India's High Commissioner to Maldives, G Balasubramanian, handed over MNDF CGS Huravee to Major General Ibrahim Hilmy, Chief of Defence Force, MNDF, at a ceremony held at the MNDF Coast Guard Jetty.
The Indian Navy has intensified its operations in the Arabian Sea, conducting extensive exercises within India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to bolster maritime security amid heightened regional tensions following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
Upon completion, the ship will proceed to its next port of call, Port Victoria, Seychelles, continuing its mission of enhancing maritime security, regional cooperation, and goodwill in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Tiexian Reef, also referred to as Sandy Cay Reef, is located near Thitu Island, or Pagasa, where the Philippines has stationed troops and operates a coast guard monitoring base.
Several people were injured when a Clearwater Ferry carrying over 40 passengers collided with another boat near the Clearwater Memorial Causeway in Florida, prompting a mass casualty response, police said.
Indian Naval Ship IOS SAGAR with 44 naval personnel from nine friendly foreign nations has successfully completed the first phase of a joint Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) surveillance with National Coast Guard (NCG) Mauritius as part of its deployment in the Southwestern Indian Ocean.
Images released by Chinese state media depicted officers from the China Coast Guard unfolding the flag to effectively assert control over Sandy Cay reef, known as Tiexian Jiao in China, earlier this month.
Iran's state media on Saturday reported a "massive explosion" at Shahid Rajaei, the country's largest commercial port located in Hormozgan province on Iran's southern coast, as per Al Jazeera.
A total of 1,29,178 fishing families across 12 coastal districts will benefit, receiving Rs 2,580 crores in financial aid. This reinstated scheme reaffirms the government's continued support for the fishermen and the aquaculture sector.
Pakistan has issued a notification regarding the scheduled test of a surface-to-surface missile off its Karachi coast within its Exclusive Economic Zone, sources told ANI.
The choppers have been allowed to fly in view of the ongoing counter-terror operations, defence officials said. The ALH Dhruv choppers have been grounded for over two months after a crash involving Indian Coast Guard officers in Porbandar. The grounding of the choppers has affected the troop