Current Affairs

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S.No. Date Headline News Papaer
1 9/30/2019 Two Asian powers and an island (Unlike China, India?has not accomplished much in?Sri?Lanka in the Sirisena years)? Hindu
2 9/28/2019 Running for President (A second Premadasa is against a second Rajapaksa in race for Sri Lanka?s presidency) Hindu
3 2019-12-04 Srilanka?s?President Gotabaya prorogues Parliament for a month?. Ind. Exp.
4 2019-11-28 In Gotabaya?s?Lanka?(Many fear the of majoritarian sentiment)? Ind.Exp.
5 2019-11-25 Gota hand it to him (A polarising figure becomes president of?Sri Lanka) Ind.Exp.
6 2019-11-24 Return of the Rajapaksas?. Ind.Exp.
7 2019-11-22 Bonds beyond politics (India-Sri Lanka?ties are too strong to be unsettled by Gotabaya Rajapaksa?s election)? Ind. Exp.
8 2019-11-22 ?People see Rajapaksas as solution to economic woes & security threats ? Gotabaya will bring?Sri Lanka?into a neutral position?. T.O.I
9 2019-11-21 Mahinda to be?Sri Lanka PM. Hindu
10 2019-11-20 The new President Rajapaksa(Sri Lanka) Ind. Exp.
11 2019-11-19 An elusive reconciliation in?Sri Lanka?(If can be achieved only through democratic, inclusive, and accommodative means)? Hindu
12 2019-11-19 Old in the new (The Rajapaksas return to power in Colombo in a polarised election. A stable and united?Sri Lanka?is in India?s interest) Ind. Exp.
13 2019-11-18 Return of the Rajapaksa regime (Sri Lanka?s great liberal democratic experiment has now been overcome by authoritarian populism)? Hindu
14 2019-11-17 Sri Lankans?cast vote for new president amid stray violence. Ind. Exp.
15 2019-11-15 The minority factor in?Sri Lankan election?(In 2010 and 2015, the minorities voted en bloc in favour of Mahinda Rajapaksa?s principal rivals) Hindu
16 2019-09-20 Abolish executive presidency: Ranil backers (The proposal, made by the Prime Minister?s allies, did not find many takers at Cabinet meeting) Hindu
17 2019-09-20 Abolish executive presidency: Ranil backers (The proposal, made by the Prime Minister?s allies, did not find many takers at Cabinet meeting) Hindu
18 2019-08-16 Rajapaksa redux and a democracy in peril (The return of an authoritarian oligarchy in Sri Lanka could be stopped by a united stand of democratic forces) Hindu
19 2019-08-16 Rajapaksa redux and a democracy in peril (The return of an authoritarian oligarchy in Sri Lanka could be stopped by a united stand of democratic forces) Hindu
20 2019-08-15 Infighting over presidential candidate heightens in UNP (Ranil, Sajith Premadasa and Karu Jayasuriya are in the fray)? Hindu
21 2019-08-15 Infighting over presidential candidate heightens in UNP (Ranil, Sajith Premadasa and Karu Jayasuriya are in the fray)? Hindu
22 2019-08-13 Strongman candidate (Gotabaya nomination may strengthen view that Rajapaksas are pursuing family interests) Hindu
23 2019-08-13 Strongman candidate (Gotabaya nomination may strengthen view that Rajapaksas are pursuing family interests) Hindu
24 2019-08-12 Lanka?s wartime defence secy in prez race (Gotabaya, Brother Of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Headed Former President?s Military Campaign Against LTTE)? T.O.I
25 2019-08-12 Lanka?s wartime defence secy in prez race (Gotabaya, Brother Of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Headed Former President?s Military Campaign Against LTTE)? T.O.I
26 2019-07-03 Sri Lanka?s suspended police chief, ex-Defence Security arrested (Charged with failure to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks) Hindu
27 2019-05-05 Lost in Lanka. Ind. Exp.
28 2019-04-30 ?Lifting the veil in Sri Lanka (An effort to get Muslim women to give up the niqab was already under way in the community. The ban may have made the community more vulnerable, fear Muslim civil societ Ind. Exp.
29 2019-04-22 Easter Mass Murder (Over 200 killed in Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka)? Ind. Exp.
30 10/5/2019 In Sri Lanka, a bitter brew?(Often described as the backbone of the economy, close to?1.5 lakh tea estate workers?have been agitating for fair wages for the last three years. Ahead of Sri Lanka?s pres Hindu
31 10/24/2019 ?Icon on the island (As?Sri Lanka?prepares for presidential polls, its Election Commission is the winner)? Ind. Exp.
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