India is keeping a close eye on the movements of a spy vessel from China, or what Beijing refers to as an ocean research vessel, which is scheduled to reach the Maldives in the coming week. The ship is similar to the one operating close to Sri Lanka, to which India objected.
The research vessel, Xiang Yang Hong 03, stepped into the Indian Ocean Region (famous as the IOR) on Monday via the Sunda Strait of Indonesia. The vessel is likely to reach the Maldives by the first week of February, per an...