{"id":285692,"date":"2024-03-05T18:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=285692"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:59:50","slug":"agalega-atoll-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/agalega-atoll-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Agalega Atoll (Mauritius)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post on Agalega Atoll (Mauritius) <\/strong>is based on the article \u201cWith Mauritius joining project, India\u2019s rising power in the Indian Ocean<\/strong><\/a>\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on 5th February 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius jointly inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty that India has built on Agalega atoll.<\/p>\n

About Agalega Atoll (Mauritius)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Agalega
Source-<\/strong> greatgameindia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Agalega
Source-<\/strong> UNFCC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Agalega is a tiny atoll in the Western Indian Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. This atoll comprising two islands, North and South Agalega,<\/span> separated by a short channel.<\/p>\n

3. This atoll, located 684 miles (1,122 km) northeast of mainland Mauritius<\/p>\n

4. The only town on the island is called Vingt-Cinq <\/span>which means 25 in French, referring to the number of lashes the slaves would receive as punishment.<\/p>\n

5. The 12 km-long and 2 km-wide northern island has a small airstrip which used to be occasionally visited by Coast Guard planes and helicopters.<\/p>\n

6. Agalega is known for its production of coconuts<\/span> and is also home to the\u00a0Agalega day gecko.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>– Development of Agal\u00e9ga \u2013 India\u2019s rising power in the Indian Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Places in News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on Agalega Atoll (Mauritius) is based on the article \u201cWith Mauritius joining project, India\u2019s rising power in the Indian Ocean\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 5th February 2024. Why in the News? Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius jointly inaugurated an airstrip and a jetty that… Continue reading Agalega Atoll (Mauritius)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11211],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-285692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}