Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter that relies on the Strait and accounts for nearly 40% of the oil exports that pass ...

The Iranian parliament backed a move to close a major oil and gas route, after American airstrikes on its nuclear sites.

Following Iranian strikes on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base and Tuesday's shaky ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the future of ...

The Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka, as seen from Space Shuttle Endeavor. A bridge and tunnel across the strait have been proposed for construction. Credit: Wikipedia/NASA The Sri Lankan ...

A team of eight Indian swimmers, including Kaithal Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), successfully completed a 28-km relay swim across the Palk Strait connecting Sri Lanka and India on April 18 ...

Ten swimmers from from Barshi tehsil in Solapur district, aged between 9 and 14 years, successfully crossed 30 kilometres of Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka on May 14. Nine-year-old Tanvi ...

Ram Setu is one of the most interesting, yet controversial geographical features in the Indian subcontinent. Stretching about 50 kilometers across the shallow waters of the Palk Strait, it ...

Board the Indo-Ceylon Express from Egmore station in Madras (now Chennai), ride through the eastern coastal plains, cross the Pamban Bridge into Rameshwaram, reach Dhanushkodi, the last Indian station ...

On the Sri Lankan side of the Palk Bay, studies are being conducted by the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project to establish an additional 10,000 hectares of Marine Protected Area to support the ...

Katchatheevu is an islet in the Palk Strait, roughly between Jaffna in Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in India. Since 1921, talks had been held between authorities of both the countries on rights over ...

The resolution says that the retrieval of the tiny islet is the only solution to protect the fishing rights of the Tamil fishers in the Palk Strait. Katchatheevu is a small patch of land ...

On the Sri Lankan side of the Palk Bay there is a semi-enclosed shallow water body between the southeast coast of India and Sri Lanka with a water depth maximum of 13 m. To the south, a chain of low ...