Port Louis: The International Solar Alliance (ISA) on Thursday signed the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the government of Mauritius, paving the road for collaboration in terms of developing a solar power roadmap in the country and creating the required regulatory frameworks to support the sector. Also Read | Solar investments down 20% in developing…
Risk transfer instruments can offer cost-effective alternatives to measures aimed at mitigating significant long-term climate threats to the economy, said Amit Prothi, director general of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). CDRI, a multilateral organization based in New Delhi, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 United Nations (UN) Climate Action…
In any word association test, âDiegoâ would cue the name of football legend Maradona. But for elderly Indians, it recalls Diego Garcia, a geopolitical bugbear of the Cold War era, when India wanted the US to withdraw its forces from an air-base on a small island by that name in the Indian Ocean. About 2,000km…
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been expanding UPI’s global footprint since its first international collaboration with Singapore in 2020. Countries that now accept UPI payments include Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bhutan, Nepal and France. Arun Panicker, a 56-year-old traveler from India, recently experienced this firsthand during a trip…
Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Chandra Ramgoolam has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor and it is yet to be ratified. File | Photo Credit: AFP Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S.-British military…
How did the seahorse pull off its ruse? I blink with disbelief. Until Rick-Ernest Bonnier, the Four Seasons Resort Mauritiusâ ocean environment manager, pointed it out, it had pretended to be part of a marine sponge. I circle back, peering at the spike-covered creature through the snorkel mask. My eyesight must be getting worse because…
