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China warns Indonesia against drilling in Beijing-claimed waters
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 29 (ANI): China is using its pressure tactics on Indonesia designed to halt oil and natural gas development projects by Jakarta in the South China Sea.
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4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Portblair (Andaman and Nicobar Island) [India], December 29 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Southeast of Portblair in the early hours of Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.
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Japan held drill in November assuming foreign occupation of Senkakus islan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI): Japanese forces conducted a drill at a remote southwestern island in November under the assumption that foreign forces had occupied the Senkaku islands--the Japanese-controlled group of islands claimed by China, according to several government sources.
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As tensions remain high over disputes in East China Sea, Japan, Beijing to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 28 (ANI): Japan and China have agreed to start operating a hotline between their defence officials amid tensions over disputed islets in the East China Sea, a media report said.
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5 Chinese warships sail between Japanese islands
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 27 (ANI): Five Chinese warships, including the Liaoning aircraft carrier on Friday midnight, passed through waters between the main island of Okinawa Prefecture and the island of Miyakojima.
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5.1- magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
South Sandwich Islands [UK], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South Sandwich Islands region at 17:59:24 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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China to evacuate citizens from Solomon Islands as unrest continues
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): China will send a flight to evacuate its citizens from the Solomon Islands where several protests had taken place in Honiara, the capital city, Chinese state media reported.
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China increases its military capabilities across South China Sea focussing
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 23 (ANI): China increases its military capabilities across the South China Sea by improving its electronic warfare, communications, and intelligence-gathering capabilities.
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Multi-domain tri-service exercise underway in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicobar Islands (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], December 22 (ANI): A multi-domain tri-service exercise is currently in progress at the strategically important Nicobar group of islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Two Chinese patrol ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkaku isl
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 20 (ANI): Chinese patrol ships entered Japan's territorial waters on Monday near the disputed Senkaku Islands, local media reported.
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COVID-19: Andaman and Nicobar Islands achieve 100 pc vaccination coverage
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) [India], December 19 (ANI): Andaman and Nicobar Islands achieved 100 per cent double-dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage, becoming the first State/UT to achieve the milestone using only Covisheild, informed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administra
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Rapid deployment of Chinese maritime vessels changed peacetime balance of
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 10 (ANI): The numbers and rapid deployment of Chinese maritime vessels have "radically changed the peacetime balance of forces in the South China Sea".
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