Rajitha orders transfer of prison hospital doctors

India needs a coordinated approach for decarbonisation of economy

Prime Minister?Narendra Modi?s announcement of enhanced targets for climate action by India, particularly for achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, has highlighted the importance of long-term planning for decarbonising the economy. Until now, the Government of India has responded to unprecedented changes in the energy sector, particularly rapid reductions in the cost of renewable energy (RE) based power, with dramatic enhancements in the targets for RE. With this approach, India has done well a

29 Nov, 2021

Electricity being restored following outage in several areas

The electricity supply is being restored following an outage in several areas today. Power cuts were reported in a number of areas around the island, including Galle, Ratmalana, Kiribathgoda and Biyagama. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that the power cut was caused by a breakdown in the transmission line between Kotmale and Biyagama. incidentally, CEB engineers had, just last week, warned of power cuts owing to an ongoing work-to-rule campaign. The CEB Engineers? Union warned that t

29 Nov, 2021

Arjuna Ranatunga resigns from the UNP

Former Minister and world cup winning captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, has resigned from the United National Party (UNP). Ranatunga has informed UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe about his decision to leave the party. The former Minister said that he had decided to leave the party as the party was not showing signs of making real change. Ranatunga lost the last Parliamentary Election as a result of which he did not secure a seat in Parliament. Following the loss at the election Ranatung was hardly i

29 Nov, 2021