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Is China intentionally dodging multilateral events hosted by India? China skipped the Delhi conclave of National Security Advisors (NSAs) on Afghanistan held on November 10, ostensibly because it had “scheduling...
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Thilafushi is the trash island of the Maldives, designated as a landfill at the close of 1991. Thilafalhu was initially a lagoon with a length of seven kilometres, and a...
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In 1972, with the opening of the first resort, Kurumba Maldives, the industry took over navigation of the country’s economy. The industry came to a grounding halt in 2020, with...
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One can surely agree without any further debate that sustainable energy is the only option for the future.
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The Maldivian government spent MVR339.2 million in 2015, and MVR291.9 million in 2016 on subsidies for rice, flour and sugar. The government controls prices at MVR5.50 per kilogram for rice...
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The people of the world were hopeful this year. COP26 was supposed to be the time when world leaders got their act together and became the heroes they were meant...
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives (CA Maldives) will host Maldives Accountants Forum (MAF) 2021 from 15 to 17 November 2021. CA Maldives hopes this will be another...
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On 14 November, Auditor General Hussein Niyazi advised parliament that passing the budget for 2022 as proposed by the government risked increasing the deficit by MVR1 billion. He raised concerns over...
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Statistics worldwide indicate an alarming increase in gender based violence (GBV) and domestic violence (DV) since the COVID-19 pandemic, and is notably higher in developing countries, such as the Maldives....
