Chinese amphibious warship sighted in Indian Ocean
India | September 16, 2019 12:48 ISTThe warship, a Landing Platform Dock (LPD), was located by a Navy P-8I surveillance aircraft.
The warship, a Landing Platform Dock (LPD), was located by a Navy P-8I surveillance aircraft.
Both countries vowed to ensure a rules-based order in the Indian Ocean.
A depression over east Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.
It is still a mystery what happens to the remaining 99 per cent of plastic waste that has entered the ocean.
China's growing presence in the northern part of the Indian Ocean is a challenge for India but New Delhi is keeping a close eye on the deployment of Chinese ships and submarines in the region, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has said.
Although the majority decision by the international court of justice in The Hague is only advisory, the decision will affect the international standing of the already isolated nation.
The Nekton Mission, supported by over 40 organizations, will conduct further dives in other parts of the Indian Ocean over three years. The research will contribute to a summit on the state of the Indian Ocean planned for late 2021.
Tomy, who suffered a back injury, is being picked up by the Indian Navy frigate INS Satpura for return to India, the Australian Navy said in a statement in Sydney.
The naval sailor-cum-sportsperson participating in the GGR-2018, was caught in a huge storm on Friday, 5,020 km from Cape Comorin, India and 3,500 km from Perth, Australia, in the Indian Ocean.
She added that India considers the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) as an important instrument for acheiving peace and security in the region
Activities by China in the Indian Ocean have increased as the nation is building ports and other infrastructure in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
India is keen on developing the Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean as a naval base to expand its footprint in the strategically-key region where China has been trying to enhance its military presence.
A navy spokesperson said the Navy's focus over the past year had been on "combat efficiency and materiel readiness and upkeep of its large fleet of 131 ships and submarines".
As Maldives continues to face political crisis, five Chinese naval ships sailed into the eastern Indian Ocean to join six other vessels.
Questioning Neville Maxwell's book "India's China War" that opined that India provoked the war with China, Lintner said that this did not make sense given the realities on the ground.
France's comment comes against the backdrop of a quadrilateral meeting of officials from India, the US, Japan and Australia on the sidelines of the India-ASEAN Summit in Manila.
Speaking at the Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, Sushma Swaraj called for a peaceful, stable and secure Indian Ocean with its waters free of any traditional and non-traditional threats.
Throwing open its strategic South Sea Fleet (SSF) base in Zhanjiang to a group of Indian journalists for the first time, Chinese officials said the Indian Ocean is a common place for the international community.
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