SHANGHAI: China and India embarked yesterday on their first-ever joint naval exercises off the coast of Shanghai as part of a drive to warm frosty ties between the two Asian powers.
Led by the NS Ranjit, a 5,000 tonne Russian guided missile destroyer, the INS Kulish, a guided missile corvette and the INS Jyoti, a tanker, the Indian taskforce cast off from Shanghai yesterday.
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