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TopicMohamed Muizzu

Topic: Mohamed Muizzu

‘Our friendship will be bright & clear,’ says Modi as India extends $565 mn line of credit to Maldives

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday declared that ties between India and Maldives will “always remain bright and clear” highlighting the growth in...

India-Maldives open FTA talks as Modi set to visit island nation amidst diplomatic thaw

New Delhi: India and the Maldives have begun preliminary discussions for a Free Trade Agreement, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Tuesday. Malé has drawn...

As woman’s fall puts spotlight on Muizzu govt, youth-led protests rock Maldivian capital

Protesters have been hitting streets of Malé over young Maldivian woman found injured on rooftop of a warehouse. Two police chiefs have been replaced in as many days.

China FTA won’t benefit Maldives, hope India steps in to help avert debt default—ex-president Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed in Delhi for Raisina Dialogue. In an exclusive chat with ThePrint, he said Maldives doesn’t have a trade surplus with China, which is why govt must turn around on FTA.

After back-to-back delegations to India, Maldives hosts Chinese FM Wang Yi

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.

Rajnath set to meet Maldivian defence minister, India keen to hear what Malé needs

Maldivian minister’s India visit seen as a thawing of relations that became strained after Mohamed Muizzu assumed presidency end-2023, winning on basis of an ‘India Out’ campaign.

India a ‘first responder’ for Maldives. How ties between the 2 nations have evolved in the past year

During a meeting with S Jaishankar, Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel, on a 3-day visit to India, appreciated timely emergency financial assistance extended by India to Maldives.

MEA slams WaPo reporting on ‘anti-Muizzu plot’, Pakistan killings. ‘Nurse compulsive hostility’

MEA spokesperson responds to Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar’s comments urging mutual willingness to normalise ties, saying that 'the relevant T-word is terrorism and not tango.'

Maldivian oppn sought ‘$6 mn from India’ in bid to impeach president Muizzu, reports WaPo

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 & Maldives reboot ties, sign currency swap agreements as Muizzu & Modi meet

Talks on FTA & vision for comprehensive economic & maritime security partnership are other talk outcomes. Maldivian President looks to India for tiding over liquidity challenges.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.