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Military satellite to be launched soon 04 June 2012
The armed forces are going to get an exclusive military satellite. It will be helpful to the armed forces in naval surveillance. The sources said that the satellite has already been shipped and it would take a couple of weeks...
Keywords: armed forces, armed forces, dual-use military satellites, Indian Ocean Region
Read MoreINS Vikrant introduced yesterday 13 August 2013
First Arihant and now Vikrant, India seems to be slowly and steadily building up on its Naval defense that is likely to raise hackles in the enemy nations. Yesterday India introduced its first homespun aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant amidst...
Keywords: Indian Ocean Region, INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikramaditya, Indian Ocean Region
Read MoreSeptember rains to help rice crops 29 August 2012
The Agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna said that the monsoon has been expected to be better in September as the rainfall and weather is not being affected by the El Nino reportedly. He said that this could mean good news for...
Keywords: Kharif, Rice, Indian Ocean Dipole, Kharif
Read MoreMalaysian Airlines hijacked ? 15 March 2014
The mystery of missing Malaysian Airlines MH 370 took a huge turn as investigators have concluded that the aircraft might have been hijacked however no terrorist group had claimed responsibility or issued demands so far. But the Malaysian officials claim...
Keywords: malaysian officials, , Malaysian Airlines hijack, Malaysian Airlines hijack
Read MoreFormer Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed arrested! 05 March 2013
Mohamed Nasheed who was Former Maldives President has been arrested, to face charges of abuse of power during his tenure, after he failed to appear for a hearing and evaded two arrest warrants. Police spokesman Hassan Hanif said Mr. Nasheed...
Keywords: Hassan Hanif, Maldives political crisis, Former Maldives President arrested, Indian Ocean
Read MoreLurking Tsunami like 2004? 15 May 2013
A study of British and Canadian scientists at the University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth reveals that a much more devastating tsunami than expected earlier is in store. The tremors may be experienced at the west side of...
Keywords: west side of Indian Ocean, Makran subduction zone, Makran subduction zone, west side of Indian Ocean
Read MoreUnderwater Wonder in Maldives! 31 January 2013
The world's first undersea restaurant opened 5 years ago this month at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, and to celebrate the anniversary the restaurant is offering guests the chance to not only eat under the sea but sleep under it...
Keywords: underwater restaurant, maldives, maldivian cuisine, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island in maldives
Read MoreSearch expands to Indian ocean for missing aircraft 14 March 2014
The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines has expanded towards Indian Ocean on Friday as the US authorities have reported that the Boeing 777 sent automated electronic messages to satellites several hours after it disappeared from civilian radar last Saturday....
Keywords: Subang Air Traffic Control, Malaysian Airlines, Kuala Lumpur, malaysian airlines goes missing
Read MoreMalaysian Airlines crashes into Indian ocean 25 March 2014
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished two weeks back, had crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean killing all the 227 passengers along with 12 crew members. The...
Keywords: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Top Stories, Malaysian Airlines, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Read MoreSL to release Indian fishermen 19 November 2014
The Sri Lankan government has decided to release the five Indian fishermen who were on death sentence for smuggling drugs into the country. All the fisherman hail from Tamil Nadu and were reportedly detained in 2011 and this year on...
Keywords: Indian ocean, Indian ocean, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Indian ocean
Read MoreIndia can use Agalega Islands to its advantage: Mauritius 06 July 2012
Mauritius has gone pretty far in securing a deal with India in its favor. Mauritius, which has a reat potential for trade tourism and being a trade hub, has offered two of the islands to India expecting a trade and...
Keywords: Foreign Affairs, Blue Economy, Blue Economy, Indian Ocean
Read MoreMilitary satellite to be launched soon 04 June 2012
The armed forces are going to get an exclusive military satellite. It will be helpful to the armed forces in naval surveillance. The sources said that the satellite has already been shipped and it would take a couple of weeks...
Keywords: armed forces, military satellite, dual-use military satellites, Indian Ocean Region
Read MoreSatyagraha Movie Review 29 August 2013
Film : Satyagraha Producer : Prakash Jha, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur Director : Prakash Jha Star Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Amrita Rao Music Director : Salim & Sulaiman, Adesh Shrivastava, Indian...
Keywords: Kareena Kapoor, Indian Ocean, Amitabh Bachchans Satyagraha Movie, Satyagraha(2013) Bollywood Movie Review
Read MoreA Decade to Tsunami 26 December 2014
This day i.e, December 26 marks the tenth anniversary of havoc Indian ocean Tsunami that rattled 14 nations across the globe, killing 2,30,000 people. The coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh were severely affected by Tsunami that occurred due to massive...
Keywords: indian ocean earthquake, Tsunami, Tsunami, Indonesia
Read MoreTributes To Tsunami Victims 26 December 2013
It is exactly 9 years since the deadliest Tsunami created unprecedented havoc in 14 countries in the border of Indian Ocean that includes India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. It happened when the Indian plate was subducted by the Burma plate...
Keywords: Indonesia, India's deadliest Tsunami, Indonesia, Tsunami of 2004
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