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India, Mauritius and Sri Lanka participate in 6th NSA-level meeting of Colombo Security Conclave
Fp Staff •NSA Doval arrived in Mauritius on Wednesday to participate in the 6th NSA-level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave. The Colombo Security Conclave comprises India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.
Mauritius Supreme Court strikes down colonial law against same-sex relations
Ajeyo Basu •In a ruling on two cases brought by members of the gay community in the Indian Ocean island nation, the court said section 250 of the Mauritian criminal code, which dated back to 1898 during British colonial rule, was unconstitutional
G20 Summit 2023: PM Modi holds bilateral meeting with Mauritian counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth in Delhi
Fp Staff •Earlier today, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Jugnauth where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to take forward the 'truly special partnership' between India and Mauritius
EAM Jaishankar, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth reaffirm commitment to take forward partnership
•On Thursday, Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth hailed India’s G20 Presidency and said that there couldn’t have been a better them for the summit than ‘One Earth, One Family and One Future’
Which countries are skipping the G20 meet in Kashmir?
Vibhutisanchala •The third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting is being hosted by India in Srinagar on 22-24 May. This is J&K's first significant international event since losing its special status in 2019. While Saudi Arabia and Egypt have not yet registered, China and Turkey have chosen to skip the event
Mauritius lashed by rains as intense tropical Cyclone Freddy arrives
•Images from the remote paradise island showed waves crashing to the shore and the wind whipping through palm trees
Getting India ready first, for the world to get India-ready
Nsathiyamoorthy •An India weakened in the neighbourhood cannot approach the world, or receive the world, as boldly and convincingly as it should be
Mauritian PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth to visit India from 17-24 April
•Jugnauth will participate in the ground-breaking ceremony of the WHO-Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar on 19 April and the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar on 20 April, along with Modi
Mauritius throws doors open to foreign visitors after COVID-19 shutdown to revive tourism industry
•This reopening is inevitable because 100,000 families depend on tourism to live, said deputy prime minister and Tourism Minister Steven Obeegadoo said at a press conference on Thursday
Stricken Japanese ship behind devastating Mauritius oil spill successfully sunk in open ocean
•Officials have yet to reveal why the ship, which was making its way from Singapore to Brazil, came so close to the island.