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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
TopicSri Lankan elections

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 -
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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 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

The oil pipelines that could decide the Iran war

Javier Blas -
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Economy

Russian crude never left India’s import mix. It made up 1/3rd of oil imports from 2024 to 2026

Udit Bubna -
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.

Defence

India and Indonesia finalise BrahMos deal, contract to be signed early next fiscal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One battery of the BrahMos missile is to be procured in the initial phase. The plan is to scale up the procurement in phases.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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