Round Table Discussion: Indian Ocean – Strategic Interests by ORF and NMF at Chennai

September 20, 2011

A Roundtable Discussion on ‘Indian Ocean – Strategic Interests’ by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and National Maritime Foundation (NMF) was held at Chennai on September 19, 2011. The discussion was attended by academic community including college students, journalists, diplomats from U.S, Australia, Sri Lanka, serving and retired officers from the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, [...]

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India: Maritime Achievement Award Presented to Commander Dilip Donde

September 17, 2011

The first ever Maritime Achievement Award was presented to Commander Dilip Donde of the Indian Navy, in New Delhi on September 16, 2011 by the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju. This award was presented during the felicitation function to honor Commander Dilip Donde, the first Indian Sailor to successfully complete a [...]

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India: CII, NMF to Host SHIPS 2011 (Strategies, Human Resources, Infrastructure, Processes and Security) Conference at Kochi

September 16, 2011

We are aware that Ministry of Shipping, Government of India has launched a ten year growth oriented Maritime Agenda: 2010 – 2020 on January 13, 2011. As a follow up to this agenda, within ten days of the release of this agenda, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region in association with the National [...]

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Chennai 2011: All Faith Memorial Service by National Maritime Foundation, Rotary Club and Ethiraj College

September 15, 2011

‘All Faith Memorial Service’ for Martyrs of Uniformed Services of Independent India was jointly conducted by the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Rotary Club of Madras Central Aadithya and Ethiraj College for Women at Chennai on September 14, 2011. Some interesting features of the event are: was conducted to pay homage to all martyrs of uniformed [...]

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How AirTel DTH Cheats Customer to Upgrade to HD Recorder?

June 30, 2011

Though this post is not related to marine topic, I’m compelled to post this so that customers can be aware of AirTel DTH in India. What AirTel DTH says in their website/newspaper advertisements is not practically followed by AirTel DTH. Here is my bad experience with AirTel DTH. I wanted to upgrade my AirTel DTH [...]

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Indian Coast Guard Academy to Come Up at Azhikkal, Kerala

May 31, 2011

Indian Coast Guard came into existence on February 01, 1977.  Since then Coast Guard officers are getting trained at Indian Naval Academy. Now the foundation stone for Indian Coast Guard Academy (ICGA) at Azhikkal, Kerala was laid by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony on May 28, 2011. It is located 20 km south of [...]

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Terrorists Strike Pakistan Naval Air Base PNS Mehran

May 24, 2011

PNS Mehran, the nerve centre of Pakistan’s Naval Air Arm was attacked with an element of surprise by terrorists on the night of May 22, 2011. It took more than 17 hours for the Pakistani security forces to overcome the terrorist attack and to regain control. PNS Mehran is an integrated aviation facility that provides [...]

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FNS Mistral at Singapore for IMDEX Asia 2011 After Kochi Visit

May 17, 2011

FNS (French Naval Ship) Mistral is now at Singapore to take part in IMDEX Asia 2011 after completing Kochi, India visit (from May 05 to 08, 2011). Russia is very keen to buy/construct this class of ship from France. The French Landing Helicopter Dock ship Mistral (L9013) can Carry out amphibious and air support operations. [...]

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Indonesia Air Crash into Sea: Quality of Chinese Xian MA60 Aircraft Doubted

May 9, 2011

Xian MA60 Aircraft of Merpati Nusantara Airlines of Indonesia crashed into the sea near the Kaimana Airport (KNG), West Papua on May 07, 2011. The MA60 turboprop aircrafts are manufactured by Xian Aircraft Industry (Group) Company Ltd of China. Some tragic information on Xian MA 60 air crash available are: The aircraft (Flight 8968, en [...]

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Burial At Sea: US Navy Buries Osama Bin Laden in Arabian Sea

May 3, 2011

Global terror chief Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs of Special Operation Forces on May 01, 2011 in Pakistan. His body was buried at sea. Reasons for burying Osama Bin Laden’s body at sea are: No country was willing to accept Osama Bin Laden’s body. The burial in land was avoided to [...]

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Navy Seals of US Special Operations Forces Eliminate Terror Chief Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan

May 2, 2011

News media around the world are praising the Navy Seals of US Special Operations Forces (SOF) for eliminating terror chief Osama Bin Laden in a mansion close to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistani. A small team of SOF carried out a surgical raid of less than 40 minutes by surprise to minimize collateral damage. Some [...]

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Indian Ocean Reviewed at Chennai Conclave on India’s Strategic Foreign Policy

April 27, 2011

A Conclave on “India’s Strategic Foreign Policy” was held on April 25, 2011 at Hotel GRT Grand, Chennai. India’s Interests in the Indian Ocean was discussed in this conclave. It is interesting to note that India is the only country to have an ocean named after it (not to be confused with seas named after [...]

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NMF, MARG Group Explores Potential of Buckingham Canal to Boost Tamil Nadu Economy

April 23, 2011

National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and MARG Group conducted a Workshop on Inland Waterways – Potential of Buckingham Canal & It’s Impact on Tamil Nadu Economy on April 21, 2011 at Samudra Conference Hall, Marg Pancham,  Sholinganallur, Chennai. Capt K N Ramesh, CEO – Dredging & Logistics of Marine Infrastructure & Services of MARG Group has [...]

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India: PSLV-C16 Launches RESOURCESAT-2 Satellite with AIS Capability

April 20, 2011

India successfully launched PSLV-C16 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 20, 2011. The spacecraft injected the following three satellites into an 822 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO): RESOURCESAT-2 weighing 1206 kg Indo-Russian YOUTHSAT weighing 92 kg Singapore’s X-SAT weighing 106 kg RESOURCESAT-2 is a replacement to RESOURCESAT-1 (launched on October 17, [...]

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Malabar 2011: Indian and U.S. Navy Exercise in Western Pacific Ocean

April 3, 2011

Exercise Malabar 2011 by Indian Navy and U.S. Navy (seventh fleet) is being conducted in the western Pacific Ocean from April 03 to April 10, 2011. Japan is not taking part in the exercise as Japan has not yet recovered from the damage caused by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. So far 13 Malabar exercise [...]

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