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10-hour blackouts, hospitals stop surgery as Sri Lanka crisis worsens

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday began imposing record nationwide 10-hour daily power cuts as more hospitals announced the suspension of routine surgeries in response to severe shortages of fuel and life-saving medicines.

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India working overtime to ensure swift assistance to Sri Lanka, says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister wraps up visit to island nation

The Hindu

10-hour power cuts in Sri Lanka as crisis worsens

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday began imposing record nationwide 10-hour daily power cuts as it ran out of hydro-electricity on top of a severe shortage of fuel.

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Sri Lankans stand, sweat and seethe as economy grinds to a halt

Colombo (AFP) - As Sri Lankans faint in day-long queues for fuel and swelter through stifling evening blackouts by candlelight, anger is mounting over the worst economic crisis in living memory.

AFP

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Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving drugs

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars needed to import essentials as the country reels from a dire economic crisis, officials said Tuesday.

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As prices soar in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, many forced to moonlight

Low-income workers take on multiple jobs to survive as the economic crisis sees food, fuel and medicine costs surge.

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India plans power project in Sri Lanka after China's shelved

India has agreed to set up power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean

The Independent UK

Indian power projects replace Chinese ventures in Sri Lanka

Concerns were raised over projects’ proximity to Tamil Nadu.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Opposition seeks PM’s response to hike in fuel prices; Sri Lankan President Gotabaya thanks India for assistance, and more

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The Hindu

A subregional grouping that must get back on course

BIMSTEC is in need of a framework to tackle the specific challenges confronting the Bay of Bengal region

The Hindu

Navy’s ALH in Sri Lanka for training programme

Week-long training for SLAF pilots

The Hindu

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa thanks India for ‘invaluable assistance’

Assured Sri Lankan President of continued cooperation and understanding, says S. Jaishankar

The Hindu

Jaishankar visits Lanka IOC to take stock of fuel supply situation

Colombo External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on March 28 visited Lanka IOC, the local subsidiary

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Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka in talks with India for another $1.5 billion credit line

Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1.5 billion from India to import essentials, the island nation's central bank governor said on Monday, amid its worst economic crisis in decades.

The Hindu

EAM Jaishankar to hold talks with Rajapaksas today as Sri Lanka’s crisis persists

S. Jaishankar will also interact with prominent members of the Opposition, Tamil and Muslim political parties, ahead of his participation in the BIMSTEC Summit.

The Guardian - UK

Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended

The threat of a bullet in the leg or having his fingernails ripped off was the ordeal faced by one man

The Hindu

India asks Sri Lanka to exercise caution while handling fishing boats

‘Use a paramilitary force to deal with civilian fishermen’

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Jaishankar on tour of Maldives, Sri Lanka for bilateral talks

The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will arrive in Male first on March 26 for crucial talks, following India’s recent $2.4 billion assistance to Sri Lanka

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 March 2022

Everyday in China some 12,500 domestic flights arrive safely at their destinations. On Monday, China Eastern flight MU5735 did not. It took off from Kunming in the early afternoon but never made it to Guangzhou.

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Refugee calls for improved visa support after incredible journey from war-torn Sri Lanka to central west NSW

Jaganthan Thankavel and his family fled Sri Lanka following the end of a 26-year civil war. Now they are hoping for improved support to assist refugees in regional Australia.

The Hindu

Govt. pursuing detention of Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka ‘at the highest level’

Minister tells Lok Sabha 577 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani custody for alleged violation of maritime boundary

The Hindu

Sri Lankan academic moots collaborative approach to resolving fishermen issue

She also suggests quota for traditional fishing methods and bilateral research project to improve marine resources

AFP

Sri Lanka papers run out of newsprint as crisis bites

Colombo (AFP) - Two major Sri Lanka newspapers are suspending their print editions because of a lack of paper, their owner said Friday, the latest casualties in the island's economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Tourism in Sri Lanka: One step forward, two steps back

A spiralling economic crisis is hurting tourism, a key source of dollars that had barely revived after three bad years.

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