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โ€œChief Economic Astrologerโ€: Chidambaramโ€™s Swipe At Nirmala Sitharaman Over NASA Pictures

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers, former Finance Minister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday.

Chidambaram took the swipe at FM Sitharaman after she had on Tuesday retweeted images unveiled by NASA from its new powerful space telescope.

โ€œWe are not surprised that the Finance Minister tweeted pictures of Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus on the day when Inflation printed at 7.01% and unemployment printed at 7.8%,โ€ the Congress leader said in his tweet.

โ€œAfter giving up hope in her own skills and the skills of her economic advisers, the FM has called the planets to the rescue of the economy,โ€ P Chidambaram said.

The former FM added that to begin with, she (Sitaraman) should appoint a new โ€œCEA: Chief Economic Astrologerโ€.

The Congress party on Wednesday opened renewed attack against the Finance Minister saying she is more interested in Uranus and Pluto than in steering the countryโ€™s economy towards recovery.

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Mumbai: Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left Maldives for Singapore, from there he will head to Saudi Arabiaโ€™s Jeddah, the Associated Press reported. He boarded a Saudi Airlines plane on Wednesday that will take him to Singapore and then to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, a Maldives government official informed.

On Wednesday when he was supposed to hand over his resignation, he fled to Maldives along with his wife and two bodyguards. His decision to step down came after the protesters stormed his presidential palace on Saturday, July 9, demanding him and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down amid the economic turmoil in Sri Lanka.

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Over the past two weeks, the political turmoil in Sri Lanka has worsened the crisis, as the nation went bankrupt. While angry protests continue across the island nation against Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the military and police forces are using tear gas shells to disperse the protesters. Gotabaya Rajapaksaโ€™s exit from the island nation has deepened tensions.On the same day, PM Ranil Wickremesinghe  became acting president and the house was set ablaze.

The interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Wednesday, imposed a nationwide curfew until Thursday morning in Sri Lanka in the wake of intensifying protests against the government. The President said that the curfew will remain in force till 5 am on July 14.

The opposition has moved to seek a majority for its candidate to vbe the next president as economic woes continue to escalate .Amidst growing anti-government protests, Sri Lankaโ€™s political parties have stepped up efforts to form an all-party government and subsequently elect a new President on July 20 to prevent the bankrupt nation from sliding further into anarchy.

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