The Maldives new President will make his first State visit, to India, on December 17. A high level team of three Cabinet ministers met with their counterparts in Delhi to prepare for deals to be signed then. Economy Minister Fayyaz Ismail told SNI’s Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi that Indian investors are being offered a trans-shipment port and Special Economic Zones. The new Maldivian government wants Indian investment to lead in building on economic development and reverse the last government’s frosty relations with New Delhi.
The Hormuz closure wasn't a miscalculation — it was the missing piece. With maritime routes uninsurable and IMEC the last corridor standing, Trump has seized control of global trade infrastructure through a private governance body accountable to no one but its chairman for life.
India's Ujjwala Yojana gave 100 million poor women clean cooking fuel and changed rural life forever. But every cylinder traveled through a single 33-kilometer strait. No reserve was built. No alternative was prepared. When Hormuz closed, the real catastrophe unfolded.
Examination infrastructure provided by TCS has shown to be compromised by groups within and from outside. It is time to consider these companies as "National Champions" and brought under proper security regulations.
Four years. Nine FIRs. A Malaysia-linked handler. A WhatsApp targeting dashboard. And a company that holds the keys to JEE, NEET, and India's banking exams. Is TCS Nashik case merely a workplace scandal? No. It is organized civilizational and economic warfare against Hindu India.
