Maldives parliament removes two Supreme Court judges MPs loyal to President Mohamed Muizzu impeach judges in a case a UN expert says undermines judicial independence. Al Jazeera · May 14, 2025
The neighbourhood’s concerns: The China factor and the South Asian eye on India polls Five countries in South Asia are electing new governments this year. Among them is India, which has been competing with China for a larger share of influence in the region. Newslaundry · May 28, 2024
As media fanned Maldives flames, silence on Lakshadweep’s ecology, Chhattisgarh forests Predictable, is it not, that the new year should get off to a flying start with a non-issue becoming a raging controversy, thanks to social and mainstream media. It is a precursor to what we can expect in the rest of this year. Newslaundry · Jan 11, 2024
Maldives misadventures, featuring Muizzu govt and the media Mohamed Muizzu’s government in the Maldives is caught in a melee. Having stormed to power over a hyper-nationalist poll campaign against “Indian military presence”, just four months later, it’s now requesting China to send in more tourists to the island nation after a diplomatic stand-off with India and the looming… Newslaundry · Jan 10, 2024