India is planning to set up coastal surveillance radar systems in friendly countries to counter China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean Region, sources in the security establishment said.
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A bird that spends almost its entire life in the skies over the Indian Ocean was found in a village near Dankuni in Hooghly district, possibly swept in by Cyclone Fani.The juvenile red-tailed tropicbi...
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India is keenly keeping track of China’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean, navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Tuesday, asserting that the force was fully prepared and equipped to deal ...