India’s Operation Sindoor, launched after the Pahalgam terror attack, led to a formal ceasefire with Pakistan and reasserted India's deterrent strength.
Over the past five years, there has been a significant uptick in drug-related incidents in the islands, particularly involving synthetic substances like methamphetamine and MDMA, drugs previously uncommon in this region. In 2020, a meth lab was discovered operating out of a rented house in Sri Vijaya Puram.