Ties between India & Maldives have improved throughout the second half of 2024, while New Delhi has promised more material support for Afghanistan after a high-level meeting in January.
Wang makes a courtesy call on Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu amid a thaw in India-Maldives ties in recent months, with several high-level delegation visits between the two countries.
A Bloomberg opinion article also criticises India's quality control orders, saying that they have become an instrument to restrict imports and minimise competition.
R&AW agent explored ways to overthrow Muizzu along with 'intermediaries' Shirish Thorat, ex-IPS officer, and Savio Rodrigues, journalist-politician, US daily alleges.
India’s offer to provide desalination technology to Maldives goes beyond developmental aid; it is a calculated effort to ensure Maldives remains within India’s sphere of influence.
Maldives Tourism Minister Ibrahim Faisal met his Indian counterpart Gajendra Shekhawat. The 2 discussed areas where tourism cooperation can be diversified, like education, film & sports.
MP Ahmed Azaan moved motion for inquiry into agreements signed with New Delhi between 2018 and 2023 under previous president Ibrahim Solih’s government.
Maldives’ external debt servicing to touch $1.07 bn in 2026. Economic realities have forced a change in tactics towards India by the ‘pro-China’ Muizzu government.
India has silently acknowledged that the US is helpful in some ways, but also a roadblock in others. Both China and the US have an unspoken interest in slowing down India’s rise.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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