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Rural water supply schemes for climate-vulnerable communities in the dry-zone Format Ensuring water security for agricultural productivity, community wellbeing & resilience Anuradhapura, Vavuniya & Puttalam, Sri Lanka, 6 April 2021: The world over,water is under extreme threat from a growing population, increasing demands of agriculture, and the worsening impacts of climate change. In 2017, 29% of the world’s population did not have access to drinking water that was free from contamination and available on premises when needed, while 11% of the global population lacked even basic drinking w...

news The Rise of Sri Lanka: Singapore’s New Business Companion Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) Sri Lanka has been the source of numerous Western media articles describing it as a ‘victim’ of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, and especially debt trap issues over the countries South-Eastern Hambantota Port and Airport. As I have been saying – I maintain two houses and own a boutique hotel in the country and know of these matters – the real story is not how Western media have generally portrayed the issue. I debunked the Hambantota stories in the article ‘China’s Bel...

HomeOpinionThe elephant is in the room and will not go away The elephant is in the room and will not go away 31 December 2020 02:33 am - 0       No. Not THAT elephant, nor the one which turned itself into a telephone. Neither are in the room. The compass is not in the room either and there’s palpable evidence that even the lotus bud has got displaced. That’s if ‘people’ constitute ‘the room.’ These days, the proverbial elephant in the room is the Coronavirus. The room is enormous and constitutes almost the entire landmass of the earth or rather those parts inhabited by huma...

Grandes Serres in Paris: Stepping into a tropical world The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept Grandes Serres in Paris: Stepping into a tropical world Jane Hanks heads indoors to explore the exotic plant collections housed in Paris and elsewhere around France 17 December 2020 The Grandes Serres in Paris are part of the Jardin des Plantes belonging to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.By Jane Hanks Many big cities in France have glasshouses with exotic plants t...