The monks contend that Sri Lanka’s existing penal code already contains sufficient safeguards to deal with abuse, and that new legislation is unnecessary and overly idealistic.
The developments in Nepal illustrate a familiar tension across many democracies: the challenge of establishing effective self-regulation and accountability mechanisms without creating tools that could be used to constrain critical reporting.
India’s experience offers a transferable lesson: organic waste streams, when systematically collected and processed, can simultaneously advance sanitation, energy access, climate mitigation and rural-urban linkages.
The October policy reflects a careful recalibration: prioritising price stability without derailing an economy that continues to demonstrate resilience in the face of global headwinds.
The developments in Nepal illustrate a familiar tension across many democracies: the challenge of establishing effective self-regulation and accountability mechanisms without creating tools that could be used to constrain critical reporting.
India’s experience offers a transferable lesson: organic waste streams, when systematically collected and processed, can simultaneously advance sanitation, energy access, climate mitigation and rural-urban linkages.