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Topic: Rajapaksas

Sri Lanka’s top court says Rajapaksa brothers among those responsible for economic crisis

Without ordering any punishment, the court ruled that their 'actions, omissions, and conduct' contributed to Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis in decades.

Not majority-minority, Sri Lanka crisis a result of corruption, Rajapaksa family’s greed

RBI has recently liberalised rupee trade mechanism to facilitate ease of foreign exchange outflow. This facility can be extended to Sri Lanka.

‘Run Sri Lanka like Hitler’, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was once told. Now he’s on the run himself

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a man who never wanted to join politics, fled Sri Lanka in the face of massive protests against misgovernance during his tenure.

The People vs the Rajapaksas in Sri Lanka and why it turned out this way

As Sri Lanka waits for a new government to take charge, the Rajapaksa brothers must not be allowed to flee. As for India, it should continue to be the good neighbour it's been.

How ‘organic’ diktat, Chinese infra brought farmers to their knees on Rajapaksa turf Hambantota

Farmers in Sri Lanka's Hambantota struggle to keep crops alive without effective fertilisers, with rampaging elephants — displaced due to ill-conceived infra projects — posing another threat.

Rajapaksa family’s ancestral home set on fire as violence claims 8 lives in Sri Lanka

On Monday, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa submitted his resignation as the family sought to stem protesters' calls asking the entire family to step aside, leading to the dissolution of the cabinet.

Spirituality or ‘occult’? Mahinda’s visit to sacred city before resigning as PM raises questions

Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to Anuradhapura caught the public eye in Sri Lanka, but this is hardly the first time his religious and spiritual beliefs have become a talking point.

Crisis in Sri Lanka deepens after corruption charges against PM’s son, opposition leaders

Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya Tuesday submitted no-confidence motion against PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's govt & impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka ex-minister Namal Rajapaksa earned ‘over million euros’ in corrupt deals, report claims

ABC investigation claims former sports minister got payoffs from Australian medical firm Aspen, which allegedly laundered millions of dollars in Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa denies allegations.

President Gotabaya should’ve been open about plans, says Sri Lanka ex-minister & nephew Namal

In interview with ThePrint, Namal Rajapaksa, son of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, talks about need for systemic change in Sri Lanka as anger over country's economic crisis continues to grow.

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Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.