With Ranil Wickremesinghe being elected by Sri Lanka’s parliamentarians as the next president of that country, the island nation can begin the process of restoring political stability. After previous president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled in the face of huge protests against his government, Sri Lanka has been teetering on the brink of total collapse. After all, … Read more
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation as Sri Lankan prime minister on a day which saw the protests against the Rajapaksa clan take a decisively violent turn leaves only president and Mahinda’s younger brother Gotabaya clinging precariously to his post. While Mahinda hoped his resignation would pave the way for a unity government, the opposition and protesters are … Read more
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has done the right thing today by bringing back the mask mandate for public places and the Rs 500 fine for violating it. This begs the question, did states remove or dilute mask mandates prematurely? Yes. In Delhi for example, which is now seeing an uptick in Covid infection numbers, some … Read more