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Topic: Maithripala Sirisena

Indian Tamil, two monks, a former actor — line-up for Sri Lanka’s Presidential election

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Sri Lanka will vote on 16 November to elect its President from among 35 candidates — a record number, making it the country’s most expensive election.

A Rajapaksa for President. For Sri Lanka that has seen so much tragedy, it’s time to panic

Taylor Dibbert -
It doesn’t matter who is in charge. The Rajapaksa political project revolves around corruption and denigration of ethnic and religious minorities.

Sri Lanka’s ex-defence secy & former police chief arrested for alleged inaction on terror

PTI -
Sri Lanka's attorney general had instructed the authorities to charge the two officials for their failure to prevent the Easter terror attacks.

Sri Lanka’s wildly incompetent President keeps getting worse

Taylor Dibbert -
Maithripala Sirisena eschews responsibility at every turn. He has no leadership qualities and has been out of his depth since January 2015.

Sri Lanka says all extremists linked to Easter bombings killed or arrested

PTI -
The Sri Lankan police chief said that all explosives possessed by the local outfit National Thowheeth Jama'ath were seized, and assured the country was safe again.

Easter terror attacks: How India knew and why Sri Lanka didn’t

Indi Samarajiva -
When Easter attack warnings were received, they were forwarded to VIP security heads, not to those in charge of public security.

Sri Lankan president Sirisena calls for resignations of defence secretary & police chief

PTI -
The Sri Lankan govt faced flak Tuesday after it admitted to receiving intelligence inputs about the terror attacks days before Easter but failed to act on it.

Sri Lankan govt in disarray after reports it ignored intelligence warnings

Srijan Shukla -
Trump administration announces end to sanctions exemptions for countries still importing Iranian oil. China, India, among others, to be impacted.

Sri Lanka’s human rights diplomacy is a sham & you can blame its political elites

Taylor Dibbert -
The Sri Lankan government has used Human Rights Council resolutions to deflect international pressure and deceive the global community.

Race for absolute power in Sri Lanka will signal a proxy war between India and China

Seshadri Chari -
With both India and Sri Lanka gearing up for general elections, cautious optimism should be the keyword in diplomacy.
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Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Shailaja Bajpai -
Tango, triad, trinity, troika — TV news pulled out every T-word from its dictionary and paired it with Tianjin to target Trump on tariffs and trade.

Why India should let the rupee fall

India’s online gaming ban shows today’s thriving sector could be tomorrow’s casualty

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

Javaria Rana -
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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