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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMaritime

Topic: Maritime

Amid Red Sea crisis and China’s belligerence, Indian Ocean countries agree to keep zone stable

At 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth, leaders highlighted challenges to maritime traffic, noted peaceful record of Indian Ocean region & urged each other to address concerns jointly.

Saudi Arabia is developing a new ‘blue economy’–with regenerative tourism, maritime logistics

With the maritime economy projected to reach $3 trillion by 2030, unlocking the potential of the blue economy can return a five-fold yield.

India holds maritime exercise with Russia, land exercise with US

India has, however, not released official statement with regard to exercise with Russia. As per Russian defence ministry, exercise will last until Wednesday.

Pakistan and China to conduct maiden joint patrolling with submarines and destroyers

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.

China warns against maritime ‘camp’ confrontations, stops short of naming US

The Philippines, Japan and the United States have complained about what they say is growing Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.

Titanic’s calamitous end made headlines in 1912. Here’s why we are obsessed with it even now

‘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.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

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.