Patrick Herminie is on first state visit to India after assuming Seychellois presidency last year—a signal New Delhi is trying to compete with Beijing in expanding maritime footprint.
Countries like Israel are seeing a dip in new cases after vaccinations, but in countries like Seychelles, which has fully inoculated a large population, cases continue to increase.
Indian ships and naval assets can now move across from the Pacific to Singapore, Andamans, Diego Garcia, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Djibouti, onwards to Oman.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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