Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:09am on 07 Mar 2026,Saturday India Global
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the Indian Ocean was “caught on the wrong side of events” after the United States sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena near Galle during the escalating Iran–US conflict. The frigate, which had earlier participated in a naval exercise in Visakhapatnam, was torpedoed by a US submarine about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka on March 4. Around 87 sailors were reported dead while dozens were rescued. Jaishankar said India responded to the situation from a humanitarian perspective, allowing another Iranian vessel facing technical issues to dock at Kochi. (PC: NDTV)
