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Topic: Sri Lankan elections

Ranil, Oppn leader in Sri Lanka presidential race with ‘wild card’ Marxist & Rajapaksa scion

Vandana Menon -
Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if nobody gets clear majority, race will boil down to top two candidates.

Ranil Wickremesinghe is Sri Lanka’s next Prime Minister

ThePrint Team -
The 73-year-old United National Party (UNP) leader was the country’s premier before, in 1993-94.

Mahinda Rajapaksa brings family rule to Sri Lanka. All eyes on his India-China balancing act

Nayanima Basu -
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.

Trump’s hasty NATO retreat and Britain’s Christmas election trees

Fiza Jha -
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

New Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit India 29 November

PTI -
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, who is in Sri Lanka, said Gotabaya Rajapaksa had accepted PM Modi's invitation.

Another strongman Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka, raising fears of tilt to China

Anusha Ondaatjie -
There are fears a Rajapaksa victory could threaten Sri Lanka’s fragile democratic progress and see a return to the old authoritarian ways.

Sri Lankan presidential polls: Gotabaya set for win as ruling party’s Premadasa concedes

PTI -
Final results are yet to be announced but the ruling party candidate, Sajith Premadasa, congratulated former war general, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on winning the election.

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’s cup of woes overflows as national politicians slug it out in the local elections

N Sathiya Moorthy -
The acrimonious campaign for the local government elections indicates the end of the road for the government of ‘National Unity’ in Sri Lanka.

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Opinion

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

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

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

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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