Sri Lankan Politics
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Four challenges the new Sri Lanka government will have to address to get out of the economic morass
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will need a wide mandate and support from opposition politicians if he is to drastically change the island nation’s policies.
Vidhura S Tennekoon, The Conversation
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Sri Lanka declares emergency ahead of July 20 presidential polls
Elections became necessary after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from the post amid protests over his government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis.
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Top Sri Lanka updates: Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he took all possible steps to avert economic crisis
Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said he will contest the presidential elections scheduled for next week.
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CWG 2022: Here’s the full list of 61 medals won by India at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
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Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail
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Kapil Sibal’s remarks that he has ‘no hope left in SC’ are contemptuous, says Bar Association
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Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM, likely to meet RJD leaders soon to discuss new alliance
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Podcast: What explains rising global authoritarianism? The history of constitutions has some answers
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Sri Lanka crisis top updates: Former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa barred from leaving country
The country’s ruling party said it will support acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe in the vote next week to elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s successor.
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Not just the economy: Sri Lanka crisis is also rooted in its history of bias against minorities
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism can be attributed to Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism.
Niro Kandasamy, The Conversation
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With the Rajapaksas on the run, a brief history of how Sri Lanka got into this mess
For a resurgence, the agenda will need to include shared prosperity, true integration and democracy.
Sudeep Chakravarti
Video
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Watch: Bus loses control in busy Chinese street, police officer gets in while it’s moving to stop it
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Watch: Pharma students celebrate a birthday with party in Lucknow civil hospital, enquiry ordered
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Watch: Young men caught on camera firing shots in the air in Madhya Pradesh
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Watch this Muharram procession in boats on Kashmir’s Dal Lake
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Caught on camera: Landslide hits National Highway 5 in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
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Cartoonists on the Sri Lanka crisis: The boomerang of violence sets a country aflame
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resigns but there’s no end in sight to the political or economic crisis.
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India denies reports of sending troops to Sri Lanka amid violence over economic crisis
The High commission in Colombo said that it is not in line with the position of the government of India.
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Sri Lanka: After Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation, five killed as protests continue
An MP was among those killed and several leaders’ homes were set on fire as clashes ensued between Rajapaksa’s supporters and anti-government protestors.
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The Reel
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‘Delhi Crime’ season 2 trailer: Vartika Chaturvedi and her team are back on the crime trail
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‘Thiruchitrambalam’ trailer: Dhanush plays a food delivery worker in Mithran Jawahar’s film
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Start the week with a film: ‘Confidentially Yours’ is a delightful goodbye to cinema
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‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’ review: Knot happening
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‘Victim – Who is Next?’ review: The films by Pa Ranjith and Chimbudevan stand out
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Easter bombings: Sri Lanka files charges against 25 suspects
On April 21, 2019, suicide bombers carried out a series of blasts at three churches and several luxury hotels in the country.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolves Parliament, calls for elections on April 25
The election campaign period will coincide with the anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombings on April 21 that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotel
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Sri Lanka does not want to get caught between India and China’s power struggles: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
The newly elected president said the island nation ‘cannot engage in any activity that will threaten the security of India’.
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The Field
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Birmingham diaries: From cricket to hockey and the little things in between, my week at CWG 2022
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Watch: Roger Federer fulfils promise and plays a match with young fan
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Chess Olympiad: Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev & Bhakti Kulkarni give India A women’s team sole lead
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Canadian Open: Serena Williams makes a winning return to hard courts
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Watch: CWG 2022 – Sharath and Sathiyan bag gold and bronze in the men’s singles table tennis event