Seychelles signs up for WTO entry

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 20:45

The Seychelles on Wednesday sealed its entry to the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based body whose 160 members set the rules of global commerce.

Parrikar hints at more liberalised defence exports regime

Last Updated: Saturday, March 21, 2015, 18:11

Advocating for a larger role for India in the Indian Ocean Region and ASEAN, which are witnessing an increased Chinese influence, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today hinted at the possibility of having a more liberalised defence exports regime for friendly nations.

India, Australia launch bio robots in Indian Ocean

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 12:57

Robotic floats armed with sensors will be launched in the Indian Ocean as part of a new India-Australia research partnership to study the Indian Ocean, authorities said Wednesday.

16 nations to participate in Indian Navy`s MILAN 2014

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 18:59

A total of 16 navies from the Indian Ocean Region are participating in `MILAN 2014`, the biennial international naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Starfish specie found in Indian Ocean has poor vision and is color-blind

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:30

A species of starfish, known as Linckia laevigata, which is commonly found in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean, have relatively poor vision and are color-blind.

India wishes to work with Maldives to ensure peace in Indian Ocean: Pranab

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:05

India wishes to work with Maldives and other like-minded nations to ensure peace in the Indian Ocean region, said President Pranab Mukherjee while holding discussions with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

Sumatra cave showing `stunning` tsunami record found

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 14:44

Scientists have made an amazing discovery in the form a cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that holds a "beautiful and stunning" record of Indian Ocean tsunamis spanning over thousands of years.

Indian Ocean key to predict extreme weather in Australia

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 20:11

Changes in the surface temperature of the Indian Ocean is helping scientists predict extreme weather in Australia up to six months in advance.

Extreme weather may become norm around Indian Ocean by 2050

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 20:12

If the world continues to do nothing to curb climate change, extreme weather conditions, like torrential rains and bad droughts, will become the norm around the equator by 2050, a new study has warned.

India offers to train Sri Lanka Navy

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 00:11

India on Friday offered to train Sri Lankan naval officers as part of ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries.

How albatrosses can travel 10,000 miles in a single journey

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 19:03

Researchers have finally cracked the mystery about how albatrosses manage to stay in the air when they travel 10,000 miles in a single journey without flapping their huge wings too much.

Australia gifts Sri Lanka boats to tackle asylum-seekers

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 20:47

Australia on Sunday said it would give Sri Lanka two patrol boats to tackle people-smuggling operations in the Indian Ocean, hoping they can detect vessels before they leave the Asian nation`s waters.