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Open for doing business with India: Maldives President
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih on Sunday said that his country was open for conducting business activities with India, and there are no obstacles to foreign ownership of investments in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: President Sirisena fails to meet deadline to end political cris
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 11(ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirirsena's deadline to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis in the island nation has ended on Tuesday.
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Maldives denies media reports of Indian Army deployment
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Nov 30 (ANI): The Maldives Government has strongly denied media reports which stated that India had offered USD 1 billion to Maldives in exchange for the deployment of Indian troops in the island nation.
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Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Faced with an acute budgetary deficit due to mounting foreign debts, the new government in the Maldives, led by President Abdulla Solih, is looking to India for financial support to help the island nation achieve its development goals. It has announce
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Taiwan rejects same-sex marriage in referendum
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Nov 25 (ANI): A public vote held in Taiwan rejected the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the island-nation, despite a 2017 high court ruling in favour of such unions.
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India, Australia exchange five MoUs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Nov 22 (ANI): India and Australia exchanged five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in the presence of Foreign Minister of Australia Marine Payne and Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anantkumar Hegde during President Ramnath Kovind's maide
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Need electronic voting in Parliament: Prez Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 19 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said that the Parliament should go for a division by name or ectronic voting to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: All-party meeting ends with no solution for political crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 19 (ANI): The all-party meeting called by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday ended with no solution for the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 in Fiji
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lambasa [Fiji], Nov 19 (ANI): A high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the town of Lambasa of the island nation Fiji on Sunday.
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PM Modi to attend Ibrahim Solih's swearing-in at Maldives today
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend Maldives' President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's swearing-in ceremony today in the island-nation.
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Sirisena dissolves Sri Lankan Parliament, UNP cries foul
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 9 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament on Friday night after days of political unrest in the Asian island-nation according to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster.
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Sri Lankan Parliament to reconvene on Nov 14: Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has announced that the country's Parliament will be reconvened on November 14, amid rising demands by legislators of the state to end the mounting political crisis in the island nation.
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