Tag: Ocean

New Delhi: After deploying maritime coercion in South China Sea against ASEAN countries, at least three Chinese survey and surveillance vessels are in Indian Ocean Region (IOR) as part of PLA Navy’s expansionist objective to launch carrier task force patrols by 2025 through mapping the Indo-Pacific region. Xiang Yang ...

NEW DELHI: Indian Navy is closely monitoring the entry of yet another Chinese satellite and missile tracking ship into the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which adds to its three such "research" vessels already present in the region.The Chinese ship, Yuan Wang 03, has approached the IOR at a time ...

New Delhi - India has commissioned a new naval base on an island that lies off its southwest coast, as it looks to strengthen its presence in the Indian Ocean amid growing concerns about China's expanding footprint in the strategic waters and a downturn in ties with the Maldives.The ...

New Delhi —  India has commissioned a new naval base on an island that lies off its southwest coast, as it looks to strengthen its presence in the Indian Ocean amid growing concerns about China’s expanding footprint in the strategic waters and a downturn in ties with the Maldives. ...

PANAJI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh in a veiled reference to China’s expansionist policy said that India will not tolerate hegemony or coercion in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Rajnath, who was in Goa to inaugurate the new naval war college building, said that India will stand with its allies ...

In response to the Houthis attacking ships in the Red Sea bound for Israel, the US recently announced Operation Prosperity Guardian, a security initiative that initially included more than 20 countries, such as Bahrain, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.But France, Italy and Spain have ...

At least seven people including a nine-year-old girl have lost their lives in wild weather hammering Australia's east coast as a frantic search continues for those still missing.Five of the deaths occurred in Queensland where ferocious storms, heavy rain and powerful winds have been targeting the state's southeast since ...

Iran denied on Saturday US accusations that it was involved in planning attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The repeated denial, issued by Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani, came after the White House ...

The fishing boats slowly pull into the bustling dock in northern Mumbai on India's west coast, carrying a fresh catch after spending hours at sea trying to net as many fish as possible. Those waiting on the shore look on anxiously. Members of Mumbai's Koli community, who have been fishing ...

The navy is closely monitoring China’s sustained presence in the Indian Ocean region as part of its efforts to keep under surveillance extra-regional forces operating in the vast stretch to assess the activities they are engaged in and their intentions, navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday. ...