New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) A top official of the Indian Navy on Monday told a gathering of maritime security practitioners from nearly 30 countries that information sharing and coordinated efforts were necessary to counter global maritime challenges.

In his address at the inaugural session of the third edition of the Maritime Information Sharing Workshop (MISW), Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (DCNS), said the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is critical to the prosperity of nations worldwide, yet it is also “beset with numerous maritime challenges".

The three-day event kicked off on Monday at Gurugram-based Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR).

“Issues such as piracy and armed robbery, irregular human migration, contraband smuggling, IUU (illegal, unre

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