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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicIbrahim Solih

Topic: Ibrahim Solih

India hasn’t lost Maldives to China. But Muizzu’s win shows Delhi was too sure about Solih

India was so confident about Ibrahim Solih and to decapitate Abdulla Yameen’s pro-China agenda that it forgot to take the others along in the Maldives.

Victory for ‘India Out’? What ‘pro-China’ Muizzu’s win in Maldives means for island nation & Delhi

Mohamed Muizzu, from People’s National Congress-Progressive Party of Maldives coalition, won around 54% votes in presidential polls against 46% for 'India-friendly' incumbent Ibrahim Solih.

Maldives gets 1st resident US envoy as Washington strives for wider influence in Indo-Pacific

Ambassador Yon presented credentials to Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Wednesday. Move comes few months after Maldives reopened its embassy in Washington DC.

Why Maldives’ Nasheed vs Solih is trouble. Delhi doesn’t want to rock the boat in Indian Ocean

Delhi knows China’s favourite politician in Maldives will benefit if the political chaos spreads. Keeping the Indian Ocean democratic is a priority.

India extends $250 million support to Maldives to overcome economic impact of Covid-19

The grant was in response to request made by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to PM Narendra Modi to overcome the difficult economic situation in Maldives.

PM Modi gifts Maldives president a cricket bat, promises to help develop sports in the country

Modi's arrival in the Maldives marks his first foreign visit after re-election as Prime Minister, and will help strengthen bilateral ties.

India-first policy stays but will be friends with China too: Maldives ex-President Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed and Ibrahim Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party won Maldives' parliamentary polls with a massive mandate on 6 April.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.