Renaatus gets $ 29 million contract from Maldives to expand Gan International Airport
NEW DELHI: Renaatus Projects Private Limited, a construction and construction material manufacturing company with a strong foothold in Maldives and Mauritius as well as a growing presence in India, has won a US$29 million contract from the Government of Maldives to expand and upgrade the infrastructure of Gan International Airport, operated by Addu International Airport. […]
ABL Indira JV bags Rs 350 crore project to upgrade police infrastructure in Maldives
CHENNAI: ABL Indira Projects — a Joint Venture between Ashoka Buildcon Ltd and city-based Indira Projects and Developments, on Tuesday said it recently signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth Rs 350 crore with the Maldives Police Service. The agreement was towards the design, construction of police stations, barracks and detention centre facilities. The […]
Vaccine diplomacy: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives get India’s anti-COVID-19 doses
KATHMANDU/DHAKA: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives have received India’s COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance in sync with its a Neighbourhood First’s policy. India is one of the world”s biggest drugmakers and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines. India has already rolled out a massive coronavirus vaccination […]
Maldives thanks India for $250 million support amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Yoshita Singh UNITED NATIONS: The Maldives has thanked India for the financial assistance of USD 250 million — “the single largest financial assistance from a donor” — to support the island nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic has also highlighted the importance of global cooperation. In the Maldives, without the support of our […]
Maldives Hires Amal Clooney To Fight For Rohingya Muslims At UN Court
The luxury tourist destination of the Maldives has hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent it at the UN’s highest court in seeking justice for Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims. The Maldivian government said Wednesday it will formally join the mainly Muslim African state of The Gambia in challenging Myanmar’s 2017 military crackdown that […]
Special Training Programme for Maldivian Civil Servants to be conducted at Mussoorie and Delihi
NEW DELHI: The Special Training Program for Maldivian Civil Servants under the India and Maldives memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Training and Capacity Building Programme between the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and the Maldives Civil Service Commission (CSC) will be conducted from September 16-28, 2019 at Mussoorie and Delihi. A 32 member Maldives […]
China grabbed more land than East India Company: Maldives Ex-President
NEW DELHI: While addressing at Indian Ocean conference, Ex-President of Maldives, Mohd Nasheed, accused China of grabbing more land than the East India Company did in its time. “The government of Maldives is very heavily in debt to Chinese commercial banks, specifically to Chinese EXIM bank. Bulk of the loans are structured in exactly the […]
India, Maldives sign treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
NEW DELHI: India and Maldives on Tuesday signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid discussed ongoing cooperation in various fields and ways to further strengthen the bilateral ties. Jaishankar, who is in the Maldives to attend the 4th edition of […]
Ex Vice President of Maldives stays put in ship, no word on exit
TUTICORIN: A day after he arrived here on a cargo vessel sans valid documents, the former Vice President of Maldives, Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor Friday continued to stay put in the ship and police authorities here said they had no update on when he will leave home. The Maldivian leader was still on the ship […]
List of agreements signed during the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Maldives
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives on Saturday, his first state visit abroad since being re-elected to office, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries. S. No. Name of Agreement/ MoUs Signatory from Indian side Signatory from […]
NCGG, Maldives Civil Services Commission sign MOU on Training and Capacity Building
NEW DELHI: The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG), India’s leading civil services training institution, has entered into an MOU with the Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil servants over the next 5 years. The agreement was signed during the visit of the Prime Minister of India to Male on […]
Maldives decides not to press GMR for taxes over airport compensation
NEW DELHI: In a breather to the GMR Group, the Maldivian government has decided not to press for income tax and fines of over $20 million from the infra major on the compensation it received from the island nation for the premature termination of Male International Airport contract. In a statement issued on May 23, […]
TMR, You are fake news
NEW DELHI: News portal called The Maldives Report (TMR) has published fake report which aimed to tarnish the reputation of billionaire Abhishek Verma and former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed today. Portal published report called why did ex-president Nasheed meet an Indian Arms Dealer, while claiming that Maldivian public has started questioning why former President Nasheed […]
Billionaire Abhishek Verma meets former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed
NEW DELHI: Billionaire Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Verma met former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed today and discussed a host of issues pertaining to development of Madlives. Mohammed Nasheed was the President of Maldives from 2008 to 2012. Abhishek Verma and Anca Verma own ‘Olialia World’ a US$ 2 billion multinational FMCG giant with […]
India, Maldives to implement liberalised visa regime
NEW DELHI: India and Maldives on Tuesday exchanged diplomatic notes for the implementation of a visa facilitation agreement to boost people to people contacts between the two countries. The agreement was signed during Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih’s visit to India in December within a month after taking charge of the high office. The visit was […]
Sunjay Sudhir appointed as India’s envoy to the Maldives
NEW DELHI: Senior diplomat Sunjay Sudhir has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the Maldives, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Monday. Sudhir, a 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said […]