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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicChagos Islands

Topic: Chagos Islands

‘Working with UK, handover soon’: Mauritian foreign minister on Chagos, islands housing Diego Garcia

In interview with ThePrint, Dhananjay Ramful says 2025 Chagos deal with UK, criticised now by Trump, awaits ratification. He calls for solutions on maritime security amid West Asia conflict.

In stunning U-turn, Trump slams UK for Chagos handover, calls it an ‘act of great stupidity’

The US President linked this UK decision among reasons for his push to acquire Greenland. The UK had agreed to hand over sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

With Modi’s MAHASAGAR pitch, India ramps up bid to be key security partner in ‘Global South’

The PM was on a 2-day visit to Mauritius. The two countries further elevated ties to an 'enhanced strategic partnership' and signed 8 agreements.

Watch CutTheClutter: Diego Garcia, India-US ties from Cold War to Chagos deal & changing geopolitics

In Episode 1615 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses changing geopolitical dynamics—past, present and future—in context of proposed Chagos Islands deal.

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India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.