Three fishermen killed after ship from Panama hits boat off Kochi coast

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called the expansion of the petroleum sector essential for making a self-reliant India.

Kanyakumari Lok Sabha MP Vijay Vasanth met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and submitted a letter seeking urgent intervention for the safety and repatriation of Indian fishermen stranded in Iran.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy jointly conducted four successful in-flight release trials of the indigenous Air Droppable Container 'ADC-150' from the P8I aircraft off the coast of Goa between February 21 to March 1, at different extreme release conditions.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the Iranian leadership thanked India for letting them dock IRIS LAVAN at Kochi amid conflict in West Asia.

The event was organised as a commemorative activity marking the 50th Raising Day of the Indian Coast Guard.