CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -President of India will submit resignation to Vice-President. Article 56 of the Indian Constitution makes it clear that the term of the President is five years from the date on which he enters the office.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Wickremesinghe was declared the winner, it was widely expected that the 2022 Sri Lankan protests would resume, as protestors had been demanding his resignation as Prime Minister. The day after his victory, Wickremesinghe appointed SLPFA MP Dinesh Gunawardena as Prime Minister.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sri Lankan economic crisis is an ongoing crisis in the island country of Sri Lanka that started in 2019. It is the country’s worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E and has a maximum length of 268 miles (432 km) and a maximum width of 139 miles (224 km).