Modi's visit comes as New Delhi shifts its foreign policy eastwards in bid to cement ties with neighbours. Sri Lanka, seen close to China until few yrs ago, is now among India’s closest allies.
The three-day visit will be Modi's longest to the island country. It follows Sri Lankan President Dissanayake’s visit to New Delhi and Bodh Gaya in December last year.
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had said he would cancel the deal if elected, but instead he revoked the PPA with Adani & renegotiated for lower energy prices.
5 of 13 Indian fishermen apprehended Monday were injured, 2 seriously. The Indian High Commission in Colombo has also raised the matter with the Sri Lankan foreign ministry.
Group dismisses as ‘misleading’ reports in international media that Sri Lanka had cancelled Mannar & Pooneryn projects, hints review process not linked to November indictments by US.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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