Indian Ocean

New Delhi: Nearly 25 tonnes of space junk from a recently-launched Chinese rocket crashed down over the Indian Ocean, landing somewhere near Sarawak which is the Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. The US Space Command confirmed in…

Washington:  Food security will be the focus of the first-ever summit of a new West Asia-focussed Quad comprising India, Israel, the US and the UAE that will take place virtually during President Joe Biden's visit to the region this week,…

Bengaluru:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday received first-hand insights into the combat capabilities and offensive strength of 'INS Khanderi', the state-of-the-art Kalvari class submarine. For over four hours, the full spectrum…

New Delhi: Iran, China and Russia have launched a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, with the aim of boosting marine security, the Daily Mail reported. Iran's state TV said that 11 of its vessels have been joined by three Russian…

Mumbai: Paying glowing tributes to the Indian Navy, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said it is now looked upon by the country's maritime neighbours as "a preferred security partner in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)". A large share…

Dar es Salaam:  Tanzania's Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi on Friday launched a special police unit for protecting tourists visiting the Islands. Eugene Emmanuel, the assistant commissioner of police, said the newly-launched…

New Delhi: Northwest India received 67 mm rainfall in the month of October against the normal of 23 mm, a massive 191.2 per cent departure against long period average (LPA), including 160 instances of very heavy rainfall and 36 of extremely…

New York:  The Indian Navy and Air Force deployed their arsenal of both Russian and Western-made aircraft during the joint exercises centred around the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Indian Ocean to 'build on the high-calibre…

New Delhi:  Indian scientists have found a promising technique for early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column prior to satellite detection over ocean surface in northern Indian Ocean…

Tehran:  Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) held a new missile drill, during which it successfully fired ballistic missiles in the Indian Ocean over a distance of 1,800 km, a top official confirmed. "One of our main purposes…