The Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft has established communication with the distressed merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto, which caught fire in the Arabian Sea following a suspected drone attack. The vessel, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to Mangalore, was located 217 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast.The Indian Navy’s P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft has established communication with the

India’s foreign currency assets (FCA), the biggest component of the forex reserves, rose USD 8.349 billion to USD 545.048 billion, the central bank’s weekly statistical data showedIndia’s foreign exchange reserves rose for the fifth straight week, reaching an over 20-month high of $615.97 billion as of Dec. 15, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday.The reserves rose by $9.1

New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft established communication with the distressed vessel MV Chem Pluto after it was hit by a drone on Saturday.After the attack, the ship switched off its automatic identification system used for tracking the vessel. The power generation system of the ship is now functional and more checks are being carried out before it sets

Washington: The Pentagon has said that an Iranian drone on Saturday struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean, Reuters reported."The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker, was struck at approximately 10 am local time (6 am GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the coast of India, by a one-way attack drone fired

JAMMU: Nearly two crore tourist footfall in Kashmir this year speak for the improved security situation in the Valley, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday and asserted that security agencies are taking necessary measures to counter terrorist activities.Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kathua district, he said it was not right to say that the security situation was