India has, however, not released official statement with regard to exercise with Russia. As per Russian defence ministry, exercise will last until Wednesday.
Two navies are currently jointly conducting the third edition of Sea Guardian-3. This comes soon after India, US held the fifth edition of annual 2+2 ministerial dialogues on 10 November.
‘Titanic exhibitions’ in New York, Seville and Hong Kong attract huge crowds, and people also take life risks to experience the wreckage in cramped submersibles.
Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill 2019, which empowers Indian authorities to deal with piracy and pirate ships on the high seas, has been passed in Parliament. It awaits Presidential nod.
The exercise, which began Sunday, marks 10 years of the Japan India Maritime Exercise as well as 70 years since diplomatic relations between both nations were established.
India is 35th member of the maritime counterterrorism partnership that also includes Pakistan, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany and Greece, among others.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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