Indian Ocean Region
Tightening the Noose Around Chinese Ships: India’s Coastal Surveillance System & SAGAR Policy
Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina was in India recently. The visit helped fructify many projects, especially one that India had been executing since 2019-- Coastal Surveillance System (CSS). India nudged Bangladesh…
By Levina
Infrastructure in the Deep Peninsula for National Security and Self-reliance
A Swarajya report https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/vo-chidambaranar-port-to-expand-with-rs-7200-crore-project-to-compete-with-colombo-and-singapore-as-transhipment-hub about VOC port in Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu, and its plans to expand into a container trans-shipment port was interesting. It reminded me of a plan…
By Rajeev Srinivasan
8th Indian Ocean Dialogue
India hosted the 8th Edition of the Indian Ocean Dialogue under the theme ‘Post Pandemic Indian Ocean: Leveraging Digital Technologies for Health, Education, Development and Trade in IORA Member States’…
Security of Lakshadweep is Top Priority
The controversy surrounding the draft Bill ‘Lakshadweep Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Regulation 2021’ uploaded by the Lakshadweep administrator in January this year inviting comments and suggestions from the public, is…
Nuclear submarines set to replace conventional ones in Indian Navy’s 30 year submarine plan
The roles of the Indian Navy in future would continue to extend across the entire spectrum of maritime operations; from peace keeping, through the low intensity segment to high-intensity conventional…
Navy’s Missile Arsenal – A Decisive Factor
Maritime operations feature one of the most sophisticated and asymmetric fighting environments, given their multi-dimensional threat scenarios and vastness of the area of operations, both surface and sub surface. Moreover,…
Rapid Response – Intervention Operations
Rapid Response - Intervention Operations Notwithstanding the internal and external challenges India faces, and the imperative need to focus on economic growth, providing our young population with proper education and…
India along with Quad Nations participate in French Naval Exercise La Pérouse while Russian Foreign Minister arrives in New Delhi
La Pérouse, a naval exercise led by France commenced in Bay of Bengal on Monday, 05 April. All four Quad nations including India are participating in the exercise which is…
First Quad Leaders Summit on March 12, Leaders of USA, Japan, Australia and India to hold Virtual Meeting
India and USA announced that a virtual summit of the leaders of Quad Nations will be held on March 12. It will be for the first time that talks will…
