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While the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Lok Sabha to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar requested the Centre to grant citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamilians who are residing in India as refugees for the past 35 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the outcome of his “in-depth” discussions with Sri Lanka is that the two countries have decided to cooperate in counter-terrorism training. India announced financial assistance of USD 400 million and USD 50 million to Sri Lanka for counter-terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced financial assistance of $450 million to Sri Lanka including $50 million for counterterrorism after holding talks with the visiting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Prime Minister said that the Rajapaksa government would take forward the reconciliation process to meet the aspirations of Tamil community in Sri Lanka which also includes the implementation of the 13th Amendment.
 

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how India and Sri Lanka need a fresh start in diplomacy.
 

Earlier, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defence secretary and brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, based his campaign on providing strong leadership on national security issues.

New Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse is seen to be closer to China, which lends heavily to Sri Lanka. India would tread cautiously as China would look to expand its naval presence in the Indian Ocean while India hates to concede space in the region. 

Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sri Lanka's former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa on winning the 2019 Presidential elections

During the Presidential elections in Sri Lanka, the six-week campaign in a neck-and-neck race witnessed tensions mounting across the country, with the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) documenting at least 743 electoral violations, including at least 45 cases of assaults or threats.

R Ashwin reached the 250-Test wicket landmark in his 42nd home Test and is the joint fastest with Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan

Deepak Chahar took 6/7 including a hat-trick as India defeated Bangladesh by 30 runs to win the T20I series 2-1. Chahar’s figures are the best-ever in T20Is, bettering Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis’ 6/8. Now, Chahar has made huge progress in ICC T20I rankings

Deepak Chahar’s figures of 6/7 are the best in T20I cricket. He eclipsed Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis’ best haul of 6/8. Chahar is also the first Indian to claim a T20I hat-trick

India will face hosts Sri Lanka on Tuesday (October 29) in the ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Cup. India are on top of the table with two wins from three matches (two wins, one no result). Sri Lanka are second with one win from two games