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Shipbuilding in India: Reclaiming the legacy after a thousand years

Sanghamitra - 4 August, 2026

Shipbuilding is not a single skill or industry. It is a vast, interlocking ecosystem of technologies, industries, and human expertise that has repeatedly determined which nations rise to become global powers.

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The Great Nicobar Project is something China would never want. Why are Rahul Gandhi and his mother opposing it so strongly? India’s geopolitical trump...

Divyansh Tiwari - 29 April, 2026

If anyone requires a practical demonstration of what it means to sit beside a critical strait and have the power to threaten, facilitate and weaponise global trade, Iran has been providing it since February 2026.

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Second Iranian warship IRINS Bushehr approaches Sri Lanka after the sinking of IRIS Dena, remains outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters after denied entry

OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2026

Sri Lankan MP Namal Rajapaksa said that an Iranian war vessel had made an urgent request to enter a Sri Lankan port.

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Mauritius suspends diplomatic ties with the Maldives over claims on the Chagos Archipelago

OpIndia Staff - 28 February, 2026

The Republic of Mauritius has suspended all diplomatic relations with the Maldives with immediate effect, in a sharp escalation of tensions over the Chagos...

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NGT clears the Great Nicobar Project: Read how Congress has been opposing the mega project crucial for India

Divya Bharti - 18 February, 2026

The National Green Tribunal has cleared the ₹90,000-crore Great Nicobar project, citing its strategic importance in countering China.

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UK: Vote on transfer of Chagos Islands to Mauritius withdrawn amid mounting opposition pressure after Trump called it ‘Great Stupidity’

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2026

In a significant reversal, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government has pulled the controversial Chagos Islands sovereignty bill from the House of Lords...

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Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume over a decade after it went missing, American company to launch search under ‘no find, no...

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2025

The search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, that went missing over a decade ago over Indian Ocean, will resume this month. Malaysia's Transport...

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PM Modi hosts Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi callng it spiritual union of a family, several MoUs and a Special Economic Package announced

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 September 2024 hosted Mauritius Prime Minister Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi for bilateral discussions that underscored the deep cultural and strategic bonds between the two nations

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What is India testing? Speculations rife over major missile test after India extends NOTAM to over 4790 km from Odisha coast to Indian Ocean...

Aditi - 15 August, 2025

The move has fanned speculations that the test might involve the latest variant of the Agni series ballistic missiles. India has successfully tested five nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in the Agni series.

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