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DTAA with India: The death sentence signed?
Was it a death sentence that was signed on Tuesday? After years of tenacious negotiations between Mauritius and India, the latter finally won the match against Mauritius this week in the long battle to revisit the sensitive Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) that has been unarguably the backbone of a flourishing sector which has had a crucial weight in the whole financial services industry of Mauritius up to now.
ISSUES
We need to talk about cannabis
While many countries around the world are engaged in a debate regarding cannabis, Mauritius faces the wrath of protesters — Rastafarians in this case — who are asking for more tolerance. However, the government’s unflinching position is that there is no need for discussion and that everything cannabis-related will remain a crime.
EDUCATION
The case for creative arts
Education in Mauritius has gone through several revolutions over the years; however, no political party has deemed it necessary to include the creative arts in their manifesto. Yet, in this day and age, it could turn out to be the difference between mediocrity and greatness for a country.
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