India has been countering the String of Pearls in the South-East Asian region as it builds comprehensive diplomatic partnerships with neighbours, such as Srilanka. Sri Lanka experienced its greatest economic crisis in seven decades earlier this year. 1/7 #SriLankaEconomicCrisis
Its closest neighbour, India was the first to step in for aid and relief. Between January and July, India gave emergency assistance totalling roughly $4 billion. It deployed a warship with necessary drugs and medicines on board for the people in Srilanka. 2/7
A Colombo-based think tank stated that assistance from India helped Srilanka buy time in the crisis. Quoting the think tank, “Sri Lanka clearly benefited from being the closest neighbour to the most powerful country in the region.” 3/7
The scale of Indian funding to Srilanka this year is significantly more than that of others such as China and the Asian Bank Development. The decisions highlight New Delhi’s efforts to reclaim influence on the island. 4/7
China has been encircling regional nations such as Srilanka into the debt trap and the Hambantota port is a classic example of the scheme. As of now, Srilanka has a Chinese debt amounting to around $7 billion, which is 12% of its total external debt ($63 billion). 5/7
The current Srilankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made hints that his leadership will likely guide Sri Lanka away from China’s debt trap diplomacy and toward deeper economic integration with India. 6/7
The optimistic paradigm shift in Indian foreign policy and outlook since 2014 as the diplomatic approach has turned more forward-looking and dynamic. 7/7
ADR is doing a “consistent mala fide campaign” to raise “suspicion and doubt” about conduct of elections “by creating false narratives”
Election Commission had said this about ADR in an affidavit to Supreme Court
It's high time ADR should be exposed! 🚨👇
#Thread #ADR
Earlier, it was ADR's petition against Electoral Bonds in SC, which led to this 'legal process of donation to political parties' being rendered unconstitutional by the judiciary
Now, it's trying to undermine India's electoral process
But do you know who funds ADR?
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ADR has received funds from👇
1. Ford Foundation 2. Omidyar Network India Advisors Private Ltd. 3. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust 4. Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives 5. Vikram Sarabhai Foundation 6. Thakur Family Foundation, Inc
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Mamata Banerjee has been ruling West Bengal for 13 years. In the 13 years of Mamata rule, Hindus have been targeted by both TMC, local Muslims & Bangladeshi infiltrators.
The Pamphlet has documented 41 cases of violence against Hindus since 2016
#Thread 👇
1) Name of victim: Multiple incidents
Religion: Hindu
Date: 02 May 2021
Incident: Houses burnt, plundered, women and minors raped and molested
Place: Gosaba and Basanti in South 24 parganas district
Perpetrators: TMC cadre
Category of Violence: Violence against BJP workers, Sexual harassment of women
2) Name of victim: Multiple women victims
Religion: Hindu
Date: 02 May 2021
Incident: Women threatened with Rape
Place: Sandeshkhali, Hingalganj, Minakha blocks, Basirhat subdivision, in North 24 Parganas
Perpetrators: TMC Goons
Category of Violence: Sexual Exploitation
Have you ever pondered about the reason for Arfa Khanum Sherwani’s Anti-India reporting?
Could it be due to her mysterious husband Azim Khan?
#Thread👇
Arfa Khanum Sherwani is married to someone who has served as a ‘political analyst’ for the CIA and a facilitator for Ford Foundation as revealed by OSINTवा
How Arfa kept this a mystery until today is beyond imagination
Azim has been listed as director of SIT’s International Honors Program in human rights and co-chair of the MA in Global Health at School for International Training on SIT’s website
Sophia Howlett is the current president of SIT 2/n