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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicIndian Ocean

Topic: Indian Ocean

Our harbours may be vulnerable for 20 years, and Indian Navy can’t do much

Indian Navy’s sole remaining mine-sweeping and mine-hunting vessel is due for de-commissioning soon.

Paradise regained in the Maldives as India wins this round in the Ocean

Former president Mohamed Nasheed told ThePrint, ‘We have always been pro-India and pro-South Asia’.

Indian Navy in desperate hunt to find badly injured sailor far away from help at sea

Indian Navy’s Commander Abhilash Tomy is incapacitated in his vessel, which was damaged in a storm Friday.

India, China discuss maritime security, cooperation

Presence of Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean has aroused concerns in India, especially after China's acquisition of the Hambantota port. 

Will the Indian Ocean soon become China’s Ocean?

With China expanding its influence in the Indo-Pacific, India needs to up its game to strengthen its presence in the area.

India has failed to utilise its ties with its Bay of Bengal neighbours & should fix it quickly

The group BIMSTEC could stem the region’s creeping militarization by instituting a Bay of Bengal Zone of Peace that seeks to limit any bellicose behaviour of extra-regional powers.

The debate over integrating the services: Understanding the Air Force perspective

Flexibility, concentration of effort & centralised control are essential for best utilisation of the IAF. These could be compromised under theatre commands.

Chinese Navy seems to be preparing to counter Indian submarines with Pakistani help

Satellite images accessed by ThePrint suggest Chinese Navy conducted joint exercises with its Pakistani counterpart; has increased activities around India.

With Exercise Sambandh, India to showcase naval supremacy in Indian Ocean region

The naval exercise will see the participation of officers from 10 nations of the Indian Ocean region, in a bid to counter the growing...

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.