Many congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reaching a historic milestone - the longest- serving elected Prime Minister in Indian history, with 4,399 consecutive days in office since first taking the oath of office on 26 May 2014.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said Friday that the government held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with representatives from Chile, Oman, the Netherlands, the Maldives, Germany and Egypt to deepen trade, investment and strategic cooperation.
“The government is examining these requests while considering India’s own refining capacity, domestic requirements, and fuel availability,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
I did not come to the Maldives looking for paradise. I came, instead, looking for a pause. The kind of quiet that settles not just around the body, but inside it. The kind of calm that doesn’t feel borrowed, or curated, or staged — but rooted.
The ban will also apply to visitors entering the Maldives, a South Asian country popular for luxury tourism and home to 1,191 small coral islets.
According to Maldivian media reports, the Island nation's President Mohamed Muizzu has formally conveyed this to India.
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) candidate Adam Azim defeated Azima Shakoor from the ruling People's National Congress (PNC).
The Maldivian leader further asserted that the Indian Ocean doesn't belong to any "specific country".
Days after India's leading online ticket booking platform EaseMyTrip suspended all Maldives flight bookings, Maldives' travel body has written to the platform’s CEO Nishant Pitti, requesting him to reverse the decision.
Amid the ongoing diplomatic row between India and the Maldives, the tourism industry in the island has strongly condemned derogatory remarks made by its now suspended ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
