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INDIAN OCEAN REGION NEWS

IAF’s Sukhois, Jaguars join F-35Bs from HMS Prince of Wales for joint exercise in Indian Ocean Region

October 16, 2025 1:03 am

Exercise Konkan, named after the strategically crucial region on the Western coast of India, is undertaken every two years to enhance joint maritime and air capabilities between the Indian and UK navies on the high seas.

Navy ensures no nation in IOR can suppress another: Rajnath Singh

April 06, 2025 3:31 am

Singh was speaking at the flag-off ceremony of Indian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel Sunayna, which has been designated as Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) in Karwar, for a month-long deployment in the IOR.

India–Mauritius partnership and the new maritime geopolitics

March 21, 2025 4:13 pm

India’s expanding engagement with Mauritius is a well-thought-out comprehensive strategy aimed at strengthening New Delhi’s role as a resident maritime power, balancing China’s expanding reach, and consolidating partnerships in the Indo-Pacific Region.

As Prime Minister Modi lands in Mauritius, why the island country matters to India

March 11, 2025 11:55 am

PM Modi is visiting Mauritius for its National Day, which, like much else in the country, has an Indian connection. Its location in the Indian Ocean also makes Mauritius strategically important.

What India needs to do in the Indian Ocean

February 15, 2025 2:13 pm

Discourse on the “Indo-Pacific” dominates the world today. But the “Indo-Pacific” is a geo-strategic construct, where big power competition is omnipresent

Uptick in Chinese vessels’ presence in Indian Ocean region: Official

March 28, 2024 8:25 am

Top defence officials said these ships typically include hydrographic survey vessels as well as satellite tracking vessels.

6th Indian Ocean Conference: Better connectivity respecting sovereignty should be priority, says Jaishankar in Dhaka

May 13, 2023 3:11 am

“Let me underline, for India, an effective and efficient connectivity to ASEAN will be a game changer,” Jaishankar said in his keynote address at the inaugural session of the two-day 6th Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka.

Ram Madhav writes: Building a partnership of equals with the US

May 06, 2023 11:49 am

The US should respect Indian priorities in Indian Ocean and other geopolitical arenas, not expect Delhi to take Washington's side in every theatre

India keeping 'very close watch' on Chinese vessels in Indian Ocean Region, says Navy Chief

April 30, 2023 8:39 am

During an interaction at The Chanakya Dialogue, organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Admiral Kumar said the Navy is aware that the Chinese PLA Navy is docking its ships at ports in Pakistan and at ports of other countries.

Amid Chinese forays into Indian Ocean, Rajnath visits Andaman

January 06, 2023 7:18 am

The defence minister’s visit to the islands is not only aimed at providing a strategic signalling, given the proximity of these far-flung islands to the Indo-Pacific, but also at boosting the morale of the troops deployed at the remote islands, said the ministry. 

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