28 Oct 2024        12:25:33 pm

Current Affairs

Maldives

Tags : Maldives

Topic: South Asia

Why in the news?

• India and the Maldives held a fresh round of \"productive\" defense dialogue with a focus on the situation in the Indian Ocean and ways to expedite implementation of ongoing defense projects. 
• The defense dialogue in Delhi took place nearly a month after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid a three-day visit to the Maldives, in the first high-level trip from New Delhi after the island nation\'s pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu assumed office.

Source: The Hindu 

About Maldives:

• It is a low-lying island country in the north-central Indian Ocean. 
• Its closest neighbors are India and Sri Lanka.
• It consists of a chain of about 1,200 small coral islands and sandbanks (some 200 of which are inhabited), grouped in clusters, or atolls.
• Its capital is Male.
• Its official language is an Indo-European language called Dhivehi (or Maldivian). Arabic, Hindi, and English are also spoken.
• Islam is the state religion.
• Its economy revolves mainly around tourism.
• Constitutional Framework: 
  • The constitution of the Maldives was adopted in 2008.
  • The head of state and government is the president, assisted by a vice president and a cabinet.
  • The president and vice president are directly elected by universal suffrage to a maximum of two five-year terms.

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