Read The Hindu Notes of 30th October 2018 for UPSC Civil Service Examination, State Civil Service Examination and other competitive Examination
- From uncertainty to crisis
- The great game in West Asia
- Who pays taxes and who doesn’t
- The Telangana gamble
- Facebook leaks redux
From uncertainty to crisis
Whatever turn developments may now take, Sri Lanka’s fragile process of democratic recovery is in peril
Last Friday, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena (right in picture) sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeinghe and appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa (left in picture), his political rival until the day before, as the new Prime Minister — a surprising move that Mr. Sirisena made in order to resolve a deepening political dispute between himself and Mr. Wickremesinghe. But this act has only pushed Sri Lanka into an unprecedented constitutional crisis, beginning a potentially dangerous phase of an on-going three-cornered power struggle among three leaders.
Crux of the issue
No clarification
The other side
The great game in West Asia
Turkey has used the Khashoggi murder to sharpen the battle lines with Saudi Arabia
The American factor
The Qatar angle
Who pays taxes and who doesn’t
The number of tax returns filed has gone up but collections have not shown a commensurate increase
Under-reporting still a concern
Reforms in tax law needed
The Telangana gamble
Will the call for early polls and a flurry of welfare schemes be enough for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi?
Delinking from Lok Sabha polls
First voting exercise
Walking a tightrope
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