In a historic move, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign their first major defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister ...

The enhanced cooperation comes against the backdrop of India’s concerns about China’s increasing military presence in the Indian Ocean region, including Hambantota port in Sri Lanka.

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

For India’s foreign and security policy, which of the two areas is more important: The Indian Ocean stretching from ... United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore ...

China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints.

Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth ... to transform the country into a knowledge-based, export-oriented Indian Ocean hub by 2025. All economic data for 2017.Sources: Heritage ...

India and Sri Lanka will sign a major defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Colombo, aimed ...

For the first time, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign an ambitious defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra ...

Facing an increasing Chinese presence in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean, India has sought to strengthen its political, economic, strategic and cultural influence over Sri Lanka through various overt ...