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Colombo, May 19 (PTI) The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka on Thursday asked Indian nationals living in the crisis-hit island nation to register their details with the mission but later clarified that it was part of a regular update of its database on the number of Indian citizens in this country.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka is going through the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. A crippling shortage of foreign reserves has led to long queues for fuel, cooking gas and other essentials while power cuts and soaring food prices heaped misery on the people.<\/p>\n
“All #Indian nationals living in #SriLanka are requested to kindly register their details on https:\/\/hcicolombo.gov.in\/registration,” the official handle of High Commission of India in Colombo tweeted.<\/p>\n
It later clarified that the link mentioned in the tweet is not new and the mission updates the database regularly.<\/p>\n
“Please note that this is not a new link. We try to keep the database updated by informing Indian nationals in Sri Lanka of the link periodically,” it said in another tweet.<\/p>\n
In New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi termed it a routine exercise.<\/p>\n
“All our embassies ask Indian nationals abroad to register. From time to time, they send reminders. I would say this is just one of those exercises that happens to be at a time when there is a lot of attention… All our embassies do this and I hope the same focus is given by our citizens abroad,” he said.<\/p>\n
In Colombo, the High Commission spokesman said the Twitter message was nothing new and the mission keeps reminding the Indian nationals from time to time to register their details with it.<\/p>\n
The mission said India, an eternal and reliable friend of Sri Lanka, is fully supportive of the island nation’s democracy, stability and economic recovery.<\/p>\n
A large consignment of drug and other medical supplies was gifted to Sri Lankan by India on April 29.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin flagged off a ship laden with relief supplies, the first to be dispatched to crisis-hit Sri Lanka, from Chennai. The first consignment comprises 9,000 metric tonne (MT) of rice, 200 MT Aavin milk powder and 24 MT life-saving medicines with a combined value of Rs 45 crore.<\/p>\n
The economic crisis also triggered a political crisis in Sri Lanka and a demand for the resignation of the powerful Rajapaksas.<\/p>\n
On May 9, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s elder brother and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after violence erupted following the attack on the anti-government protesters by his supporters. The attack triggered widespread violence against Rajapaksa loyalists, leaving at least nine people dead.<\/p>\n
At least 78 parliamentarians, including Mahinda Rajapaksa, had faced arson attacks on their private properties during the unrest on May 9.<\/p>\n
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the 73-year-old leader of the United National Party, was appointed as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister after Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned.<\/p>\n
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