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The Indian Navy provided support to MV Nayan after its frigate INS Talwar received a call from the cargo vessel requesting for technical assistance.  The Indian Navy provided assistance to a stranded cargo ship with seven Indian crew members as it was drifting in the Gulf of Oman following failure of its propulsion and power generation systems, officials said on Friday. The cargo ship was going from Oman to Iraq, they said.  The Indian Navy provided support to the stranded ship MV Nayan on Thursday after its frigate INS Talwar received a call from the cargo vessel requesting for technical assistance, the officials said.  INS Talwar was deployed in the Gulf of Oman. They said the cargo ship was drifting at sea since March 9 owing to failure of its propulsion, power generation and navigational systems.  “Based on preliminary aerial assessment about the distress of MV Nayan, the Indian Naval ship dispatched its VBSS (Visit Board, Search and Seizure) team along with a te...

The Indian and Indonesian navies carried out a military exercise in the Arabian sea  To enhance operational interoperability and overall cooperation. Indian naval ship INS Talwar and Indonesian Navy's multirole corvette KRI Bung Tomo were part of the exercise, the Indian Navy said. "Enhancing Interoperability & strengthening Bilateral Maritime Cooperation Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar and Indonesian Navy's multirole Corvette KRI Bung Tomo, conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Arabian Sea today," it said in a tweet. India's maritime cooperation with Indonesia witnessed a renewed momentum in the last few years. Notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Navy participated in maritime exercises in the last few months with a number of countries, including Japan, Russia, Australia and the US. In November, India hosted the Malabar exercise, in which the navies of the US, Japan and Australia participated. India invited Australia for the exercise, effecti...