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Two Indian military aircraft visit Australia’s strategic Cocos Islands

An Indian Navy Dornier maritime patrol aircraft and an IAF C-130 transport aircraft visited Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CKI) in the Southern Indian Ocean, close to Indonesia in early July, sources said

The Hindu

French President Macron visits his counterpart in Sri Lanka

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting his Sri Lankan counterpart in the first visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation

The Independent UK

The best holidays to book for September, from Italian villas to UK lakeside stays

Whether an Indian Ocean holiday in Mauritius or an escape to the Lake District takes your fancy, here’s some inspiration for after the school summer break

The Independent UK

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Indian Ocean gravity hole explained

A new study postulates there was an ancient ocean that no longer exists, given the planet's imperfect sphere shape

Salon

There's a “Gravity Hole” in the Indian Ocean, and Scientists Just Figured Out Why

Researchers in India used computer simulations to show how the geoid low in the Indian Ocean could have formed up to 140 million years ago from magma plumes.

Inverse

Indian Ocean gravity hole was caused by extinct ancient sea, scientists say

Scientists have puzzled over the origins of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean for years. Now, researchers think the sunken floor of an extinct ocean could be the cause.

Space

Indian Ocean gravity hole was caused by extinct ancient sea, scientists say

Scientists have puzzled over the origins of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean for years. Now, researchers think the sunken floor of an extinct ocean could be the cause.

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Best places to live in world unveiled - and UK just misses out on top 10

Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands off the coast of East Africa, pipped the UK in the rankings. The Indian Ocean nation is famous for its glorious beaches, crystal clear waters and coral reefs, and welcomes tourists from around the world.

Daily Mirror

Origin of mysterious giant ‘gravity hole’ in Indian Ocean unravelled

Sea level can be over 100 meters lower than global average in this section of Indian Ocean

The Independent UK

Traveller’s Guide: Indian Ocean islands

Exchange winter for the luxury of the Maldives or the Seychelles, the exotic glamour of Zanzibar or the wonderfully weird wildlife of Madagascar, says Harriet O’Brien

The Independent UK

Why is the Earth’s gravity weakest in an area of the Indian Ocean?

Scientists in India believe they can explain why the region has less gravitational pull

The Guardian - UK

Biparjoy longest duration cyclone since 1977: IMD

Cyclone Biparjoy, which wreaked havoc in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest-duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The Hindu

Uproar as leaked documents reveal Madagascar's president is French

Revelations that Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina, holds dual French nationality have caused a stir in the Indian Ocean island, where the law says anyone who acquires citizenship of a foreign country automatically loses their Malagasy nationality.

Radio France Internationale

IAF, Army carry out joint exercise in central sector

The exercise follows the IAF’s two strategic missions over the Indian Ocean region that involved Rafale and Su-30MKI jets.

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

US company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

A U.S. petroleum company has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka allowing it to import and sell fuel in the country as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with an economic and energy crisis

The Hindu

‘Climate change poses biggest threat to security in Indian Ocean’

The Indian Ocean Trade Council organised a climate change conference here in Chennai

The Independent UK

US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence

The United States has reopened its embassy in the Seychelles after a 27-year absence during which China and other U.S. rivals made significant inroads in the Indian Ocean islands

Bangkok Post

Backsliding on maternal mortality

In 2020, an estimated 287,000 women died in pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after delivering, according to the latest data from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group, which includes the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This figure is roughly equivalent to the death toll of the 2004 Indian Ocean…

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Daily Mirror

'Maldives of Turkey' has private beaches and overwater cabanas without hefty price tag

Lujo Hotel A’La Carte in Bodrum, Turkey has many of the beautiful features that makes the Maldives in the Indian Ocean such a big draw to holidaymakers around the world

The Hindu

Rafale jets carry out long-range mission in Indian Ocean Region

The Rafale jets are India’s first major acquisition of fighter planes in 23 year after the Sukhoi jets were imported from Russia. Read More on The Hindu

AFP

French bulldozers begin slum-razing on Indian Ocean island Mayotte

Koungou (France) (AFP) - Police and bulldozers moved in to clear a slum on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Monday, marking the start of a long-promised operation against substandard housing and illegal migration.

Reuters

Seven bodies recovered after Chinese vessel capsized in Indian Ocean

Seven bodies were recovered from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the central Indian Ocean, according to state media on Monday, days after China President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search to rescue and recover missing crew members.

Radio France Internationale

French authorities begin demolition of vast Mayotte shantytown

Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte have begun demolishing homes in a large slum in an operation to tackle illegal migration, delinquancy and poor housing.

AFP

Authorities begin demolition of vast Mayotte shantytown: AFP

Koungou (France) (AFP) - Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Monday began demolishing homes in a large slum in an operation against sub-standard housing and illegal migration, AFP journalists saw.

The New Daily

No sign of survivors as Chinese fishing boat found

The Indian navy has found no survivors from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the Indian Ocean with 39 crew members onboard.

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