As Karnataka cancels the train initially scheduled to carry migrant workers back to their home states, forcing them to reach it on foot, Indian nationals abroad are being brought back to the country b …
2 warships sent to Maldives to bring back stranded Indians
The first phase of an operation by the navy to bring back Indians stranded overseas will begin on Friday after two warships dispatched to the …
Hundreds of tourists are still stranded in the Maldives, an island nation known for its luxury resorts
Hundreds of tourists are still stuck in the Maldives, Ali Waheed, the country’s tourism minister told CNN’s Richard Quest, more than a month after the novel coronavirus arrived there. Waheed said …
Asia virus latest: first Maldives death, Australia eases curbs
The Maldives reported its first coronavirus fatality Thursday with the death of an 83-year-old woman, as the Indian Ocean holiday hotspot extended a nationwide lockdown. Health minister Abdulla Ameen …
Maldives reports first coronavirus fatality
The Maldives on Thursday reported the first death from coronavirus in the country, health authorities have confirmed. The deceased has been identified as 83-year-old woman, said Health Minister …
Asia Today: S. Korea’s Increase Low, Maldives Has 1st Death
S. Korea’s Increase Low, Maldives Has 1st Death The Koreas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Thursday the country’s totals were now 10,765 cases with 247 deaths. It said 9 …
They Were the Last Couple in Paradise. Now They’re Stranded.
Olivia and Raul De Freitas are currently on their honeymoon, at a five-star resort, in the Maldives, a nation composed of more than a thousand tiny, idyllic islands in the Indian Ocean …
India Activates Currency Swap Arrangement with Maldives Amid China’s Return to the Island
New Delhi (Sputnik): The currency swap facility is part of the $1.4 billion economic package announced by India for the Maldives in December 2018 after Abdulla Yameen’s defeat in the elections. India …
Coronavirus cases: Bangladeshi migrants surpass Maldivians in Maldives
The tally of Bangladeshi migrants in Maldives testing positive for Covid-19 has crossed the number of Maldivian nationals who contracted the disease. According to the Health Minis …
Covid-19: India Extends $150 Million Foreign Currency Swap Support to Maldives
The swap facility was extended under $400 million currency swap arrangement signed between India and the Maldives last July.