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India reacts to Maldives on GMR issue
India has conveyed to Maldives that it expected no arbitrary and coercive action should be taken pending the outcome of legal proceedings over the issue and warned that any such action would have serious consequences for bilateral relations. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
No-Confidence motion against Mohamed Nazim over GMR issue
The opposition party in Maldives has reacted to the cancellation of GMR contract by invoking no-confidence motion in Parliament against Defence Minister (and acting Transport Minister) Mohamed Nazim, the front man for the ruling party in scrapping the contract. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Maldives cancels GMR's $511m airport project
Maldives has cancelled a USD 511 million deal with Indian firm GMR. Maldives has also ordered Orders GMR to leave the country within 7 days. India has warned Maldives to honor the legal contract. Why was the cancellation of GMR ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
‘EKUVERIN 2012’: India, Maldives joint military training exercises
Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) held joint military training exercise named EKUVERIN 2012 in Belgaum, Karnataka.
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Bangladesh-Maldives sand deal postponed
Bangladesh and Maldives have deferred the sand deal they were planning to ink in 2011. What was to be signed in the deal? Both the nations had planned to ship sand to Maldives which is facing serious threat of being ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Exercise ‘Dosti –XI’: India, Lanka, Maldives hold joint naval exercises
The Sri Lankan Coast Guards are participating in a joint sea exercise with the Indian and Maldivian Coast Guards in the seas off Male. What is Dosti-XI? A Joint 5-day Sea Exercise b/w Srilanka, India and Maldives code named ‘Dosti ..