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Abdulla Yameen, chief of the Progressive Party of Maldives, meets his supporters during an ‘India Out’ protest rally in Naifaru, Maldives, on March 19.

The Maldives: Storm warning

With the presidential election just a year away, the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party faces a number of challenges, including internal troubles, clim

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Protest outside the President’s office in Colombo on April 15. The anger and resentment against the Rajapaksas rise from a deep economic crisis, which was fuelled by misplaced priorities and mismanagement.

Sri Lanka: The siege within

People, cutting across communities, are paying the price for the rulers’ misplaced policies and priorities. As the ruling Rajapaksas refuse to accede

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Sri Lankan Tamils who reached Dhanushkodi on March 22 apparently seeking refuge following severe economic crisis in their country. They were rescued from Fourth Island and were brought to the Mandapam hoverport for interrogation.

Passage to India: Arrival of economic refugees from Sri Lanka looms large

Intelligence agencies believe that up to 2,000 economic refugees from crisis-torn Sri Lanka will arrive in India.

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M.A. Sumanthiran: “... the triggering of this crisis seems to be the heavy tax cuts that were introduced soon after Gotabaya Rajapaksa became President.... As much as 33 per cent of the people fell outside the tax net as a result.... Once it starts sliding, you can’t pull it back.”

‘They kept denying that there was a crisis’

Interview with M.A. Sumanthiran, Tamil National Alliance leader.

R.K. Radhakrishnan ,In Colombo

A protest outside the Central Bank of Sri Lanka office in Colombo on March 30.

Sri Lanka's forex crisis bodes ill for tottering economy

Low worker remittances and falling tourism revenue as a result of COVID-19 and diminishing export earnings have, among other reasons, triggered a mass

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A Buddhist monk and member of the Socialist Youth Union tangles with a police officer and sends his cap flying at a protest outside the President’s secretariat against the economic crisis, in Colombo on March 18.

In danger zone: Sri Lanka's downward spiral into full-blown crisis

Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic and humanitarian catastrophe becomes a full-blown political crisis, with the people taking to the streets in protest and

R.K. Radhakrishnan ,Recently in Sri Lanka

at a camp for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Puzhal near Chennai.

Home away from home: Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas rebuild their lives

A recent study shows how two refugee groups in Tamil Nadu—Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas—rebuilt their lives and integrated themselves into society w

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M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK party president, after the party won the local body elections, in Chennai on February 22, 2022.

DMK’s winning spree in Tamil Nadu continues

The ruling party in Tamil Nadu and its allies romp home to a massive victory in the local body elections, while the BJP makes exaggerated claims of ha

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Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi launching the School Development Project App during the Nam Palli Nam Perumai function at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai on March 15.

Tamil Nadu government to involve local communities in school management committees in an effort to improve standards in government schools

In a bid to get local communities more involved in the process of the education of children, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to convene a meetin

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R. Priya taking charge as Mayor of Chennai in the presence of Health Minister Ma. Subramanian (right) and HR and CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu and Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi in Ripon buildings on March 3.

Chennai gets its first Mayor from the Scheduled Castes even as DMK sweeps Mayor elections in Tamil Nadu

The DMK’s choices reflected the party’s focus on naming women to top posts in a bid to sway the women’s vote in the long term. The party contested 20

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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin speaking in the Tamil Nadu Assembly when it met in a special session on February 8 to re-adopt the NEET exemption Bill.

Not so neat: Tamil Nadu government, Governor lock horns on NEET

The Tamil Nadu Governor sends back a Bill seeking exemption for the State from NEET, triggering a political tussle and questions of constitutional pro

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Chief Minister M K Stalin speaking in the Tamil Nadu Assembly when it met in a special session on August 8 to pass, for the third time, the NEET exemption Bill.

Tamil Nadu Assembly, sitting in a special session, unanimously passes NEET exemption Bill for the third time

Stalin pointed out that the Sarkaria Commission had clearly laid out directions on how a Governor should handle a Bill adopted by a State Assembly if

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