Indian Navy’s largest war game begins in Andaman Zeenews Port Blair: Exercise Milan, the largest four-day naval war game hosted by India started on Friday with the participation of 12 navies of the Asia-Pacific region within the context of the Indian Navy’s “Look East” policy and naval interactions to this effect. | Milan is a biennial gathering of ...
As 'shabu' price rises, Ecstasy use up Malaya | By VERA Files | (First of two parts) | The trade in crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" in the Philippines has grown into a P1 billion-a-day industry, but the drug has now become more expensive, making it "the poor man's cocaine no more," antinarcotics officials and international drug...
Navy for partnership in Indian Ocean region The Hindu | K. V. Prasad | Admiral Verma against playing headmaster with other countries | Navy can assume greater role in the region: Pentagon | Grouping of navies not a security bloc, says | Navy Chief | PORT BLAIR: Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday ...
Navies of 13 countries in joint exercise off Andaman islands m&c | New Delhi - The navies of 13 Asia-Pacific countries gathered off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands Friday for a regional exercise in coordinated disaster response, news reports said. | Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, My...
Navy Chief says Milan not a security bloc Newstrack India | Port Blair, Feb 5 (ANI): Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday said that Exercise Milan, the largest naval conglomeration hosted by India, is not a security bloc aimed at any particular country, specially China and its increasing influence in t...
Milan exercise not a security bloc: Navy chief DNA India | Port Blair: Concerns over China’s naval expansion and its growing influence in the Indian Ocean region notwithstanding, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma today said the 13-nation annual Milan exercise that began here today was not "a secur...
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Thais Say North Korea Arms Were Iran-Bound The New York Times | BANGKOK - A large shipment of North Korean weapons seized here in December was bound for an airport in Iran, according to a Thai government report submitted to the United Nations...
Dubai's DP World opens Vietnam container terminal The Guardian DUBAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Port operator DP World, part of the Dubai World conglomerate, said on Sunday it had opened a container terminal in Vietnam, as it looks to meet demand in ...
NFA impounds chemical-laced rice from Vietnam The Daily Tribune | 01/31/2010 | The National Food Authority (NFA) has immediately sealed off the 20,000 bags of rice previously unloaded from the Vietnamese boat MV Trai Thien 66 to pave the way fo...
India looks to play facilitator's role in Indian Ocean Region The Times Of India PORT BLAIR: With Sukhoi-30MKI fighters generating sonic booms over the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago on Sunday, even as the 3,500-km Agni-III missile created fireworks off the Orissa coast, India sent a strong strategic message across Bay of Bengal...
Mammoth US vessel docks at ICTSI ports The Daily Tribune | 02/08/2010 | International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) recently serviced the biggest vessel to dock in the Philippines, the American passenger lines APL Bahrain. | The ship called at two of ICTSIs Philippine terminals: the New Contai...
Australia for joint task force with India to counter maritime terror DNA India | Port Blair: Australia's diplomatic relations with India may have come under strain over recent racial attack on Indians there, but the military relations is soaring to new heights, with their navy looking at a joint task force in Asia-Pacific r...
New free trade zone to benefit China China Daily | Global opportunities to emerge from tariff-free market in Asia | China's top brands could be on the road to becoming global household names after the launch of the $4.5 trillion China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) market, the world's largest free trade zone, according to trade experts. | Despite the country being an economic powerhouse, few of it...
Group complains vs unregulated charges by int'l shipping lines Malaya BY GENIVI FACTAO | The Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Association, Inc. (PISFA) has asked the government and industry organizations to help them find a solution to the excessive charges being imposed by international shipping lines. | In a letter, the group asked the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), PhilExport and...
