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Maldives: How armed drones from Turkey may replace Indian aerial watch
9 months ago

Maldives: How armed drones from Turkey may replace Indian aerial watch

Firstpost  

In what looks like a coordinated effort to make the drone work meaningful, the Maldivian Cabinet has since decided to make it mandatory for all sea-bound vessels to install tracking devices, for easy identification With the deployment of two Turkey-made ‘ Bayraktar TB2’ military drones with attack capabilities, Maldives has become the first nation to have an Air Corps dependent …

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Amid row with India, Maldives turns to Sri Lanka for medical evacuation support
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid row with India, Maldives turns to Sri Lanka for medical evacuation support

The Hindu  

Maldives has sought Sri Lanka’s assistance in medical evacuation services — mainly to transport patients to Colombo in air ambulances — amid a persisting strain with India. Maldivian Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Mohamed Ameen met his Sri Lankan counterpart Nimal Siripala de Silva in Colombo on Tuesday, and said on social media platform ‘X’, that Sri Lanka has …

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Maldives leader demands removal of Indian military from the archipelago by mid-March amid spat
11 months, 1 week ago

Maldives leader demands removal of Indian military from the archipelago by mid-March amid spat

Associated Press  

MALE, Maldives — Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu wants the Indian military personnel stationed in his archipelago nation withdrawn by March 15, an official with his office said Sunday. His comments were an apparent response to social media calls in India to boycott Maldives tourism after three Maldives deputy ministers made derogatory posts on social media against Indian Prime Minister Narendra …

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Maldives leader says his country’s small size isn’t a license to bully in apparent swipe at India
11 months, 1 week ago

Maldives leader says his country’s small size isn’t a license to bully in apparent swipe at India

Associated Press  

MALE, Maldives — The president of the Maldives said Saturday that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state’s giant neighbor. President Mohamed Muizzu, speaking to the media on his return from India’s regional rival China, said the Maldives is not in any country’s backyard and …

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WORLD AFFAIRS | India-Maldives row: Is social media driving foreign policy?
11 months, 1 week ago

WORLD AFFAIRS | India-Maldives row: Is social media driving foreign policy?

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2024 18:00 IST - 8 MINS READ On January 10, Maldivian news portal Adhadhu reported that the website of the Juvenile Court was hacked by Indian hackers. The spat began after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lakshadweep, an Indian archipelago north of Maldives, and posted on X about the beauty of the islands. The puppet of …

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Who is Mr Sinha on X whom Maldivians got in a fight with online, resulting in suspension of 3 of their ministers
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Mr Sinha on X whom Maldivians got in a fight with online, resulting in suspension of 3 of their ministers

Op India  

At 6:40 PM on 4th January, Mr Sinha shared PM Modi’s Lakshadweep video in a post on his X account. The Maldivian leader responded to Mr Sinha’s post calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “clown” and a “puppet of Israel”. — Mr Sinha January 6, 2024 “MEA summons to Maldives envoy at a time when Maldivian President is in China …

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Maldivians vote in a run-off Presidential in shadow of India-China power play
1 year, 2 months ago

Maldivians vote in a run-off Presidential in shadow of India-China power play

The Hindu  

Maldivians were voting on September 30 in the run-off presidential election which has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power — India or China — will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. Neither main opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu nor incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih got more than 50% in the first round of voting …

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Maldivians vote for president in a virtual geopolitical race between India and China
1 year, 3 months ago

Maldivians vote for president in a virtual geopolitical race between India and China

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Muiz promised that if he won the presidency …

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Sri Lanka latest updates: PM asks speaker to choose new leader
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka latest updates: PM asks speaker to choose new leader

Al Jazeera  

Ranil Wickremesinghe says new PM should be ‘acceptable to both the government and opposition’. 13 Jul 2022 - 07:30 GMT ‘Legal limbo’ as PM claims he is ‘acting president’ Al Jazeera’s Vaessen has reported “there is a legal limbo” in Sri Lanka as Prime Minister Wickremesinghe presents himself as acting president by declaring a state of emergency. As far as …

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Maldives gov’t faces backlash for accepting Sri Lankan president
2 years, 5 months ago

Maldives gov’t faces backlash for accepting Sri Lankan president

Al Jazeera  

Male, Maldives – Maldivians woke up on Wednesday to the news of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s surprise arrival on a pre-dawn flight, sparking a fierce backlash as the Maldives government was accused of helping the disgraced leader escape justice. On social media and in the comment sections of news outlets, Maldivians expressed outrage and solidarity with Sri Lankan protesters, …

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Solih Thanks India For Aiding Maldives Generously, Heaps Praise For Helping Economy
2 years, 9 months ago

Solih Thanks India For Aiding Maldives Generously, Heaps Praise For Helping Economy

News 18  

Maldives president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih thanked the Indian government for allowing Maldivians access India’s healthcare facilities and allowing them to travel to India to get themselves treated. Solih also outlined India’s efforts to help Maldives recover its economy, which is mostly dependent on tourism, in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Solih also highlighted that India aided Maldives on several …

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Former President Yameen’s campaign to get India out of Maldives
3 years ago

Former President Yameen’s campaign to get India out of Maldives

The Hindu  

Relations between India, the world’s largest democracy, and Maldives, among the world’s newest democracies, are in the process of being redefined by a long-drawn-out protest in the nation of a 1,000-plus islands: an opposition-led and backed “India Out” campaign aimed at throwing Indian military personnel and their equipment out of Maldives. Former Minister Lubna Zahir tweeted on December 6: “I …

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Who tried to kill Maldives’ ex-president Mohamed Nasheed?
3 years, 7 months ago

Who tried to kill Maldives’ ex-president Mohamed Nasheed?

Al Jazeera  

Male, Maldives – The evening explosion was felt across Male, the island capital of the Maldives, a densely packed urban maze poles apart from the Indian Ocean archipelago’s fame for pristine beaches and turquoise waters. “This is clearly a well-planned attempt to assassinate Nasheed,” said Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, who served as …

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JJ Robinson
4 years, 1 month ago

JJ Robinson

The Diplomat  

In 2018, the Maldives’ election delivered a shocking upset: Strongman President Abdulla Yameen was ousted by the people. According to Robinson, the former editor of the Maldives’ first independent news outlet, Minivan News/Maldives Independent, “The Maldives observes the pageantry of democratic politics, but it is still very much in the latter stages of a bruising transition from decades of autocracy.” …

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A new island of hope rising from the Indian Ocean
4 years, 3 months ago

A new island of hope rising from the Indian Ocean

BBC  

A new island of hope rising from the Indian Ocean Hassan Mohamed The new, artificial island of Hulhumalé was built using millions of cubic metres of sand pumped from the seabed The modern island of Hulhumale is taking shape 8km off the north-east coast of Malé island in the Maldives in direct response to the threat posed by inexorably rising …

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