New Delhi: In a major step toward expanding maritime cooperation in the Indian Ocean region, India and 10 African nations are preparing to conduct their first joint naval exercise in April 2025. The initiative, dubbed “AIKEYME” (Africa In...
— By Prof Shantesh Kumar Singh & Dr Ravi Shankar RajIndia’s Union Budget 2025-26 comprises a strategic approach towards diplomacy that puts focus on promoting regional stability, strengthening bilateral relations with neighb...
Indian Navy officers (L) along with their Mozambican and Tanzanian counterparts on board INS Tir during IMT Trilat. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The second edition of the India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IM...
INS Tir in a joint surveillance with a Mauritian Dornier-228. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron (1TS), comprising INS Tir and ICGS Sarathi (an Indian Coast Guard vessel in ...
Admiral R Hari Kumar (R) addressing the event held for commissioning INS Jatayu in Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)Kochi/New Delhi: The Indian Navy commissioned its new base, INS Jatayu, at Minicoy Island,...
The distance between Mauritius’s Agaléga and mainland India is a little over 3,000 kilometres at the nearest points. (Google Maps)Agaléga Island comprises two islets, shaped like an exclamation mark (!) – a long and thin nor...
Narendra Modi (R) with Pravind Jugnauth. (File photo)New Delhi: In a virtual ceremony, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the prime minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, jointly unveiled an airstrip and a jetty on the Agaléga Island in ...
The new Maldivian president, Mohamed Muizzu, is perceived as a pro-China leader.New Delhi: The new Maldivian government of the pro-China president, Mohamed Muizzu, has cancelled an agreement that the Maldives National Defence Force signed with the In...
G20 Leaders during launch of Global Biofuel AllianceNew Delhi: Intending to expedite the global uptake of biofuels in an effort to boost the use of cleaner fuels, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the leaders of Singapore, Bangladesh, Italy, US...
The G20 Summit has started in the national capital, New Delhi, in which India is putting all efforts to make it a grand success under its presidency of the forum. In a bid to make its readers understand the concept, structure and functioning of...