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Quake of 5.1 magnitude jolts Nicobar islands
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], Apr 19 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit the Nicobar Islands on Friday morning, according to Indian Meteorological Department.
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Seychelles President rallies for ocean protection from an underwater subme
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Victoria [Seychelles], Apr 15 (ANI): In a first, the President of Seychelles, Daniel Faure, rallied for the protection of oceans through a live speech given from an underwater submersible on Sunday.
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Defence Minister Sitharaman to witness major joint exercise, amphibious wa
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be witnessing a major joint exercise involving the Army, Navy and the Air Force along with the Coast Guard in the Andaman and Nicobar island territory involving the Marine Commandos (MARCOS) during her two-day trip to
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India adds more teeth in Andamans, Navy to get new airbase 'INS Kohasa'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 06 (ANI): Seeking to add more teeth to its military capabilities in the Andaman and Nicobar island territories, India will get a new airbase at the archipelago in the Indian Naval Air Station (INAS) Kohasa near Diglipur.
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Cyclone 'Pabuk' to hit Andaman Islands, orange alert sounded
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 6 (ANI): An "Orange" alert has been sounded in the Andaman Islands as cyclonic storm 'Pabuk' is expected to hit the archipelago later in the day.
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PM Modi arrives in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Male (Maldives), Nov 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Maldives on Saturday evening to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. This is Prime Minister Modi's first visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago.
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PM Modi to hold delegation level talks with Japanese PM today
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold delegation level talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and attend the India-Japan Business Leaders Forum meeting on the final day of his official two-day visit to the archipelago nation on Monday.
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Sovereignty of Chagos islands has been with Mauritius, India tells ICJ
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], Sept 5 (ANI): Backing Mauritius in its legal battle for Chagos Islands, India on Wednesday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that historical facts and legal aspects confirm that sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago has been with Mauritius.
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EU Parliament asks India, China and EU nations to restore democracy in Mal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Mar.15 (ANI): Expressing its grave concern over the current political crisis in The Maldives, the European Parliament, through a resolution, has called upon the Governments of India and China to work with countries in the European Union (EU) to help deliver political and
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Russian helicopter crashes in Norway's Arctic waters
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Oct 27 (ANI): A Russian helicopter, carrying eight people, crashed off the coast of Arctic archipelago, Svalbard, 800 kilometers north of Norway's mainland.
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Russian helicopter with eight people on board crashes into sea
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Svalbard [Russia], Oct 26 (ANI): A Russian helicopter with eight people on board has reportedly crashed into the sea off the coast of Norways's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
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'Terror threat' behind cancellation of Saudi King's visit t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [U.A.E], Mar.19 (ANI): The Maldives government announced that the official visit of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Male from March 18 had been postponed because of the spread of swine flu in the archipelago nation, however, highly placed sources say the realit
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