Malawi government will not spent any money from the public coffers for a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Blantyre which is being funded by the Indian government and Indian community in the country. Blantyre City Council has given permission to Indian community in the country to erect a Mahatma Ghandi statue near the Queen Elizabeth […]
Some Malawians have taken up in radio call programs and social media to express concern over government decision to erect a Mahatma Ghandi statue in the city of Blantyre. The government is erecting the statue of the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule near the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at Ginnery Corner in […]
Indian High Commissioner to Malawi, Suresh Kumar Menon said 40 per cent of Malawian patients sent for treatment in India would have been treated in the country if the public hospitals had adequate medical equipment and specialist care. Kumar Menon was speaking at Mzuzu Central Hospital Wednesday when his government donated medical equipment worth $500 […]
Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has said government will soon develop medical equipment maintenance plan to ensure that the equipment is always up-to date and lasts long, thereby addressing some of the challenges which the country’s hospitals face in health service delivery. Muluzi made the remarks on Wednesday at Mzuzu Central Hospital when […]
Members of Indian Community in Malawi has been persuaded to continue promoting peace and coexistence with other groups as one way of showing appreciation to their country’s freedom fighters. Speaking during the commemoration of India’s 72n Independence Day celebrayions at Indian Countey Club in Lilongwe, Jayesh Patel, said the country’s freedom fighters showed love and […]
Malawi government has been advised by India that it should desist from over borrowing, saying the loans that are being taken will burden the future generation in paying back and drag national development down. Indian High Commissioner Suresh Kumar Menon gave the advice in Lilongwe, saying loans tend to work against the real development that […]
Indian Government has expressed its willingness to continue supporting Malawi in various development endeavours. India’s Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Chaudhary said duringthe commemorating 54thyears of Malawi’s independence which was held at Pride Plaza Hotel in New Delhi on July 6, 2018. “India will continue being a friend of Malawi and support […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has lauded Export- Import (EXIM) Bank of India for financial assistance to Malawi saying concessional financial resources that the Malawi government has accessed from that Bank has reached $180 million (approximately MK130, 364, 308, 792.42) since 2008. Chilima made the remarks Tuesday in New Delhi when he held bilateral talk […]
Malawi is set to embrace the Big Brother technology that watches over people from streets , the first ever CCTV cameras in all public places in the country, thanks to an India-Africa partnership summit currently underway in New Dehli, India. An Indian billionaire is set to set up the CCTV, a move that is expected to reduce the high criminal […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has called for more trade and investment from India saying Africa offers substantial untapped market and opportunities for business and development partnership. Chilima said this on Sunday in India in his inaugural speech during the official opening of the 13th Confederation for Indian Industry (CII) EXIM Bank conclave on India-Africa Project […]
Malawi Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima arrived in New Dehli on Saturday for the India – Africa business conclave where he will be Guest of Honour and immediately kick started his official duties with a meeting with his counterpart Venkaiah Naidu. During the meeting, Chilima – who is leading a government and private sector delegation […]
Malawi’s Vice President Salous Chilima leaves the country Friday for New Dehli-India where he will be a Guest of Honour at the 13th Confederation for Indian Industry (CII) EXIM Bank conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership to take place from 25th -27th March. A statement from the Veep office says Chilima is leading a Malawi delegation […]
Two Malawi nationals have been convicted and sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in India afthe court found them guilty of possession of a controlled substance, ephedrine hydrochloride, while they about to board a plane to Malawi. According to a report in the Times of India, the two Malawians have been identified as Maria Anni Masangano , […]
Mulanje South lawmaker Bon Kalindo for the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said Malawi Parliament should be vigilant against Asian business community from abusing local citizens. Kalindo, who is also a comedian popularly known by his stage name Winiko, said this in the House regarding the court order that Transglobe Limited issued to Parliamentary Committee on […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has ordered the deportation of an Indian national Mohammad Torif Patel and Bangladesh national Abdul Aziz after they were caught trying to sneak into the country illegally. The court on Monday found Patel guilty of aiding and abetting illegal entry of Aziz contrary to Section 36 (1) of the Malawi’s Immigration Act. Aziz was […]
The Nkukula Magistrate Court in Lilongwe on Monday convicted and fined three Malawians of Indians origin after they were found guilty of illegal production and selling of liquor sachets. The three were arrested in September and appeared before court on Monday 2nd October 2017 where they pleaded guilty to all the two charges levelled against […]
Malawi Immigration authorities have cleared Lilongwe based Indian dentist Dr. Anthony John of Dr Anthony’s Dental Clinic working at a private dental clinic of any wrong doing. Two doctors, Rajan Ahuja and his wife Sucheta Bector, working at the dentist were accused of flouted their work contract agreements. Dr. John had asked the the two […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested and are in keeping in custody three Indian nationals and one Malawian accused of manufacturing, distribution and selling of Liquor products illegally which contravenes the laws which prohibits the manufacturing of liquor packed in plastic bottles. Kanengo Police Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub-Inspector Esther Mkwanda has identified the […]