Strategic Analyst

Aviation & Defence Universe WE JUST REPORT FACTS, WE DO NOT CHANGE THEM Srilanka’s Prime Minister Rajapaksa Calls India A Relation While Other Countries “Friends” By Jai Kumar Verma The friendly neighbourhood hand shake New Delhi. 16 February 2020.  The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told to an Indian newspaper during an interview that other countries are “friends” of Sri Lanka while India is a “relation”. The 74-year old Rajapaksa who is the senior most member of parliament is a fervent devotee of Lord Venkateswara. He also visited Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Sarnath, Maha Bodhi temple in Bodh Gaya and Tirupati during his current visit.  Sri Lanka is India’s closest maritime neighbour and is just 30 nautical miles away from the territorial boundary. India has deep historical and cultural ties with this island nation. Despite areas of co-operation between India and Sri Lanka there are some issues between the two nations and Sri Lanka’s gro

Democracy & secularism in peril: MDP Looses in Maldives Winning PNC Presidential Candidate Dr.Mohamed Muizzu By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 04 October 2023. Maldives is all set to see a change of guard at its helm. And this new political scenario will also result into the island nation’s changed diplomacy. Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) lost presidential elections in the second round and his rival Mohamed Muizzu, the mayor of the capital, Malé City of People’s National Congress (PNC) which is the prime constituent of the opposition coalition won the election. The result was announced on 1st October. There are more than 282,000 eligible voters and the voters turnout was about 85 percent. There were about 165 international observers and monitors with overseas polling booths at Trivandrum, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, London, and Abu Dhabi. The Author The first round of voting was held in early September in which eight candidates