Our sincere apologies for the delay in bringing out this volume. Apart from constraints of extra workload on academics emerging from the post-pandemic situation, which led to fewer articles being submitted, the professional responsibilities of the editors, authors and reviewers multiplied and needed prioritizing. In addition, the editorial board went through a change. From a previous four-member editorial team, we have now two new editors on board who needed some time to get into the process. Also, the current volume includes seven papers and one book review compared to three papers and one book review published in the last volume.