# Srilanka

• Srilanka will witness a three cornered race for presidency on Wednesday.
• Acting president Ranil Wickramasinghe, the formerly Rajapaksha’s aligned and now independent Dullas Alahaperumma and the leftist Anura kumara Dissanayake were on Tuesday nominated by parties in Parliament, a day ahead of the poll through the secret ballot.
• The Rajapaksha’s Srilanka podujana peramuna (SLPP) dominates the legislature with well over 100 seats.
• Political sources indicate that the Rajapaksha’s family is firmly backing Ranil Wickramasinghe.

# Citizenship

• Over 1.6 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2021, highest in the past five years, according to the information provided by the ministry of home affairs in Parliament on Tuesday.
• Over 78000 Indians acquired the US citizenship, the highest among all other countries.
• As many as 362 Indians living in China also acquired Chinese citizenship.
• The reply stated that the number of Indians in Australia who relinquished their citizenship stood at 23533, Canada at 21597, UK at 14,637.

# Heatwave in Europe

• A heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degree celsius for the first time on Tuesday after regional heat records tumbled in France.
• Britain’s previous all time temperature record of 38.7 degree celsius, had already been smashed on Tuesday.
• Experts blame climate change for the latest heatwave.

# United Kingdom

• Former UK chancellor Rishi Sunak hold on to his lead in the Tory contest after the fourth round of voting on Tuesday.
• Mr. sunak won 118 votes, followed by trade minister Penny Mordaunt came in second with 92 votes.