Activities by China in the Indian Ocean have increased as the nation is building ports and other infrastructure in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
India is keen on developing the Assumption Island in the Indian Ocean as a naval base to expand its footprint in the strategically-key region where China has been trying to enhance its military presence.
As Maldives continues to face political crisis, five Chinese naval ships sailed into the eastern Indian Ocean to join six other vessels.
Questioning Neville Maxwell's book "India's China War" that opined that India provoked the war with China, Lintner said that this did not make sense given the realities on the ground.
France's comment comes against the backdrop of a quadrilateral meeting of officials from India, the US, Japan and Australia on the sidelines of the India-ASEAN Summit in Manila.
Speaking at the Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, Sushma Swaraj called for a peaceful, stable and secure Indian Ocean with its waters free of any traditional and non-traditional threats.
Throwing open its strategic South Sea Fleet (SSF) base in Zhanjiang to a group of Indian journalists for the first time, Chinese officials said the Indian Ocean is a common place for the international community.
The India-China military stand-off went a step further on Monday with the Chinese warships seen involved in unusual activity in the Indian Ocean
Australian government oceanographers had obtained a wing flap of the same model as the original and studied how that part drifted in the ocean, the Australian Transport safety Bureau said in a statement. Previous drift modeling used inexact replicas.
In a move aimed at exerting its influence abroad, China has planned to expand its marine corps extensively including at the strategic Gwadar port in Pakistan and military logistics base in Djibouti in the Indian Ocean.
India today pressed countries sharing the Indian Ocean to show zero tolerance towards "State-sponsored terrorism" and isolate and impose "strong sanctions" on the perpetrators and financiers of the menace, in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
Pakistan is determined to counter growing threats to peace in the Indian Ocean, particularly from its “nuclearisation” by India, Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said. Aziz on Saturday said the Indian Ocean faced challenges to
Pakistan today accused India of threatening the peace in Indian Ocean through its “expansionist” maritime security strategy.
Scientists have discovered a lost gigantic continent called Mauritia hidden beneath the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. The piece of crust, which was subsequently covered by young lava during volcanic eruptions on the island, seems
The US is likely to make a positive decision on India's request for state-of-the art unarmed Guardian drones for maritime surveillance, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Pakistan is working to formulate its maritime doctrine to tackle disturbing developments in the Indian Ocean Region.
India has sought deeper economic ties and maritime security among countries in the Indian Ocean region and said that it is committed to building up Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) in line with its own expanding bilateral ties with the members of
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