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Sri Lanka allows Chinese research ship to dock as India's security concerns grow

Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 docks in Sri Lanka's Colombo port, raising concerns of China's growing influence in the Indian Ocean. Ship given permission to replenish only, no research work to be done. Vessel on 80-day expedition covering 12,000 nautical miles.

The Hindu

How is the Indian Ocean Rim Association a key bloc for India? | Explained

Has the Indian Ocean Rim Association managed to keep out big power rivalries? What are its focus areas?

The Hindu

India and Australia have reached tactical interoperability, there is opportunity to start coordinating activities: Australian officer

India-Australia military cooperation has reached a stage of tactical interoperability, with opportunity to coordinate activities and leverage resources for better situational awareness. Both countries share intelligence and information, and are looking to operationalise the relationship.

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Sincere respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity remains foundation for reviving Indian Ocean as strong community: Jaishankar

India's EAM Jaishankar said multilateral rules-based order, respect for sovereignty & territorial integrity is foundation for reviving Indian Ocean as strong community. India will contribute to build capacity, secure safety & security in region, focus on Maritime Safety & Security & Blue Economy. India will work to strengthen IORA's institutional,…

The Hindu

Maldivians vote in a runoff presidential election that will decide whether India or China holds sway

Maldivians are voting in the runoff presidential election that has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power, India or China, will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation

The Independent UK

Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here's why

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year.

The Conversation

Crippling drought forces drastic water cuts in French territory Mayotte

Months into a severe drought, authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte have ordered taps shut off two days out of three. The island archipelago in the Indian Ocean is experiencing its worst dry spell in nearly 30 years.

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Rescuers in Grande Comore steer stranded baby whale back into open sea

Locals in Grande Comore island mobilised to rescue a 10-ton baby humpback whale stranded near the port of Moroni. With rudimentary means but much effort, they managed to keep the baby whale alive until it could move back into the Indian Ocean.

Radio France Internationale

African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say

Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean

The Guardian - UK

With one eye on China, Japan backs Sri Lanka as a partner in the Indo-Pacific

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says that Sri Lanka's strategic location in the Indian Ocean makes it a key partner in realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

The Independent UK

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

Researchers shed light on the ‘mystery’ of the gravity hole found in the Indian Ocean

The new study claims the Earth’s surface is not a perfect sphere, but a rough shape

Evening Standard

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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India displays diplomatic finesse

Sitting on the edge of the Indian Ocean's eastern shores in Suvarnabhumi's "Golden Peninsula", and looking out west towards the Indian sub-continent, one cannot help but be in awe and admiration of the Democratic Republic of India's rise as a world power and how it has played the art of…

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

LiveScience

Why did the last ice age end?

What caused the last ice age to end around 10,000 years ago?

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Why Delhi and Washington need each other

If it wants to counter China in the region, it will need American help. The question is how long it will delay this.

The Independent UK

Biden criticised for suggesting bridge ‘across the Indian Ocean’

‘Who’s going to run that train, SpongeBob?’ conservative columnist tweets

The Guardian - UK

Massive strike pits African fishers against ‘superprofitable’ EU firms

About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies

The Hindu

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.

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

Bangkok Post

‘No survivors’ in capsized Chinese fishing vessel

BEIJING: There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino crew members capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial Chinese government investigation report released on Tuesday.

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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