Weeks after his letter to Murmu demanding Nirmala Sitharaman’s dismissal, the IRS officer from Tamil Nadu was suspended 2 days before his retirement & is facing disciplinary proceedings.
From a 'model developing country' regaining its centrality in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has become a 'bankrupt nation' with socio-economic tensions running deep.
Disputes with Tamil fishermen from India, coupled with the fuel crisis and price rise, have landed fishing communities along Sri Lanka’s northern coast in the middle of a perfect storm.
Every year on 18 May, Tamil families gather in Mullivaikkal, where thousands of Tamil civilians were trapped & killed in 2009, during last leg of offensive by Sri Lankan military against LTTE.
Amendment is aimed at facilitating reconciliation of Tamilian minority by giving them greater representation, but successive Sri Lankan governments see it as an imposition by India.
The development comes at a time the UNHCR could vote on an impending resolution, backed by Canada and the UK, against Sri Lanka for human rights violations during its 26-year-long civil war.
University of Jaffna has decided to raze a war memorial erected in memory of the victims of the 2009 Mullivaikkal massacre. The decision has triggered protests.
PM Narendra Modi didn't even wait for the final results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election before calling Mahinda Rajapaksa to congratulate him on his victory.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's administration is sending a clear signal that transitional justice and broader rights concerns have been put on the back burner.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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