Sri Lanka's Speaker announces PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's name as 'acting President', later says Parliament will elect new President on 20 July. Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency.
After mass protests over surging prices and shortages of food & fuel, Rajapaksa announced he will resign on 13 July, PM Wickremesinghe has announced intent to resign too.
While the poor worry about the next meal, the majority of the middle-class are more concerned about giving up their privileges and putting their dreams on hold.
The new PM did not attempt to ‘whitewash’ the dire situation in Sri Lanka, unlike his predecessors. Political analysts say country’s most vulnerable will be hit hardest.
Volunteers on site said there was a day of activities planned which included a protest, pirith chanting, an open meeting of groups and almsgiving at the Youth Centre
Wickremesinghe, now his party's lone MP in Parliament, was sworn in once more as PM Thursday. Move seen as attempt to end protests, restore country's international credibility.
The electorate reaffirmed SAD (Badal) as the genuine Akali Dal—not by awarding it the seat, but by positioning it where it matters in a Panthic contest: Second, and unambiguously so.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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