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Human smugglers forcefully eject migrants from Djibouti, 8 drown
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Djibouti [Djibouti], October 5 (ANI): Eight migrants who were forcefully ejected off a boat near Djibouti by smugglers drowned, while 12 are missing, according to reports.
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India joins Djibouti Code of Conduct as Observer
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): India has joined the Djibouti Code of Conduct as Observer, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said here on Wednesday.
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Post-Galwan clash, Indian Navy quietly deployed warship in South China Sea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Acting swiftly after the Galwan valley clash on June 15 in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Navy sailed out its frontline warship for deployment in the South China Sea much to the displeasure of the Chinese who raised objections over the move during the talks
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'Andaman and Nicobar Islands can be centre point of connecting strategic l
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Fully equipping ports and islands in a way to make them strategic outposts which would help monitor the naval activities could be a way to tackle Chinese maritime aggression, suggests an article in Modern Diplomacy.
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Kenya defeats Djibouti to secure non-permanent seat at UN Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 19 (ANI): Kenya on Thursday (local time) defeated Djibouti to clinch the last African seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the UN General Assembly (UNGA) failed to choose between the two candidates during first round.
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Union Budget 2019-20: India to open new diplomatic missions, including 18
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that 18 new diplomatic missions will be opened in Africa.
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Question mark on Chinese Navy long-range deployment capacity: Top defence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Since September 2017, no Chinese nuclear or conventional submarine has entered the Indian Ocean Region, raising a question mark on the ability of the People's Liberation Army's Navy to deploy its underwater warships far away from its mainland.
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30 bodies recovered, many still missing after boats sink off coast of Djib
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): Dozens of migrants are still missing after two boats capsized near East African nation of Djibouti on Tuesday.
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5 migrants dead, over 130 missing after 2 boats capsize off Djibouti coast
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five migrants were killed and 130 are missing after two boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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French police detain suspect associated with Charlie Hebdo attackers
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Djibouti [Djibouti], Dec 21 (ANI): The French police here on Friday detained a suspect, Peter Cherif, associated with the Charlie Hebdo attackers who shot dead 12 people at the newspaper's office in Paris on January 7, 2015.
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Hambantota port not being used as military base: Sri Lankan army chief
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan army chief Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne on Tuesday clarified that the claims about the Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka being utilised as a foreign military base was false.
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China expanding its network on Indian Ocean bases
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 7 (ANI): China, in recent times, has been expanding its network to the military bases in the Indian Ocean, in a bid to increase its maritime preparedness and to strengthen its defence infrastructure.
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