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Maldives to strengthen military ties with China

December 17, 2012

Maldives held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing seeking deepening military ties between the two countries. Both the nations are also boosting economic and diplomatic engagement. Around 25% of Maldives tourism flows from China. Last year, China opened its ..

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Oxford University approved Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development

December 16, 2012

The Somerville College, University of Oxford, will have Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development. Mrs. Gandhi was a student of Somerville College. The centre will be dedicated to addressing key issues of sustainable development and will result in building up ..

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US extends Iran sanction waivers to India, others

December 15, 2012

The US announced the extension of its waiver exempting nine countries including India, China from the American sanctions regime directed against the Iranian oil trade. India got the waiver as it had significantly reduced the crude export from Iran. Previous ..

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India plans to ink MLAT with four nations

December 12, 2012

India plans to ink Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with four countries namelyOman, Azerbaijan, Israel and Nepal to pursue criminal investigation and confiscation of money or property involved therein. What is Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)? MLAT is an agreement ..

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Kudankulam plant gets clearance for second heat-up

December 12, 2012

The first unit of 2,000-MW Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu was given clearance by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for the second heat-up. It is expected that the plant could go critical (start the fission process) around December ..

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UAE approves extradition pact with India

December 12, 2012

The UAE cabinet approved an extradition treaty with India which will facilitate the transfer of convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home country. The agreement is expected to help around 1,200 Indian prisoners who have been languishing ..

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UAE approves extradition pact with India

December 12, 2012

The UAE cabinet approved an extradition treaty with India which will facilitate the transfer of convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home country. The agreement is expected to help around 1,200 Indian prisoners who have been languishing ..

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UAE announces two-month amnesty to illegal residents to leave the country, includes 45,000 Indians

December 11, 2012

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced two-month amnesty to illegal residents to either leave the country without penalty or regularize their visas. The amnesty will end on February 3. The gulf country has around 45,000 Indians staying illegally. To tackle ..

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India reacts to Maldives on GMR issue

December 11, 2012

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 ..

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No-Confidence motion against Mohamed Nazim over GMR issue

December 11, 2012

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 ..

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