Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has grappled with a struggling energy grid for years, and monkeys are making it worse. On Sunday at around 11:00 ...
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Sri Lanka to Adopt India’s DigiLocker Digital Identity System
Sri Lanka plans to adopt India’s DigiLocker system as part of a broader digital public infrastructure (DPI) initiative, following India’s successful implementation of digital identity solutions like ...
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A failed state; self-inflicted, can it be fixed or is it an unrealisable reality? Part 2
On 18 October 2022, on the Guest Column of the Daily FT, an article I wrote carried the above heading ( Over two years have ...
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Govt envisages USD 15 Bn digital economy by 2030
The Government envisions Sri Lanka’s digital economy reaching USD 15 billion by 2030, said Deputy Minister of Digital Economy; Eranga Weeraratne, at the Sri Lanka Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ...
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Indian assistant for digital NIC, but Sri Lanka will manage data handling independently: President
The President also added, “People say that India is going to steal data, but nothing like that will happen. We had a workshop on January 24 with the leading experts in Sri Lanka on data science.” The ...
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As China’s population continues to plummet, demographic alarms are ringing
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‘Unwelcome news’: should India be worried about Sri Lanka and China’s growing cooperation?
Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy in 2022 and halted repayments on some repayments on some US$83 billion in domestic and foreign loans. In November 2023, Sri Lanka reached an agreement with China ...
Newsweek21d
Warning Issued on 'Population Collapse' by 2100
Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday ...
Greek Reporter23d
What Was the Population of Ancient Greece?
Population of ancient Greece ... However, historians and archaeologists have made educated guesses based on archaeological evidence, census data, and historical accounts. There are three periods when ...
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China and Sri Lanka eye new phase of BRI with $3.7bn investment
Sinopec, China's state-owned and largest oil refiner, signed an agreement with Sri Lanka's energy ministry to invest $3.7 billion in a state-of-the-art oil refinery with a capacity of 200,000 ...
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China's population falls for a third consecutive year
HONG KONG: China's population fell for a third consecutive ... compared to 1.409 billion in 2023. Friday's (Jan 17) data reinforces concerns that the world's second-largest economy will struggle ...
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China’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year
By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from ... most recently available data. On Friday, the National ...