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Indian Coast Guard rescues nine crew from sinking vessel Ganga-I off Cinque Island

June 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued nine crew from sinking vessel Ganga-I off Cinque Island on June 23, 2021. The ICG had received a distress alert from Tug Ganga-I in approx. 30 nm South East of Port Blair. The Tug with nine crew had reportedly left Port Blair on June 22, 2021, with […]

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India, US to carry out a two-day mega naval drill in the Indian Ocean from today

June 23, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian Naval Ships Kochi and Teg along with P8I and MiG 29K aircraft are participating in a Passage Exercise with US Navy Carrier Strike Group Ronald Reagan during its transit through Indian Ocean Region on 23 and 24 Jun 2021. The Indian Naval warships along with aircraft from the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force will be engaged in joint multi-domain […]

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Advanced Light Helicopters Inducted at INS Dega

June 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The induction ceremony of ‘322 Dega Flight’ was held in the presence of Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) with three indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) MK III helicopters flying into Naval Air Station, INS Dega on  07 Jun 21. With the induction of […]

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Defence: Inauguration of Extension of Naval Jetty Phase-II at Naval Wharf, Haddo

March 23, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A major Naval project of ‘Extension of Jetty’ at the Naval Wharf was inaugurated by Vice Admiral SR Sarma, Chief of Materiel of Indian Navy, on 22 March 2021. Rear Admiral Suraj Berry, Chief of Staff, HQ Andaman and Nicobar Command and TN Krishnamoorthy, Chief Engineer, Andaman and Lakshadweep Harbour Works were present […]

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Women in Defence: Indian Navy deploys four women officers on warships after 23 years

March 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: First time in the 23 years – the Indian Navy deployed four women officers on the maritime force’s vessels.   A latest statement given by the Indian Navy spokesperson said that “Four Indian navy women officers have been deployed on warships in recent times. Two of them are posted on the aircraft carrier […]

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Indian Navy conducts Joint Exercise with Army and Air Force

January 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Towards enhancing joint operational readiness, Indian Armed Forces conducted a large-scale conjoint military training exercise “KAVACH” along with “AMPHEX-21” in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. The exercise was conducted under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) with participation of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) and Army Southern Command (SC) involving […]

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Defence: India’s Second Nuclear Submarine Arighat is Ready to Enter into Service

September 7, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian Navy is ready to add the Second Nuclear Ballistic Submarine INS Arighat into the service. The INS Arighat was launched in 2017 without any high-profile public ceremony and now it is set to enter into service by 2020. It has been built under the $ 2.9 billion Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project […]

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‘Atamanirbhar Bharat’ week: Rajnath Singh launches 15 Defence products developed in India

August 15, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Aditya Hore Surat: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on August 14, launched a total of 15 Defence products developed by Defence PSUs and OFB. Four products each by Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), two by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and one each by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Mazagon […]

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