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The missile was fired by frontline corvette INS Prabal as part of a mega naval drill involving aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and a number of warships, attack helicopters, aircraft and other assets of the navy.
It was damaged while participating in an exercise in the Arabian Sea.
The navy said the missile hit the target at maximum range with precise accuracy.
Yemen has invited Oil and Natural Gas Corp to build a 100,000 barrels per day refinery on its Arabian sea coast but the Indian state-run firm has conditioned participation in the $1-billion project on being allotted an oilfield in return.
China said that military cooperation should be "conducive" to regional peace and stability.
Khukri -- an anti-submarine frigate was torpedoed by Pakistan Navy's Hangor submarine on Dec 9, 1971 at around 2100 hrs.
The three-member committee will look into the safety and security of the ONGC's offshore operations.
The announcement was made at the concluding ceremony of the Congress' re-enactment of the historic Dandi march on the shores of the Arabian Sea.
During this period, India will get a feel of the Krivak class missile frigate, which it will acquire in June.
The Indian ace said she was hoping for an injury-free year after her 2007 season was cut short due to a series of niggles.
Prime Minister Sharif will be visiting Beijing with a high-powered delegation from November 1, 2022, where minutes of the joint coordination committee meeting will be signed.
The US remained "watchful" over developments along India's frontier with China as it cannot take its eyes off the regional security issues, a senior American official said on Wednesday against the backdrop of the over 29-month border standoff in eastern Ladakh that has significantly frayed ties between the two neighbours.
The southwest monsoon has started on a weak note and this has delayed the sowing of kharif crops. Though a cause for concern, the situation hasn't reached a stage where it warrants any panic response. Moreover, according to meteorologists and industry players, monsoon rains will witness a revival in the coming few weeks.
Looking resplendent in her colourful buntings, the 143 metre long Frigate slipped into the warm waters of the Arabian Sea amidst the strains of `Saare Jahan Se Acha....'
The Met department had earlier forecast the onset of monsoon over Kerala on May 24, over a week ahead of its scheduled arrival on June 1.
Shivaji memorial to be set up on lines of Statue of Liberty
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has received Rs 864 crore (Rs 8.64 billion) in final settlement of an insurance claim for the oil facility at Mumbai High that was gutted in a fire in July 2005.
This is the eighth in a series of such exercises.
Two US warships and a nuclear submarine will join the 'Malabar' series of exercises along with Indian Navy frigates and a German-made 'Shishumar' class HDW submarine.
"Conditions are favourable for dust storms over Delhi and nearby areas. We are expecting a fall in temperatures," Dr R D Singh of the Indian Meteorology Department said.
In July last year, a vessel collided with the Mumbai High platform, killing 26 people and destroying the platform.
Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel and Jaipur's Oberoi Raj Vilas have made it to the world's best hotels' list compiled by Conde Naste Traveller.
Seven others were killed when their plane hurtled into the Arabian Sea shortly after takeoff from Karachi.
Before Data Patterns developed an indigenous check-out equipment, Brahmos Aerospace was paying a Russian supplier three times what it will now pay the Indian company.
The southwest monsoon season concluded on Saturday with India receiving 'below-average' cumulative rainfall -- 820 mm compared to the long-period average of 868.6 mm -- in an El Nino year.
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Administration seeks navy's help to deal with any eventuality as a cyclonic storm forms in the Arabian sea\n\n
The very severe cyclonic storm Nilofar has weakened into a severe cyclonic storm ahead of making landfall at the northern Gujarat coast and adjoining Pakistani coast around Naliya by Thursday night.
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