The 1971 Indo-Pak war started after the Pakistani Air Force launched strikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971. For India, this was a two-front war as its forces were arrayed on the Western…
Gwadar not Hambantota likely to become Chinese naval…
A recent US research report says that China will develop the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka as its next naval base where Beijing has spent $2.19 billion developing the port. As of now China operates…
Will tourism in Maldives decline after US, UK…
The US and the UK governments have issued advisories that travelers to the Maldives may face threats related to terror incidents or due to civil unrest at tourist locations, transportation hubs, local government facilities or…
Once known as tourist paradise, has Maldives become…
Investigators are still trying to figure out which organisation plotted the attack on former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. What is, however, clear is that the tiny archipelago of nearly 1,200 islands has become a…