New Delhi:

As he embarks on a two-day trip to Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the visit will open a “new and bright” chapter in the ties between the two nations.

PM Modi is visiting Mauritius on March 11 and 12 at the invitation of Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam primarily to grace the island nation’s national day celebrations.

In his departure statement, the prime minister said he was looking forward to engaging with the leadership of Mauritius to elevate “our partnership in all its facets and strengthen our enduring friendship for the progress and prosperity of our peoples”.

A contingent of Indian armed forces will participate in the celebrations along with a warship of the Indian Navy and the Akash Ganga skydiving team of the Indian Air Force.

“Mauritius is a close maritime neighbour, a key partner in the Indian Ocean, and a gateway to the African Continent. We are connected by history, geography and culture,” PM Modi said.

“Deep mutual trust, a shared belief in the values of democracy, and celebration of our diversity are our strengths,” he said.

The prime minister said the close and historical people-to-people connection between the two sides is a source of shared pride.

“I am confident that this visit will build on the foundations of the past and open a new and bright chapter in the India and Mauritius relationship,” he said.

The prime minister noted that “significant strides” have been made in the past 10 years between the two sides with people centric initiatives.

“I look forward to the opportunity to engage with the Mauritius leadership to elevate our partnership in all its facets and strengthen our enduring friendship for the progress and prosperity of our peoples, as well as for security and development in the Indian Ocean Region, as part of our vision SAGAR,” he added.

SAGAR stands for Security And Growth for All in the Region.

The national day celebrations of Mauritius will be on March 12.

India and Mauritius have uniquely close cooperation in maritime security, development, capacity-building, besides close people-to-people ties. The close bonds are especially evident in the numerous India-assisted development projects that dot the Mauritian landscape.

India is amongst the largest trading partners of Mauritius.

Mauritius was the second largest source of FDI into India for 2023-24, after Singapore.

Mauritius and India signed a comprehensive economic cooperation and partnership agreement (CECPA) in February 2021 after nearly 15 years of negotiations. It was the first trade agreement signed by India with an African country.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2025

According to Downdetector, the platform faced three outages throughout the day, with interruptions peaking around 3:00 pm with nearly 2,200 reports from Indian users, surging again at 7:30 pm with 1,500 reports, and continuing later around 9:00 pm as users faced further access issues.

Elon Musk acquired X in 2022 for $44 billion. In 2023, he became the first person to reach 200 million followers on X.

The tracking website showed that nearly 52 percent of problems were related to the website, 41 percent to the app and 8 percent had to do with server connection problems.

Washington, DC:

The US Secret Service shot a man near the White House in Washington, DC shortly after midnight on Sunday (local time) after an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.

The incident happened about a block from the White House, on the west side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The man was reportedly “suicidal” and is believed to be traveling from Indiana.

The Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby, according to a report by Associated Press.

“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” the Secret Service said in a statement.

The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.”

No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement.

The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. A message left Sunday for the police department wasn’t immediately returned.