PM Modi congratulates Lanka Prez Wickremesinghe; bats for stability and economic recovery
India | July 26, 2022 17:29 ISTSri Lanka news: Wickremesinghe, 73, was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president after he was elected by lawmakers to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned in the face of public revolt against his government for mismanaging the economy.