India has significantly increased its financial aid to the Maldives in its latest budget, with analysts calling it an effort to “outdo and outwait” China’s influence in the region.

India overtook China to become the second-largest market for diamonds, UK-based diamond firm De Beers Group's Chief Executive Officer Al Cook said in an interview with Bloomberg. The Chinese ...

To pursue their fundamental interests, China and India have used various tools – defense diplomacy, joint exercises, and military agreements – to bolster their security profiles in the region.

The goodwill for China is evident in that nothing has been said about the fact that Beijing did support Hasina fully—probably more than India in hard terms—and is owed $251 million in interest ...

"If I can access a lot of data easily, I can create better things faster," she said. Like China, India -- co-host of next week's summit -- has a law on personal data but no specific text governing AI.

Maldives sets target to woo 3,00,000 Indian tourists in 2025 Indian tourists boycotted Maldives, travel agencies blacklisted the country and even after efforts by the tourism industry here, there ...

The 14-day exercise is aimed at enhancing interoperability in counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations, and carry out joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

(PTI) Highlighting concerns over India's defence preparedness, he warned that in case of a conflict, the country would be reliant on Chinese-made components. "If and when we fight a war with China ...

In the last 18 months, India-friendly leaders have been ousted in the Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh, especially, is tilting towards China. And several regional Adani ...

To make a direct call to China From Maldives, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling China mobile or land line from Maldives. To call ...

MALE, Feb 3: The 13th edition of joint military exercise ‘Ekuverin’ between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force has commenced in the archipelago nation, officials here said.

According to the latest rankings, the United States retains the top spot, followed by Russia and China, with India positioned at 4th place. Meanwhile, Pakistan has slipped from 9th place in 2024 ...