The 21st century is increasingly b eing described as the Indian Ocean Century. As the global economic centre of gravity shifts from the Atlantic to Asia, the vast maritime region stretching from the eastern coast of Africa to the western Pacific has emerged as the world's busiest and most strategically important sea space.
The operation marks the latest escalation in Washington’s widening crackdown on Iran’s covert oil trade network, which US authorities claim is helping Tehran bypass international sanctions through secret maritime operations across key global shipping routes.
The torpedoing of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean is a stark reminder that distant wars rarely remain distant for India.
In a formal statement from its Polit Bureau, the party accused the Centre of undermining India’s independent foreign policy and abandoning the nation’s historic anti-imperialist and non-aligned legacy.
He said that the impact of these attacks reaching the Indian Ocean and close to India's borders is a matter of concern for the countrymen, but the BJP government at the Centre has maintained unprecedented silence on this serious issue.
A US submarine torpedoed Iran’s frigate IRIS Dena near Sri Lanka after it joined India’s MILAN-2026 naval exercise, prompting strategic concerns over regional security and maritime diplomacy.
The IFC-IOR network includes liaison officers from 15 partner nations and linkages with more than 75 maritime agencies and international fusion centres.
The agreement was inked between the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Monday, September 15 in New Delhi.
During harbour interactions, personnel from both navies undertook joint diving operations, cross-training visits, and shipboard familiarisation.
Tsunami hit several coastal areas of Russia and Japan following a massive earthquake of magnitude 8.7 off East Coast of Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
