{"id":44877,"date":"2023-10-14T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=44877"},"modified":"2023-11-24T15:05:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:35:39","slug":"ferry-service-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/ferry-service-to-sri-lanka","title":{"rendered":"Ferry service from Tamil Nadu (Nagapattinam) to Sri Lanka resumed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Context:<\/span> <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An international, h<\/span><b>igh-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam on the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in the northern province of Sri Lank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a, has resumed after a gap of nearly four decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Sri Lanka<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated both in the <\/span><b>Northern and Eastern hemispheres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Earth.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sri Lanka is <\/span><b>located in the Indian Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to the south west of Bay of Bengal and to the south east of the Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is separated from the peninsular Indian subcontinent by the<\/span><b> Gulf of Mannar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Palk Strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares maritime borders with the Maldives to the southwest and India to the northwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geographical Divisions:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Central Highlands, the Plains, and the Coastal Belt.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Mahaweli Ganga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the<\/span><b> longest river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45490\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66.png\" alt=\"Nagapattinam\" width=\"717\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66.png 6667w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-1024x848.png 1024w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-768x636.png 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-360x298.png 360w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-1536x1273.png 1536w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-2048x1697.png 2048w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-66-1568x1299.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Nagapattinam District<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagapattinam, an ancient port city of the Chola Empire, known as &#8216;Naval Pattinam&#8217; \u2013 The City of Ships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally referred to as East Thanjavur and recognized as the Paddy Granary of South India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagapattinam city, once one of the constituents of chola mandalam, was acclaimed as the Most prominent among the ancient Tamil Kingdoms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/passenger-ferry-service-between-india-and-sri-lanka-begins-again-after-nearly-40-years\/article67419707.ece#:~:text=An%20international%2C%20high%2Dspeed%20passenger,gap%20of%20nearly%20four%20decades.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.3%; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); height: 73px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 100%; height: 73px; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Attempt the Mains Question:<\/b><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/mains-answer-writing\/examine-the-challenges-faced-by-india-in-addressing-the-issue-of-tamil-minority-rights-in-sri-lanka-and-its-impact-on-the-overall-bilateral-relationship-250-words-15-marks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examine the challenges faced by India in addressing the issue of Tamil minority rights in Sri Lanka and its impact on the overall bilateral relationship. (250 words, 15 Marks)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: An international, high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam on the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in the northern province of Sri Lanka, has resumed after a gap of nearly four decades.\u00a0 About Sri Lanka Location: It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth.\u00a0 Sri Lanka is located&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/ferry-service-to-sri-lanka\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ferry service from Tamil Nadu (Nagapattinam) to Sri Lanka resumed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"paper-wise":[],"subject":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/44877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/current-affairs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44877"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/44877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50522,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/44877\/revisions\/50522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44877"},{"taxonomy":"paper-wise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper-wise?post=44877"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=44877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}