Two confirmed dead as Chinese fishing ship sinks in Indian Ocean, Indian Navy responds to its SOS calls

An Indian Navy Poseidon P-8I. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: A large Chinese deep-sea fishing boat capsized in the Indian Ocean, some 900 nautical miles from India’s territorial waters, on Tuesday. China’s transport ministry has confirmed...

Ahead of India’s missile test, Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang-05 enters Indian Ocean Region

Yuan Wang-05. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: China’s spy ship Yuan Wang-05 has re-entered the Indian Ocean Region, maritime data revealed. According to the maritime vessel-tracking portal marinetraffic.com, Yuan Wang-5 entered the Indian Ocean R...

Australia: Jaishankar defends arms deal with Russia; slams west for supplying weapons to Pakistan

Jaishankar with his Australian counterpartCanberra: Defending India’s procurement of weaponry systems from Russia, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday lambasted at the West for supplying military equipment to the Pakistani military...

Is Moscow’s naval dance with Beijing helping Russia?

Russian and Chinese naval personnel during a joint maritime drill.The Soviet Union’s competition with the United States defined global geopolitics for nearly half a century after World War II. However, with the end of the Cold War, in the early...

Naval alliance needs more teeth

By Sapna Singh The meteoric rise of China and its assertive influence in the Indo-Pacific region have meant that India is strengthening its negotiating space by forging economic and strategic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nation...