Tourism is one of the major contributors to the GDP of some of the South Asian nations such as Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. As a sector, tourism is a huge creator of employment. The entire region has rich untapped potential in tourism. In the recent period, the tourism sector...
Currently, Sri Lanka follows several common ways of getting rid of plastics by dumping them in the incinerators or as landfill. This study mainly focused on the methods of plastic waste management, the current situation of Sri Lanka, available options, and proposals to reduce the plastic wastage...
Urban nutrition situation in the slums of three cities in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Matern Child Nutr. 2023;e13543. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13543 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Policy innovations for transformative change: implementing the 2030 agenda for ...
Indian-origin Alok Sharma was named the new UK Minister in charge of the crunch UN climate talks to be hosted by Britain in November 2020. He has been promoted to the post of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet reshuff...
The top five arms importers during the five-year period are Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and China. The report placed India 23rdamong the world’s 25 largest arms exporters, with its main clients being Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Mauritius. ...
There are now 738 properties in 134 countries, including 12 in India, four in Sri Lanka, and three in the Maldives.Facts:The Hurulu Biosphere Reserve in Sri Lanka was South Asia’s first biosphere reserve. Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal are yet to have biospheres. Nilgiris stretching over ...
Table 1. Target bans on the ICE announced in various regions of the world. Target ICE banRegion 2025 Norway 2030 UK: Pure ICE vehiclesIceland, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Hainan (China) 2035 UK: HybridsCalifornia (US), Columbia 2040 Canada, Egypt, France, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwa...
There has been a rapid increase in the number of economic evaluation models in this field, with more than half of included models being published in the last five years (i.e., 2015 to 2020). However, almost all included models were conducted for higher-income countries rather than lower-in...
The most commonly used LSM method in many communities is larviciding [36]. A recent Cochrane review reported that larviciding in Sri Lanka of abandoned mines, streams, and rice paddies reduced malaria incidence by almost 75% compared to controls [37]. In five controlled before-and-after tri...
Sri Lanka is facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections with 447,757 cases detected since March last year. Currently, the number of active patients stood at nearly 60,000, statistics from the Health Ministry showed, and 9,604 deaths have been reported so far. ...