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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

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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

The Hindu

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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.

Reuters

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 Hindu

Sri Lanka's oldest airport sees 1st international flight in 54 years

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's oldest and first international airport was relaunched on Sunday with its first international flight landing in 54 years, aviation officials said.

The Times of India

EAM Jaishankar in Maldives, to ink pacts and boost ties

MALE: External affairs minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Saturday as part of his five-day two-nation visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka to explore the possibilities of further expansion of bilateral engagements with the two key maritime neighbours of India.

The Times of India

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 Guardian - UK

India asks Sri Lanka to exercise caution while handling fishing boats

‘Use a paramilitary force to deal with civilian fishermen’

The Hindu

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.

ABC News

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

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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.

The Conversation

UN committee rules anti-lesbian sex laws breach human rights in landmark decision

On Wednesday, a United Nations committee became the first international law body to recognise that criminalising female same-sex sexual activity is a fundamental breach of human rights.

The Hindu

Crisis in Sri Lanka

India should help Sri Lanka during the crisis and also resolve some of the bilateral issues

The Hindu

We are in touch with Centre on Sri Lankan Tamils issue: Stalin

The Chief Minister confident of finding a solution to the issue soon

Liverpool Echo

ITV This Morning viewers 'switch off' after cost of living 'joke'

Many watching at home were unhappy with the 'tone deaf' segment

The Hindu

16 Tamil Nadu fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy; two boats seized

Centre should intervene immediately, says fishermen association leader

Reuters

Sri Lanka to seek World Bank support alongside IMF loan programme - sources

Sri Lanka will seek World Bank assistance to stave off a severe economic crisis in addition to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) rescue plan to be discussed next month, two sources said.

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