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According to officials, the container ship stranded in the Suez Canal has been removed from shore. The ship was stranded in the Suez Canal from 23 March 2021.

According to the Suez Canal Authority, the direction of the 400 meter long 'Ever Given' ship has been corrected by 80%.

Accordingly, the work of removing the boat will be resumed from Monday.

The 'Ever Given' disrupted one of the world's busiest trade routes, causing the rest of the ship to return and lead to lengthy traffic.

After this success in the rescue of the stranded ship, hope is raised that the jam on the canal may open in a few hours. Nearly $ 9.6 billion worth of goods originates from this waterway every day.

According to the news agency Reuters, tugboats have been used to remove the ship.

According to the Suez Canal Authority, the ship's rear, which was previously four meters from the coast, is now 102 meters. The authority said that efforts have now begun to make the ship in a fully floatable condition.

According to officials, the work of removing the ship will start at 11:30 pm local time after the waves arise.

When the ship is removed, 367 ships waiting there will find their way. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabi told Egypt's Extra News on Sunday, 28 March 2021, that they included a number of cargo ships, oil tankers and ships carrying ANG or LPG gas.

The 400-meter-long Avar Given ship was caught diagonally in the Suez Canal on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 amid strong winds. Because of this, there was a situation of traffic jams on this shortest ship route between Europe and Asia.

After failing for several days to evacuate the ship, on Sunday, March 28, 2021, the Canal Administration began preparations to remove about 20,000 containers from the ship to reduce the weight.

There are reports that a cargo vessel stranded in the Suez Canal has been evacuated.

The video posted on social media on Monday, March 29, 2021 can be seen that the passage of the canal is open due to the rear end of the Ever Given ship.

At the same time, news agency Reuters has written that according to InchCap Shipping Services, this huge ship stuck in the Suez Canal for about a week has now started to float again and work is going on to make it in a running condition.

Inchcap, which provides global maritime services, said on Twitter, "The ship started to float again at 4.30 am local time and is now in full operation.

The ship-tracking service vessel finder has changed the status of the ship on its website and has now written that the ship is on the way.

The 400-meter-long Avar Given ship was caught diagonally in the Suez Canal on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 amid strong winds. Because of this, there was a situation of traffic jams on this shortest ship route between Europe and Asia.

At least 369 ships were waiting for the canal to open. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Osama Rabi told Egyptian Extra News on Sunday, 28 March 2021, that there were several cargo ships, oil tankers and ships carrying ANG or LPG gas.

Egyptian Lath Agencies, which provide transit services in Suez, tweeted that the ship has been partially re-floated, pending official confirmation from the Suez Canal Authority.

At the same time, according to Reuters, the price of crude oil has come down after the news of the ship started to float again.

The Suez Canal Authority had earlier said in one of its statements that the work of towing the ship has been resumed. On Sunday, 28 March 2021, teams trying to evacuate had speeded up their work.

After a long effort through tugboats and dredgers, a great success has been achieved in getting the ship out.

After failing to evacuate the ship for several days, on Sunday, March 28, 2021, the Canal Administration began preparations to remove about 20,000 containers from the ship to lose weight.

Experts had previously told the BBC that special equipment had to be used in such operations, such as a crane that would have to reach up to 60 meters (200 ft), which could take weeks.

The Suez Canal, known as the backbone of world trade, is one of the main sea crossings in the world. This makes up 12% of the world's total merchandise.

In such a situation, after the cargo ship going from China to the Netherlands got stuck on the morning of Tuesday, 23 March 2021, it is expected to have a serious impact on the business of the world.

This cargo ship has blocked the way for the rest of the ships.

Niels Madsen, vice president of products and operations at Denmark's consultancy firm C-Intelligence, predicts that if this ship is stuck for 48 hours, the already serious condition will slowly deteriorate.

He told the news agency Reuters that if this happens for three to five days, then it will start to have a very bad effect on world trade. The most common is the possibility of inflation rising due to the halt of movement of goods.

Why is the Suez Canal so important?

1) An important link to unite east and west

The Suez Canal is a 193 km long canal located in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe. This waterway crosses the Svez isthmus (Strait) in Egypt. This canal consists of three natural lakes.

The importance of this canal, active since 1869, is that ships to the eastern and western parts of the world first used to sail on the southern tip of Africa via the Cape of Good Hope. But after the construction of this waterway, ships began to sail through this part of West Asia to Europe and Asia.

According to the World Maritime Transport Council, the ship connecting Asia and Europe has to cover a distance of nine thousand kilometers after the construction of this canal. This is 43 percent of the total distance.

2) daily value of 9.5 billion

According to consultancy firm Lloyds List, on Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 40 cargo ships and 24 tankers were stranded waiting to cross the canal.

Dry products such as grain, cement are loaded on these vessels. At the same time, petroleum products are filled in tankers.

Eight ships carrying livestock and water tankers are also stranded, according to the news agency Bloomberg.

Given the condition of the Suez Canal and its importance, it is called one of the few 'choke points' of the earth. Therefore, the US Energy Agency considers the Suez Canal to be essential for global energy security and the supply of all types of goods.

According to an estimate, about 19 thousand vessels from the Suez Canal carry 120 million tonnes of cargo every year. The Lloyds List believes that $ 9.5 billion worth of freight ships pass through this canal every day. Of these, about $ 5 billion goes to the west and $ 4.5 billion goes to the east.

3) Very important for supply chain

Experts say that this channel is very important for the supply of goods in the world. So its blocking can have serious consequences.

C Intelligence analyst Lars Jensen says the first problem may be in port congestion.

He said, "If we assume that all the ships are full. So in terms of 55 thousand TEUs (capacity measuring unit of container), within two days, a total of 110 thousand TEUs of goods going from Asia to Europe will be trapped. And as soon as the jam is over, all these ships will arrive at the European ports simultaneously, so that the load there will also reach the peak. ''

Jensen estimates that within a week we will have to see tremendous pressure on European ports. In his opinion, due to this problem, the supply and price of every goods sold in the shops is feared to be affected.

4) Risk of rising inflation

Salvatore Mercogliano, a marine affairs expert and history professor at Campbell University in North Carolina in the US, believes that the problem could have serious repercussions on world trade.

In a conversation with the BBC, he said, "With the closure of the canal, cargo ships and oil tankers are unable to deliver food, fuel and finished goods to Europe." Due to this, no goods are being sent from Europe to the far east.''

BBC economic correspondent Theo Legatt said, "The Suez Canal is critical to the transportation of petroleum and liquid natural gas, as fuel is transported from the Middle East to Europe."

Lloyds List Intelligence reported that 5,163 tankers had passed through the canal last year. Due to this, about two million barrels of oil were transported every day.

According to the US EIA, the Suez Canal and the Sumed Pipeline (from Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea to the Suez Bay) carry nine percent of the total oil traded by the sea and eight percent of the liquid natural gas.

Given the importance of the canal and the current problem, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, oil prices increased by more than six percent. However, it declined on Thursday, 25 March 2021.

ING Bank believes that if this blockage is prolonged, it is more likely that buyers will have to turn to the cash market to secure oil supplies from elsewhere.

The containers must also decide whether to wait for it to be emptied or go through the 'Cape of Good Hope'. According to ING Bank, freight will be delayed if either of the two options are chosen.

In the opinion of experts, the real effect of the existing problem will be revealed only with time.

"The problem will probably be weak and short-lived," Bionar Tonhaugen of the Ristad cabinet told news agency AFP. But if this obstruction continues for a long time, then it will increase inflation. This effect will last for a long time.''

Effect on other goods

"There are millions of dollars worth of goods on other ships," Ian Woods, a London-based lawyer for Clyde & Co's maritime affairs, told NBC. If the canal is not normalized quickly, the ships will go by other routes. This means more time and more cost. And this will ultimately be recovered from the consumers only.''

Leggett, a BBC expert, said it was a nightmare.

He said, "This has shown what can go wrong when new generation big ships like the Ever Given pass through the narrow canal."

However, parts of the canal were widened in 2015 as part of the modernization plan. Yet it is very difficult to navigate. Not only this, more serious accidents are expected in the future.

The Modi government at the Center in India will bring a new law to regulate social media and digital content in the next three months. Law Minister of India Ravi Shankar Prasad and Communications Minister of India Prakash Javadekar announced this at a press conference in Delhi.

Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Social media is doing business in India, they have done good business and strengthened the Indian people. But at the same time there have been complaints of irresponsible use of social media for the last several days.

According to the Modi government, over the past few years, there have been many complaints on social media like promoting violence, sharing obscene content, using other country's posts, the government has brought new guidelines to deal with it and in three months it A law will be made for this.

What are the guidelines?

Explaining the guidelines, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Social media is divided into 2 categories, one intermediary and the other signifcant social media intermediary. We will soon issue a notification of the user number for this. ''

"If a complaint is made about the dignity of the users, especially the dignity of women, then the content has to be removed within 24 hours of making the complaint."

He said that the law of significant social media will be implemented in three months.

Apart from this, social media companies will have to make a grievance redressal mechanism and also make the name of the officer handling the complaints public. This officer will register the complaint in 24 hours and resolve it in 15 days.

He said that Significant Social Media will have to appoint Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Content Person and a Resident Grievance Officer, all of which will be in India. Apart from this, they will also have to issue a report related to the disposal of complaints every month.

Account verification will be necessary

Modi government said, furthermore, to ensure that fake accounts are not created on social media, companies will be required to make the verification process mandatory.

Who has made a post on the social media platform, the company has to give this information on the court's order or the government's asking.

Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "On asking any court or government, they have to tell who started a post. If started from outside India then who started in India. This should be in relation to India's sovereignty, national security, relations with foreign states, rape etc. ''

However, social media companies have often argued that in order to provide such information, they have to break the end to end encryption and save the user's data, which would violate their privacy. End to end encryption means that no third (even company) can hear or read the conversation between two people.

In response to a question related to how the company can provide this information, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "We are not asking to break encryption, we are just asking who started it."

He cited some guidelines of the Supreme Court that these steps are necessary to prevent the spread of pornographic material, rape, gang rape videos. Apart from this, he said that many news reports of social media posts have also come out from outside the country.

Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the purpose of all these rules is to give more power in the hands of the people. Talking in detail on this, he said, "If a significant post is removed, the company will have to give a reason for it."

He said that all these things will be asked by the platforms to create a mechanism.

Ravi Shankar Prasad also gave users data on different social media platforms. According to him, there are 53 crores of WhatsApp in India, 44.8 crores of YouTube, 41 crores of Facebook, 21 crores of Instagram, 1.75 crores of Twitter users.

Also rules for OTT and digital platforms

Modi government will also bring legislation to regulate OTT platform.

India's Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said, "There will be a three-tier mechanism for the OTT platform. OTT platforms and digital media will have to provide information about themselves, and they will have to create a grievance redressal mechanism.

According to Javadekar, the government had earlier met OTT companies and asked them to create a self-regulation but they could not do so.

OTT and digital news platforms will have to provide their details as they work from where the new rules come. Apart from this, a portal will have to be created for redressal of grievances.

Javadekar said that like TV and print, a regulatory body will be created for digital, which can be headed by a retired judge or eminent person.

He said, "Just as an apology is made on TV for making a mistake, the same has to be done for digital."

Apart from this, the content will have to be classified according to age and will have to provide parental lock.

He said that where immediate action is required, a monitoring mechanism will be created at the government level for such cases.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet on 18 December 2020 in the gang rape and murder case of a Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The CBI officials have also imposed sections of gangrape and murder on the four accused, Sandeep, Lavkush, Ravi and Ramu, for the crime committed with a 19-year-old Dalit girl.

According to the news agency PTI, the counsel for the accused told that the local court of Hathras has taken cognizance of the case.

The CBI was investigating the case under the supervision of the Allahabad High Court and CBI officials probed the role of accused Sandeep, Lavkush, Ravi and Ramu in the entire case.

The four accused are currently in judicial custody. CBI officials said the four were also subjected to separate tests at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Apart from this, the CBI investigation team also talked to the doctors of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. This is the same hospital where the deceased was treated.

The Hathras gang rape case came up for discussion not only because of the barbarity of the criminals, but also in the Uttar Pradesh police, without the permission of the family of the deceased and there was a dispute over the funeral of the girl in his absence.

In addition to the Uttar Pradesh police, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh was also severely criticized in this case.

Later, the Uttar Pradesh government had told the court that the girl was cremated in a hurry due to fear of deteriorating the situation of justice in the area.

The 19-year-old girl belonged to a Dalit family while the four accused belong to the upper caste.

In this whole case, the confusion of caste-system prevailing in Uttar Pradesh was also revealed when Mahapanchayat was called in some villages in favor of the accused.

Not only this, questions were also raised about the girl being gang raped. In addition, the Uttar Pradesh government had for some time banned the media's entry into the victim's village.

In this case, the Uttar Pradesh government had talked about getting narco test of the family of the victim, which was also disputed because the narco test is usually from the accused party.

A Special Investigation Committee (SIT) was finally formed after allegations of lewd attitude on the Uttar Pradesh government and administration. However, the investigation was later handed over to the CBI.

The government of Turkish President Richap Tayyip Ardoan, who has made a strong commentary on Israel at the international level and talked about the rights of the Palestinians, has announced a sudden resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel, which has almost ended two years.

Turkey appointed its ambassador to Israel on 15 December 2020. In 2018, Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv in protest against Israel's violent actions against Palestinian protesters in Gaza.

These demonstrations were against US President Donald Trump's decision to send the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Turkish leader Ardoan has called Israel a 'murderer and murderer of children', but now he is sending his ambassador to Israel. To understand the meaning of this decision, it is necessary to understand the recent developments and the long historical relationship between Israel and Turkey.

Turkey's decision to deploy its ambassador came on 15 December 2020 when on 14 December 2020, the US imposed trade sanctions on Turkey.

After purchasing the S-400 missile defense system from Russia, the US halted several plans, including selling its F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey in early 2020, and Turkey's aviator training program.

Despite US pressure, Turkey refused to back down the purchase of the Russian missile system. Now on the go, the Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on Turkey.

It is worth noting that Turkey is also an important member of NATO, the defense alliance of America and Europe.

New factionalism and 'geo-strategic' changes are taking place in the Middle East at a time when the entire world is historically battling the Corona virus epidemic.

Economic difficulties are increasing in countries all over the world and Arab countries have a difficult time as their dependence on oil has decreased due to which their economic burden has increased.

Arab countries are discovering their new economic prospects by reviewing their traditional policies due to economic stability.

At the same time, political change is also coming in America and the administration of the new President Joe Biden is going to take over from 20 January 2021.

Fluctuations in Turkey and Israel relations

Palestine has always remained a focal point in relations between Turkey and Israel. Three times in the past, Turkey has tried to bring down or end its diplomatic relations with Israel and each time Palestine has been at its center.

Turkey first cut its diplomatic ties in 1956, when Israel was attacked in the Sinai Desert after the support of Britain and France on the Suez Canal issue.

This was followed by a secret meeting between the then Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gorian and Turkish Chief Adnan Menderes in 1958 and the two countries agreed to establish defense and intelligence cooperation.

When Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1980, Turkey again reduced its diplomatic relations with it. During this period diplomatic relations between the two countries remained cold but relations between the two countries were restored after the Oslo peace deal in the 90s.

During this time, the relationship between the two countries, which was also called the 'marriage of coercion', continued without any confusion and during this time there were many agreements of cooperation in mutual trade and defense.

In January 2000, Israel entered into an agreement to buy water from Turkey, but the agreement did not last long. This was followed by several defense agreements between the two countries, including giving drones and surveillance equipment to Turkey.

The main reason for the formation of relations in the defense sector - Turkey's defense needs and finding buyers to sell their goods to Israel.

In Turkey in November 2002, relations between the two countries began a new turning point when Rechap Tayyip Ardoan's right-wing Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power. In 2005, Ardoan also visited Israel and offered a visit to Turkey to then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The situation took another turn in December 2008, and three days after Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Perez visited Ankara, Israel started climbing in Gaza under the name 'Operation Cast Led'.

Ardoan, who had sympathy with Hamas, was severely shocked by this action by Israel and called it 'clearly deceived'.

In 2010, the Mavi Marmara incident occurred during the siege of the Israeli army in Gaza. Mavi Marmara was carrying humanitarian aid from a Turkish human rights organization, which was attacked by the Israeli army. 10 Ottoman civilians were killed in this incident.

After this incident, the relationship between the two countries ended.

American try

The US continued efforts to reduce tensions and restore diplomatic relations between its two friendly countries in the region.

For this, Ardoan put forward three conditions, including conditions such as apologizing for the attack on Mavi Marmara, compensation for the casualties and ending the siege of Gaza.

The biggest condition for Israel was to apologize, and Israel was also demanding Turkey to expel some Hamas leaders from the country.

As part of US efforts, in 2013, then President Barack Obama held a phone conversation between Ardoan and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. During a telephone conversation, Netanyahu agreed to apologize and pay compensation for the casualties.

Despite this, frequent incidents in the region led to a delay in normalizing relations between the two countries and finally in 2016, diplomatic relations could be restored between the two countries.

According to a news in Times of India, an English newspaper published from India, Facebook India refused to consider Bajrang Dal as a dangerous organization because it could have attacked its employees and affected its business.

The Times of India has written the news quoting a report from the American newspaper Wall Street Journal.

According to this report, the demand to include the Bajrang Dal in a dangerous organization had arisen since the attack on a church outside Delhi in June 2020.

The members of the Bajrang Dal took responsibility for this. The attackers claimed that the church was built in place of the Hindu temple.

According to the newspaper, the report also said that Facebook has also mentioned the danger of ban on Sanatan Sanstha and Shri Ram Sena.

Facebook's safety team came to the conclusion in early 2020 that the Bajrang Dal supports violence against minorities across India and can be considered a dangerous organization. However, Facebook India rejected this advice.

According to the newspaper, Wall Street General quoted Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone as saying that his employees and business could be difficult due to the Bajrang Dal and there was a discussion. This was part of the standard process.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has shared a video clip of a news channel showing the Wall Street Journal report. Rahul Gandhi wrote, "One more confirmation of BJP-RSS controlling Facebook in India".

At the same time, Facebook has denied favoritism to any political party. A Facebook spokesperson told the Times of India, "We implement our policy of dangerous organizations and individuals without any political or party affiliation."

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has told the Times of India that the organization will take legal action against the Wall Street Journal to discredit it. The Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad are part of the RSS family.

The US has banned its NATO ally Turkey for the deployment of missile defense systems built in Russia. Turkey acquired this missile defense system from Russia in 2019 itself.

The US says that Russia's ground-to-air missile system S-400 does not meet NATO's technical parameters in any way. The S-400 is a threat to the Euro-Atlantic alliance.

The US State Department announced these restrictions on 14 December 2020, which would affect Turkey's arms purchases.

These sanctions have been criticized by Russia and Turkey immediately after the announcement of US sanctions.

The US has already dropped Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program on the issue of procurement of missile systems made in Russia.

What does America object to?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement saying, "The United States has made it clear to Turkey on several occasions that the purchase of the S-400 system would put American military technology and the military at risk." This will provide a large amount of money to Russia's defense industry and increase Russia's access to the Turkish armed forces and its defense industry.''

Mike Pompio continued, "Despite this, Turkey decided to move ahead with the purchase and testing of the S-400 system when there were alternatives." This would have also served Turkey's defense needs.''

He said, "I appeal to Turkey to resolve the S-400 issue with the US and resolve it immediately." Turkey is an important regional security partner for the United States. Turkey should remove the bottleneck of the S-400 system as soon as possible and continue our decades-old defense cooperation.''

Ismail Demir and three other employees of the Directorate of Defense Industries have come under the US ban on Turkey. Under this ban, export licenses issued from the US have been banned, as well as Turkish assets in US juridiction have been frozen.

What does Turkey say?

On the other hand, Turkey's Foreign Ministry has "appealed to the US to reconsider its partisan decision".

Turkey has also said that it is ready to find a solution to this issue by way of diplomatic dialogue in accordance with the spirit of the alliance.

The statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry also said that "the US embargo will have a negative impact on our relations" and Turkey will avenge it in time.

Turkey says the US refused to sell it the Patriot missile, after which it bought the S-400 system from Russia.

Turkish officials also say that NATO's other partner, Greece, has its own S-300 system, although it has not bought it directly from Russia.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the US ban, saying that it reflects "a hostile attitude towards international law".

Sergei Lavrov said that the United States has been taking such unilateral and illegal repressive actions.

How important is turkey?

Turkey has the second largest army in NATO, a military alliance of thirty countries.

He is an important partner of the US and has strategic importance due to the border with Syria, Iraq and Iran.

Turkey has also played an important role in the Syrian conflict. It has provided military and weapons support to some of Syria's rebel groups.

However, Turkey's relations with NATO and some EU member states have deteriorated in recent times. These countries allege that Turkish President Rechep Tayyip Ardoan is acting in an arbitrary manner following the failed coup of 2016.

How does the S-400 work?

A radar capable of long range surveillance monitors the objects and sends its information to the command vehicle where the potential target is assessed.

After the target is identified, the command vehicle commands a missile launch.

The data attached to it is sent to the launch vehicle and from there the ground-to-air missile is fired.

The radar helps the missile reach its target.

In an interview to Iran's state media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Russia stands with Iran in the case of killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsin Fakhrizadeh.

He said that Russia agreed that he was murdered for the purpose of creating unrest in the region.

Sergei Lavrov described Iran and Russia as "two important countries" playing an important role in the "New World Order of the World".

Iran's state-run TV network One (IRTV1) has translated Lavrov's words of Russian into Persian, saying he said, "We condemn the killing of scientist Mohsin Fakhrizadeh." We see this as an inciting terrorist act and an attempt to create unrest in the region. It is also an issue of interference of foreign governments.''

He also referred to the assassination of Lt Gen Qasim Sulemani on 3 January 2020 and said "it is unacceptable for any country".

Quds Force chief General Qasim Suleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq. The United States had declared him and his Quds Force as terrorists, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American citizens.

At one point in the interview, he emphasizes the point of cooperation between Iran and Russia. He says, "The level of our mutual cooperation with Iran is not with any country." Even during the Corona epidemic, our mutual trade has increased, not decreased.''

He also told that trade with Iran increased by 20 percent in 2019 and during the pandemic it has increased by eight percent.

He asserted that the trade agreements between Iran and Eurasia in 2019 provided opportunities for a larger market for Iran.

Sergei Lavrov criticized the US for withdrawing from the nuclear deal in 2015, as well as emphasizing the importance of removing the dollar in free trade.

Iran's banking sector is restricted and because of this, it cannot use the dollar in trade with foreign countries.

The country's top nuclear scientist Mohsin Fakhrizadeh was killed in an ambush by gunmen in the city of Absard, adjacent to Iran's capital Tehran. Iran's leaders have blamed Israel for the killing and said it will be avenged.

There has been a public outcry over debt payments between Maldives and China. There have always been concerns about China's debt in the Maldives, but the bickering hit the public stage last week.

The saying took place on Twitter between former President of Maldives and current parliament speaker Mohammad Nasheed and Chinese Ambassador to Maldives Chang Lichong.

Nasheed tweeted on 11 December 2020 that in the next two weeks, Maldives has to pay huge debt to Chinese banks.

His claim in this tweet was rejected by the Chinese Ambassador. The Chinese ambassador said that Maldives has to pay the debt but the amount is not as big as Nasheed claims.

Mohammad Nasheed is considered the most popular leader of the Maldives. He is also called pro-India.

Nasheed had said in his tweet, "In the next 14 days, Maldives has to pay $ 15 million somehow to the Chinese bank. Chinese banks have not given us any leeway in these loans. These payments are equal to 50 percent of the government's total income. Maldives is trying to recover somehow in the midst of the Corona epidemic crisis.''

Within two hours, the Chinese ambassador dismissed Nasheed's claims on Twitter. Chang Lichong said in response to Nasheed's tweet, "According to the information I have received from the banks, there is no loan payment of $ 15 million in the next 14 days. You check the account book and save it for the budget. Cheers.''

On 12 December 2020, the Chinese ambassador tweeted, "I have done some homework." The payment of debt of 17 lakh 19 thousand 535 in 2020 is correct. In Hulhumale Housing Project Phase 2, the loan amount of 23 lakh 75 thousand dollars taken for 1530 housing units is from a third country bank and not from China Development Bank. The debt in the Stelco project is to be paid in the second week of January 2021.'' The Chinese ambassador also posted some documents with this tweet.

In response to the Chinese Ambassador's tweet, a Twitter user quoted the Maldivian Ministry of Finance's statement as of December 31, 2018, "According to the annual report 2018, the Housing Development Corporation of Maldives set up 1530 housing units in Hulhumale Phase 3. For $ 4.2 million loaned from China Development Bank. If it comes to repaying this loan, then you will be able to show this screenshot, right?''

There was no response from the Chinese Ambassador on this. In such a situation, Mohammad Nasheed took it as an opportunity and tried to handle the situation.

Nasheed told the Chinese ambassador in his next tweet, "Thank you very much." Our relationship with China matters. Why should we wait for 11 more hours? Find some way out of this debt problem. Maldives needs another two years to repay the loan, otherwise we will never be able to repay these debts.''

Responding to Nasheed, the Chinese Ambassador wrote, "Respected Speaker, I appreciate your support. We have traditionally been friends and this is important to us. Discussions are already taking place on these issues. I am confident that there will be some concrete arrangement in terms of mutual benefit in both the countries so that it will help in bringing the economy back on track.''

Maldives and China have also clashed on Twitter before.

The current Chinese ambassador to the Maldives is known for his attendant response. The result of this is that their fans in Maldives are also very good.

In particular, supporters of former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen openly support the Chinese ambassador. After coming to power in 2013, Yameen grew closer to China than India. In many contract contracts, President Yameen chose China over India.

Yameen's supporters feel that China's ambassador is no less than an assistant to him in fighting the current government in the Maldives. The current government of Maldives is called pro-India.

In November 2020, Nasheed said that the debt of China cannot be repaid even if the people of Maldives sell their grandmother's jewelry too. In response, the Chinese ambassador said, "The jewelry of grannies is priceless but they have a price." I would prioritize friendship with Maldives which has no value.''

Another similar incident happened in November 2020. Dunya Maumoon, the daughter of former Maldives President Abdul Gayoom, was asked about an article in India Today on 10 November 2020. In this article, many things were said about Chinese investment in Male Airport.

The same day the Chinese ambassador told the daughter of former President Gayoom, "Read it as a fantasy." If you want the right information, take it from Maldives Airport.'' Gayoom was also considered as a Chinese-backed president.

Mohammad Nasheed said in an interview to the BBC in September 2020 that the Maldives had borrowed $ 3.1 billion from China. Nasheed had said that this included loans from both the Chinese government and the private sector there.

When the Maldivian Democratic Party of Nasheed came to power in 2018, Indian officials estimated the debt to be $ 1.5 billion.

Nasheed's party has been seeking financial help from India ever since it was formed. India has announced financial assistance of $ 1.4 billion to Maldives.

China and India are the centers of Maldives politics

Discussions in Maldives about China and India are hot in politics there. In September 2020, India Out campaign was being run on social media in Maldives.

Mohammad Nasheed then said that the India out campaign belonged to the ISIS cell. Nasheed had said that under this campaign, there is a demand to remove Indian soldiers from Maldives. The main opposition party was airing the India out campaign in Maldives. The main opposition party of Maldives says that the presence of Indian soldiers is against sovereignty and independence.

In response to the anti-India talk of the opposition party in Maldives, Foreign Minister Abdullah said that those who are "not digesting" the strong bilateral relations, are resorting to such criticism.

At the inauguration of an India-backed street lighting scheme, the foreign minister said, "This is a relationship between the two countries." It is a relationship connecting hearts. We thank him.

In August 2020, India announced a $ 500 million package, including a grant of $ 100 million. Earlier in 2018, India announced $ 800 million for the Maldives.