New Delhi: Emphasising that "peace and security" of the Indian Ocean is important for countries in the neighbourhood including India, Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer on Thursday said that his government has "not permitted the Chinese vessel" for research purposes in the Maldivian waters.The statement by the Maldivian Foreign Minister came in the wake of the Chinese marine research vessel

New Delhi: Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer on Thursday said that his country’s defence relations with India go beyond military personnel and the two countries will work together to make the Indian Ocean a peaceful place.The Maldives Minister, who arrived in India on May 8, told ANI in an interview that the platforms that were being handled by Indian military personnel in his country, will

DRDO/Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) advanced Long-Range Surface-To-Air missileIsraeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) unwittingly revealed its largest customer — India — to which it exported close to a billion dollars’ worth of weapon systems last year (2023).This is down 17 per cent from the year 2022.IAI made this gaffe in its annual reports by listing dates of past transactions with its

New Delhi: Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer, who is in India, said on Thursday that he discussed debt relief measures during his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and mentioned that economic cooperation with India has been an "integral part of the Maldivian economy"."Economic cooperation with India has actually been an integral part of Maldivian economy. If you look at

New Delhi: National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met with his United Kingdom counterpart, Tim Barrow, on Thursday for the India-UK Strategic Dialogue.During this meeting, the two top sides held discussions on the "Technology and Security Initiative, which will be a major bilateral mechanism to strengthen cooperation in critical and emerging technologies between the two countries", government

New Delhi: The European Union and India have strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and emphasised the need for strengthening international cooperation in dealing with counter-terrorism challenges, stated the Ministry of External Affairs in a press release.EU and India focused on this issue at the 14th Counter-Terrorism Dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday which aimed at