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Maldives' budget looking at India to provide generous 1.6 bn MVR in grants

Male, Nov 1 (UNI) The Maldives has projected MVR 2.2 billion (USD 142 million) in grants from friendly nations in the budget presented to Parliament for the upcoming fiscal, with the largest portion of 1.6 billion MVR (USD 104 million) coming from India.
India’s 1.6 billion MVR accounts for over 72 percent of the total foreign grants expected by the Maldives.
China will be the second largest contributor giving over 502 million MVR (USD 32 million), or 22 percent of the total grants.
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Macron vows to name new French PM in  coming days

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Paris, Dec 6 (UNI) French President Emmanuel Macron said he will name a new prime minister "in the coming days", after Michel Barnier resigned following a no-confidence vote in parliament, media reports said on Friday.

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US threats of possible nuclear exchange cause concern: Lavrov

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Over 280,000 people forced to flee homes due to crisis in Syria: WFP

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Undercover Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital, seize alleged militant from ICU

05 Dec 2024 | 11:30 PM

Jerusalem (Israel), Dec 5 (UNI) Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas members.

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