Australia will gift an Australian-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat to Maldives, country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon
Terming it as a "milestone achievement" and a "positive development for the region", India on Thursday welcomed the signing of the treaty between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the return of Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia.
The Indian Ocean, once a relatively quiet arena of global politics, is fast becoming the new chessboard of strategic influence.
In a major narcotics bust, an Indian Navy ship intercepted and seized over 2500 kg of narcotics in the western Indian ocean.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Mauritius was far more than a ceremonial gesture; it was a strategic reaffirmation of India’s enduring interests in the Western Indian Ocean.
As China continues to expand its in- fluence in the region, India must navigate a delicate bal- ance between diplomacy and safeguarding its national security interests.
China has pursued aggressive strategies to expand politicodiplomatic, economic and strategic influence among the Indian Ocean littorals and the regional seas.
In the vast geopolitical chessboard, one piece stands out as a potential game-changer in any conflict involving China and that is the Indian Ocean.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar brought up apprehension over the “steady increase in Chinese naval presence” in the Indian Ocean…
India is charting an ambitious course to bolster its naval might in the Indian Ocean region, primarily to counter China’s…
