New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) China would face huge economic costs due to the disruption of trade if it blockades or invades Taiwan, according to a report by a Washington think tank.The report, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies titled Troubled Straits: Analyzing Trade Chokepoints in the South China Sea, states, “Military action by China that disrupts the Taiwan Strait could harm China’s economy even more severely than a disruption of the Malacca Strait.”It highlights t…
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New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand next week, shifting focus to eastern time zones of the Indian Ocean and India’s Act East engagements, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Friday. On the first leg of his visit, PM Modi will travel to Indonesia on July 6 and participate in several engagements in Jakarta. He will also be visiting the historic city of Yogyakarta and the Prambanan Temple complex, a United Nation…
New Delhi, June 28: Located roughly 1,000 miles from the Indian mainland, Great Nicobar is one of the 500-plus islands that make up the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. The island is historically tied to two distinct indigenous groups: the Shompen and the Great Nicobarese.The Shompen are an isolated community of roughly 200 to 400 individuals who avoid the outside world and maintain a traditional lifestyle as some of the world’s last remaining hunter-gatherers and farmers. The Great Nicobarese…
Sri Vijaya Puram, June 21 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has alleged that certain groups opposing the proposed Great Nicobar infrastructure project were being “fuelled by external agencies”, arguing that strategically important projects cannot be assessed solely through environmental or commercial considerations.Speaking during a fireside chat at the Andaman Ideas Summit 2026 in Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on Saturday, Rijiju observed that opposition to some major infr…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Great Nicobar Island Development Project is not merely an infrastructure initiative but India’s strategic response to counter growing Chinese footprint across the Indian Ocean by unlocking the potential of one of the most strategically valuable locations in the Indo-Pacific region, a report has detailed. The report in ‘Global Order’ mentioned that India has now introduced a new strategic variable into the Indo-Pacific chessboard from an advantageous geographic posi…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India’s ambitious Great Nicobar Project, a mega infrastructure initiative aimed at transforming the country’s southernmost island into a strategic commercial and military hub, is being seen as a potential game-changer in the Indo-Pacific region, with far-reaching geopolitical implications, particularly for China.There are moments in geopolitics when a single infrastructure project changes the calculus of an entire region. The Great Nicobar Island Development Project i…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Defence veterans have strongly backed the Great Nicobar Project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, terming it crucial for India’s maritime security, economic growth and strategic positioning, while dismissing concerns raised by Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over environmental degradation.LoP Gandhi flagged potential ecological damage and risks to indigenous communities in the islands.However, former Air Chief Marshal R. K. S. Bhadauria rejected…
Jakarta, April 21 (IANS) Indian Navy Ship (INS) Sunayna arrived at Indonesia’s state capital Jakarta on Tuesday, marking the third port call of its operational deployment to the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), officials said. The Offshore Patrol Vessel deployed under the IOS SAGAR initiative, with a multinational crew from 16 friendly foreign countries onboard.During the port call at Jakarta, the ship will engage with the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) through professional, social and sporting interactions…