Discussing politics is a favourite activity with Malayalis. From tea shops to educational institutions, office spaces and the drawing room, political debate is ...

In February, Myanmar’s neighbour Bangladesh is scheduled to have its first, also highly controversial, polls since the uprising of July 2024 that ended with the abrupt fall of the Awami League ...

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Palani Digambaram is not a politician known for grandstanding or abstract theorizing. As Deputy Leader of the Tamil ...

Israeli-founded startup Believer Meats, a biotechnology firm that creates chicken, lamb and beef products made from animal cells, has been forced to shut down its operations after running out of funds ...

Actor Suriya recently attended a special screening of the re-edited version of his 2014 gangster thriller 'Anjaan'. Director Lingusamy and fans joined him to watch the film, which has been shortened ...

A couple of years ago, Sunil Sarath Perera published a collection of essays titled ‘Mathaka Nimnaya,’ or ‘The valley of ...

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The Believers was Netflix’s first Thai series to be picked up for a second season, and for a good reason; the combination of religion, money, and criminal activity was just too good to not explore a ...