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MV Ruen: Indian Navy commando operation frees hijacked merchant ship from Somali pirates
MV Ruen. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Three months after being hijacked in the Arabian sea, the Indian Navy finally freed the Malta-flagged merchant ship MV Ruen from the clutches of Somali pirates south in the Arabian Sea in the western Indian Oce...
Agni V: India successfully test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile with MIRV capability
The MIRV-capable Agni V during its test-firing, on March 11, 2024. (Photo: Ministry of Defence)New Delhi: In a major boost to its strategic deterrence capabilities, India successfully test-fired the Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile equipped ...
Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron arrives in Mauritius’s Port Louis
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 ...
INS Jatayu: Indian Navy commissions new base in Lakshadweep’s Minicoy Island
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,...
Maldives signs defence deal with China, further strains ties with India
Maj Gen Zhang Baoqun of China (L) and Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon of the Maldives shaking hands after signing the defence deal. (Photo: The Maldivian defence ministry.)New Delhi: In a move that is sure to raise eyebrows in New Delhi, the Maldives signed ...
INAS 334: Indian Navy set to commission MH-60R ‘Seahawk’ helicopters
An MH-60R Seahawk on INS Vikrant, India’s indigenously made aircraft carrier. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission its newly acquired MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters at INS ...
Mauritius’s Agaléga Island: Is India building a secret military base there?
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurate new airstrip and jetty at Mauritius’s Agaléga Island
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 ...
First batch of Indian civilian technicians replacing country’s troops reach Maldives
The new Maldivian president, Mohamed Muizzu, had asked Indian troops in his country to leave as a part of his election promise. (File photo)New Delhi: The first batch of Indian civilian technicians arrived in the Maldives, on Monday, to replace the I...
Indian Navy carries out airborne commando drill in Arabian Sea to combat piracy
MARCOS commandos jumping from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during the drill. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has bolstered its anti-piracy efforts in the Arabian Sea with a dramatic airborne insertion of...Results
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