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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicMaldives

Topic: Maldives

Maldives descends into chaos: India weighs options, troops on standby

India closely monitoring situation, especially the safety of its citizens. Contingency plans in place for intervention; deployment possible at short notice.

Global Pulse: Crisis in the Maldives as former President and two Justices arrested

Abdulla Yameen, the president of the Maldives, declared a state of emergency on Monday and sent troops to the Supreme Court.

Indian company linked to ‘arms dealer’ invited to build Maldives airport

Opposition in Male questions antecedents of its promoters, Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Verma, who are facing criminal charges.

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed flags Chinese investments in island nation

Mohamed Nasheed to make a serious Presidency bid; says 75 percent foreign debt of Maldives is owed to China

Two Punjabi non-romantics may succeed

Subcontinent’s political and security environment today is more suitable for a resolution than in 1988. But the most important difference is that the key interlocutors — IK Gujral and Nawaz Sharif — are no romantics.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.