CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -’Struggle’), are mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government has been criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe inflation, daily blackouts, a shortage of fuel, domestic gas, and other essential goods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amidst intensifying calls for holding him accountable for the nation’s socio-economic quagmire in the wake of his resignation, Rajapaksa remained in exile within Singapore, before moving to Thailand in August, where he spent the remainder of his exile in discreet.

Detailed explanation-3: -In June 2022, then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in parliament that the economy had collapsed, leaving it unable to pay for essentials. In September 2022, a United Nations report said that the economic crisis is a result of officials’ impunity for human rights abuses and economic crimes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gotabaya Rajapaksa was appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence in November 2005 by newly elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa. In this capacity, he oversaw the military operation which eventually defeated the LTTE in May 2009.