This will be sixth time a French leader will attend Republic Day Parade as chief guest. Macron ‘promptly’ accepted New Delhi’s invitation this year, it is learnt.
The call for troops removal was made during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's meeting with his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zameer, on the sidelines of 19th Non-Aligned Movement Thursday.
Maldives is among India’s key maritime neighbours & part of its ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’, but President Muizzu set a 15 March deadline for Indian military personnel to leave the island nation.
Removal of Indian navy, coast guard personnel was main political plank on which People's National Congress had fought presidential election in September.
Adnan Abu Al Haija expressed hope that India plays 'a bigger role in peace process'. Meanwhile, analysts say the case is exposing cracks in international law.
Jaishankar’s 2-day visit to Iran saw push to energise International North-South Transport Corridor connecting Indian ports to Russia via multi-modal transport corridor.
On Sunday, an India-Maldives High Level Core Group met for talks in Male where the Indian troop withdrawal and the status of India-assisted project in the Maldives was discussed.
Jaishankar's visit also comes weeks after India-bound MV Chem Pluto was struck by drones, allegedly of Iranian origin, and MV Saibaba with 25 Indian crew was attacked by Houthis.
Muizzu also announced that the Chinese govt has pledged USD 130 million in assistance grants to the Maldives, adding that Beijing does not interfere in Male’s internal affairs.
Ministry of External Affairs takes ‘serious note’ of Jane Marriott's visit to Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, calls it ‘infringement of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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