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India hands over 450 million for Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project

India hands over 450 million for Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project: India has handed over INR 450 million in advance to Sri Lanka to fund its unique digital identity project in Aug 2023. It is the most crucial step in the island nation’s digitalization program being implemented through the Indian grant assistance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023 […]

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PM Modi urges Sri Lanka President to implement 13th Amendment

PM Modi urges Sri Lanka President to implement 13th Amendment: During the Sri Lanka President’s visit to India, Indian PM expressed his hope to implement 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka Constitution which flows from the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord 1987. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023 Background Since the early 1980s, Sri Lanka has been embroiled

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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister resigned after weeks of Protest

Sri Lankan prime minister Mahindra Rajapaksa resigned from his position on 9th May 2022 and the president, his brother, step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, an official said. He sent his resignation letter to the president of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He has been accused of misleading Sri Lanka’s economy and pushing Sri

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India to help Sri Lanka launch its version of Aadhaar

India has agreed to provide a grant to Sri Lanka to implement a ‘Unitary Digital Identity framework’, apparently modelled on the Aadhaar card. The Rajapaksa government will “prioritise” the implementation of the Framework as a national level programme, Sri Lanka’s Cabinet decided on Monday. The initiative follows bilateral talks between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa & Prime Minister Narendra Modi in

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Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announces retirement after upcoming tour of India

Sri Lanka fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has announced to retire from international cricket after their upcoming tour of India, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement. SLC said that Lakmal has informed the board of his decision. The 34-year-old right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman aim to join the English county club Derbyshire after

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Exim Bank extends USD 500 mn Line of Credit to Sri Lanka

The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended a line of credit (LoC) of USD 500 million to Sri Lanka on behalf of the Government of India on February 03, 2022. The fund will be used by the Island nation for the purchase of petroleum products. With the signing of the LOC agreement for

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India, Sri Lanka extend existing Science & Technology cooperation for three

India and Sri Lanka have extended the existing Science and Technology cooperation for three more years. Now, the countries focus on new areas like waste-water technologies, sustainable agriculture, aerospace engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence. The decision was taken during the 5th Joint Committee meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka Seeks $500 Million Line of Credit from India to purchase Fuel

The Government of Sri Lanka has sought a $500 million credit line from India to pay for its crude oil purchases amid a severe foreign exchange crisis in the island nation after the pandemic hit the nation’s earnings from tourism and remittances. The USD 500 million credit line is part of the India-Sri Lanka economic partnership

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8th India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise – Mitra Shakti 21

India and Sri Lanka will begin a 12-day joint military training exercise ‘Mitra Shakti’ in Sri Lanka’s Ampara from October 4 with a focus on enhancing counter-terror cooperation. The 8th edition of the India – Sri Lanka bilateral joint Exercise “Mitra Shakti-21” is scheduled to take place at Combat Training School, Ampara in Sri Lanka from October 4 to 15, 2021. The

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Lasith Malinga announces retirement from all forms of cricket

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup winning captain, has announced his retirement from T20Is, marking his retirement from all forms of cricket on September 14, 2021. The 38-year-old had already retired from Test cricket in 2011 and then from the ODIs in 2019. He played 30 Tests, 226 ODIs and 84 T20Is for

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