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Open for doing business with India: Maldives President
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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Brexit: EUCO calls backstop a 'temporary arrangement'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 14 (ANI): The European Council (EUCO) announced that the backstop in the endorsed Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was a "temporary insurance policy" to prevent a hard border in the Irish island while reiterating that the agreement was "not open for renegotiation" after th
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Sri Lanka: President Sirisena fails to meet deadline to end political cris
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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Agni-5 missile test-fired
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha), Dec 10 (ANI) Agni-5, India's indigenously-developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile, was test-fired on Monday from Abdul Kalam Island here off Odisha coast, Defence sources said.
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5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Lombok
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 6(ANI/Sputnik): An earthquake measuring 5.5 on Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Lombok on Thursday.
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'Cesspool' Boracay reopens: Philippines aims for more Indian tourists
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, Dec 3 (ANI): In February this year, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the world-famous island resort of Boracay a "cesspool". True to his all-action image, shortly after his comments, Duterte ordered the resort island closed for tourists from April 26.
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Vijai Kumar named High Commissioner of India to Solomon Islands
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday that Vijai Kumar, the current High Commissioner of India to Papua New Guinea, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Solomon Islands.
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US conducts 'freedom of navigation' exercise in South China Sea
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 30 (ANI): The US Navy has stated that the United States undertook a 'freedom of navigation' exercise near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, by dispatching its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville.
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Maldives denies media reports of Indian Army deployment
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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India-Indonesia Business Forum to commence on Thursday
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): India-Indonesia Business forum (IIBF) which aims to facilitate the commercial and people-to-people linkages between Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India with Aceh and North Sumatera Province of Indonesia will be held be at Port Blair on Thursday.
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Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt
Updated : 7 years, 3 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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New Zealand: 145 pilot whales dead in latest stranding
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Stewart Island [New Zealand], Nov 26 (ANI): Around 145 pilot whales have died in New Zealand in the latest stranding on a beach on Stewart Island.
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