Tag: India

  • BMP4 High Risk Area Revision

    Dryad issues its thoughts on the revised HRA plan. BMP4 High Risk Area Revision – Pragmatic Decision or Dangerous Gamble? Today’s announcement on the geographical reduction of the BMP4 High […]

  • High Risk Area reduced

    Several IOR countries had pushed for re-sizing of HRA. Vigilance still crucial as piracy High Risk Area in the Indian Ocean reduced Organisations representing the global shipping and oil industry […]

  • Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis

    It needs larger numbers of patrol vessels and light frigates, not expensive destroyers. Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis SANDEEP UNNITHAN The guided missile destroyer INS Kochi that joined […]

  • ‘Pirates’ kill fisherman, injure 35

    Incidents against local fishing fleet commonplace in Bay of Bengal. ‘Pirates’ kill fisherman, injure 35 others in Bay Bhola: A fishermen was shot to death and 35 others were injured […]

  • China’s Indian Ocean toehold

    Does the sale represent a step in China’s possible ambitions to have a toehold in the Indian Ocean? Revealed: Why China Is Selling Submarines to Pakistan By Benjamin David Baker […]

  • India’s Gulf Diplomacy

    India’s softly-softly approach pays dividends. The Indian Navy’s Arabian Gulf Diplomacy – Analysis By Abhijit Singh The steady evolution of Indian Ocean diplomacy in recent years has been a defining […]

  • Indo-Pacific security

    Australia, Japan, India and the US for four-way security initiative? An emerging security quartet in the Indo-Pacific? Abhijit Singh On 11 September the Indian Navy (IN) embarked on a week-long […]

  • India and Australia conclude first Ausindex15

    First naval exercises draw to a close. India and Australia conclude first Ausindex15 bilateral maritime exercise India and Australia have successfully completed the first bilateral maritime exercise, Ausindex15, at Visakhapatnam […]

  • Asian anti-piracy strategy

    A region-wide approach will be needed to effectively tackle a growing menace. Fighting Piracy: Is a Grand Asian Strategy Possible? By Nilanthan Niruthan “The vastness (of the ocean) and the […]

  • Indian killed by Pakistani forces

    First fatal shooting in recent memory. Indian fisherman killed in Pak shooting off Gujarat coast An Indian fisherman was killed when Pakistani forces fired at two fishing boats off the […]