madagascar’s eligible voters went to the polls to elect their new president. Since no candidate received over 50 percent of the vote in the first round

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  • Oct- 2018 -
    29 October

    ROHINGYA CRISIS

    Is it ethnic cleansing or genocide? As the international community ponders this question, Canada

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