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Friday, January 2, 2026
TopicIndian Ocean Region

Topic: Indian Ocean Region

India and Australia focus on deepening defence ties, three agreements signed

New Delhi offers to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul of Royal Australian Navy ships in Indian shipyards during their deployment to Indian Ocean Region.

Satellite captures Chinese ‘spy’ vessel in Indian Ocean Region, Navy watches closely

Damien Symon, a geo-intelligence and OSINT expert, affiliated with The Intel Lab, shared the satellite images of the ship moving in the Indian Ocean on social media.

House panel flags growing ‘China-Pakistan naval nexus’, calls for more ‘flexible’ approach to Quad

The committee also underlined India’s need for more ‘strategic coherence’, highlighting ambiguities in SAGAR and MAHASAGAR frameworks announced by PM Modi in the last decade.

Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ isn’t just a slogan—it’s a growing strategic surprise for India

While Turkey has expanded arms sales to Pakistan and Bangladesh, India has been conspicuously excluded, or rather blacklisted.

With Modi’s MAHASAGAR pitch, India ramps up bid to be key security partner in ‘Global South’

The PM was on a 2-day visit to Mauritius. The two countries further elevated ties to an 'enhanced strategic partnership' and signed 8 agreements.

Modi’s Mauritius visit is key to countering China. And safeguarding western Indian Ocean

Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam has shown remarkable diplomatic deftness in balancing India and China. The invite to Modi shows India’s importance to his vision for Mauritius.

Increased deployment, joint exercises, foreign training & faster aid — Indian Navy’s growing footprint

The Indian Navy has come a long way since 2004 when an Indian Ocean earthquake triggered a major tsunami. The Indian Ocean is generally touted as the Indian Navy's ‘backyard’.

Indian Ocean has suddenly become ‘Indo-Pacific’ due to geopolitics, says Sri Lanka President

In video address at roundtable discussion in Colombo, Ranil Wickremesinghe said 'maps are now drawn not according to geography, but geopolitics'.

110 rescued, 1.5 mn tonnes of goods escorted, says Navy chief vowing sustained ops against piracy

Admiral Kumar says renewed Operation Sankalp last December after getting info about drone, missile attacks & attacks by pirates on vessels in Indian Ocean Region.

As India gets ready to test-fire another ballistic missile, 4th Chinese spy ship heads to Indian Ocean

The Chinese have already deployed the Xiang Yang Hong 01 and Xiang Yang Hong 02, oceanographic survey and research ships along with Da Yang Hao in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

On Camera

Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Two metals, copper and silver, are indelibly associated with mass electrification that is making coal, oil and gas redundant across the world.

Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude

US sanctions reshuffle India’s crude procurement, pushing refiners towards new intermediaries, the Middle East and Americas.

2025 was Indian Army’s year. New battalions & platoons, embracing next-gen warfare

Amidst a doctrinal shift towards joint theaterisation and greater synergy between the various wings of the forces, the Indian Army in 2025 moved further on its path to Vision@2047.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.