As per the statement by the Indian Navy, around 2386 kgs of hashish and 121 kgs of heroin were stored in different cargo holds and compartments onboard the suspected vessel.
Inaugural edition of AIKEYME will be co-hosted by Indian Navy & Tanzania People's Defence Force, and is scheduled to take place off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in mid-April 2025.
It is no secret that China has over the past decade mounted an all-out effort to encircle India in the Indian Ocean region by securing access to foreign ports for dual use.
The large Chinese ships are believed to be gathering information for naval planners — currents, bathymetry, salinity of the water etc — which are all relevant to submarine warfare.
Research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 03, that can collect data for both civilian and military purposes, is on its way to the Maldives. It had earlier docked in the island country twice.
Carlsberg Ridge & Afanasy-Nikitin Seamount in Indian Ocean are of New Delhi's interest for which it has submitted applications for exploration to International Seabed Authority.
Radhika Seshan's 'Empires of the Sea: A Human History of the Indian Ocean World' sets out to map our age-old connections with the seas, tracing maritime linkages from the Harappan period all the way to the long colonial era.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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