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Over the centuries, there have been many stories of piracy in the waters off Kerala. For instance, the Portuguese, the real pirates, used the term to describe the Kunjali Marakkars, the naval commanders who served the Zamorin of Calicut. Once the British established control of the seas surrounding
This is the second vessel rescued in 36 hours by INS Sumitra, the Indian Navy's warship deployed for anti-piracy and maritime security operations in the east of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.
India has pledged to assist in the rescue of six Sri Lankan fishermen captured by the Somali pirates
The proposed bill is part of the commitment made by India while signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in 1982. The UNCLOS was ratified by India in 1995.
The attack comes in the wake of yet another similar attack near the Nigerian coast, when eighteen Indians on board a Hong-Kong-flagged vessel were kidnapped by pirates on December 3.
This was the first time that such a large-scale exercise involving all stakeholders was conducted in Kerala.
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