Indian Naval Ships Udaygiri and Kavaratti, under the command of Radm Alok Ananda, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), departed Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday on completion of port call for further deployment in the Southeast Asia region.
A strong offshore tremor triggered panic across Southeast Asia before officials confirmed there was no tsunami threat, highlighting the region’s vulnerability to sudden seismic shocks.
"PM Phạm Minh Chính of Vietnam and I met in Johannesburg. Our commitment to a stronger, future-oriented friendship between India and Vietnam remains steadfast," Modi said in a post on X, highlighting the positive outcome of the meeting.
China’s sweeping crackdown on transnational scam syndicates in Southeast Asia marks a rare confluence of law enforcement, diplomacy, and domestic reassurance.
At the centre of the scam: Indian SIM cards, local accents, and fake job offers. Victims receive calls from familiar-looking numbers, often in regional languages, lowering their guard.
The infamous Sinaloa Cartel is a major player in this system. Till 2005-2007, Chinese traders in both legal wildlife commodities and illegal wildlife products dealt directly with local hunters, poachers, and fishermen. Today, Mexican narco-criminal groups have inserted themselves into the value chain, as it were, as facilitators and/or middlemen.
It appears imperative to take stock of these underground happenings specially in the Muslim-majority provinces of southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines etc
No tsunami alert has been issued yet.
Member of the Dental Council of India, Dr Raju Biswas, said it was good news, especially on the dawn of 100 years of completion of dentistry in SE Asia. Kolkata Medical College scored 19th rank among its class in the national forum
The fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held in Kathmandu recently…
