Day: June 21, 2024

ndo-Lanka joint energy projects dominate bilateral talks between Jaishankar and Wickremesinghe

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Indo-Lanka joint energy projects dominate bilateral talks between Jaishankar and Wickremesinghe Colombo, Jun 20 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe held bilateral discussions on Thursday, where joint energy projects, including a proposed petroleum pipeline linking the two countries, took centre stage. The two leaders focused on initiatives aimed at enhancing energy connectivity and developing the renewable energy sector. “Significant attention was given to plans for a Liquified Natural Gas supply, a proposed petroleum pipeline linking the two countries, and advancing oil and gas exploration…

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Sri Lanka: Accountability needed for enforced disappearances

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Sri Lanka: Accountability needed for enforced disappearances Sri Lanka must ensure accountability for decades of enforced disappearances – UN report GENEVA (17 May 2024) – Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today says. It calls on the Government to acknowledge the involvement of State security forces and affiliated paramilitary groups, and to issue…

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Petitioners seek SC intervention against Mannar Wind Power Project

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Petitioners seek SC intervention against Mannar Wind Power Project citing public interest The Bishop of the Diocese of Mannar and three prominent environmentalists this week petitioned the Supreme Court in the public interest against the proposed 250 MW Mannar Wind Power Project by Adani Green Energy. Rev. Dr. Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando along with Rohan Pethiyagoda, Prof. Nimal Gunatilleke and Prof. Sarath Kotagama have challenged the procurement process and proposed construction of the project by Adani Green Energy PTE Ltd and/or Adani Green Energy S L Limited. The case names…

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Australian company’s multibillion sandmining project in Mannar

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Australian company’s multibillion sandmining project mired in Mannar protests Protests hinder progress towards mining licence Residents allege large-scale land robberies involving brokers working for company  Environmentalists fear existential threats such as soil losing fertility and contamination of water sources  Company representative downplays impacts of the project on people’s livelihood  By Mimi Alphonsus and S. Rubatheesan For over a decade, an Australian company has tried to secure mining licences to extract heavy mineral sands from the ecologically rich region of Mannar Island—the fourth largest ilmenite deposit in the world—with little success.…

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