India, Maldives sign agreement for establishment of ‘Emergency Medical Services’ in Male
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- India and Maldives have signed an agreement for establishment of ‘Emergency Medical Services’ in capital Male.
- It is one of the several small and medium projects that are being financed by India under a grant assistance of around 20 million US dollars for the neighbouring country.
Source: AIR
Related General Knowledge
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a small island nation in South Asia, located in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean.
It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 1,000 kilometres from the Asian continent.
- Capital: Male
- Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa
- Population: 5.16 lakhs (2018) World Bank
- Ethnic groups (2019): ≈100% Maldivians
- President: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih