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120 Sri Lanka-bound flights land In Kerala, Union Minister appreciates
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120 Sri Lanka-bound flights land In Kerala, Union Minister appreciates

| @indiablooms | 13 Jul 2022, 05:24 pm

New Delhi:  Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday appreciated  Trivandrum and Kochi airport for allowing technical landing to over 120 aircraft bound to crisis-hit Sri Lanka where an emergency has been declared after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa  fled amid protests.

Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted: "Kudos Trivandrum & Kochi airports for demonstrating the Indian spirit of वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्!"

"The airports have gone beyond their call of duty by allowing technical landing to 120+ aircraft bound for Sri Lanka. The gesture will go a long way in furthering ties with our neighbour," he said.

Sri Lanka is witnessing another day of protests as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the crisis-hit nation by handing over his charges to PM Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Protesters even entered the Prime Minister's Office forcefully as videos and images of the incident have gone viral on social media.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken over as the acting President of the nation, hours after  Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives amid protests against him in the country.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Acting President in accordance with the Article 37.1 of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane was quoted as saying by Daily Mirror.

He said in a special statement that the President informed him that the Prime Minister was appointed as the Acting President as he was away from the country, the newspaper reported.

Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered a curfew in the Western Province of Sri Lanka with immediate effect and ordered an emergency law island-wide, media reports said on Wednesday.

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