The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago. Never heard of it? Consult the map — it's south of India and kinda sorta between ...

From fasting and temple visits to vibrant processions and unique rituals, see how Maha Shivratri is celebrated in different ...

An anthropologist recounts how a small island nation built and deployed its first satellite—and what their effort says about ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said doubts about the legal status of the Chagos Islands meant there would be 'no ...

The archipelago is home to a joint US-UK military base, a strategically important military asset in the Indian Ocean.

Amid the ongoing Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh held discussions with delegations from leading aerospace companies such as GE Aerospace, Safran, Leonardo S.p.A., ...

Thaipusam, a Tamil Hindu festival, is celebrated on the first full moon of the Tamil month of Thai. Zoho's Chief Scientist, ...

In 2019, as vice-president of the ICJ, Xue Hanqin ruled that the UK should give islands to Mauritius ‘as rapidly as possible’ ...