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Fact Box: Tropical Cyclone “Mora”

May 29, 2017

A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has been declared intensified into a tropical cyclone named Mora. This is second cyclone in the Bay of Bengal after Maarutha, which helped bring in the Monsoon earlier by a week over ..

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Huge dead zone discovered in Bay of Bengal  

December 20, 2016

Scientists including those from India have found a huge ‘dead zone’ of an estimated 60,000 square kilometres in Bay of Bengal. This area is said to support microbial processes that remove vast amount of nitrogen from the ocean. The study ..

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India, Russia bilateral naval exercise Indra Navy 2016 begins 

December 14, 2016

The ninth edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, an annual bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy began in the Bay of Bengal. The primary aim of exercise INDRA NAVY-16 is to increase inter-operability amongst the two navies and ..

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Tropical Cyclonic Storm Vardah to hit Andhra Pradesh

December 9, 2016

The tropical cyclonic storm Vardah over southeast Bay of Bengal is expected to hit Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Kakinada. It is the third cyclonic storm of the season after Cyclone Kyant and Nada, that were formed during the Northeast ..

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India, US and Japan navies kick off 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise

October 14, 2015

India, United States and Japan navies have started 2015 Malabar Naval Exercise of the eastern coast in Bay of Bengal and India Ocean. The high-end warfighting and complex trilateral exercise is part of annual series of exercises conducted to advance ..

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Current Affairs Current Affairs : March 25, 2010

March 27, 2010

Appointments:Chief Maharastra Anti-Terrorist Squad: Rakesh MariaRakesh Maria has been appointed by the state government of Maharastra as new chief of the state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He takes over from the ATS chief K.P. Raghuvanshi, who has been transferred as additional ..

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