Members of the transport union, protest at Jantar Mantar regarding the new laws related to hit and run, in New Delhi on January 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Transport unions threaten to intensify protests The All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation, a platform of various trade unionsRead More →
Vice Admiral said that Indian Navy is fully aware of Chinese activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). New Delhi: The Indian Navy is monitoring the developments in West Asia and also keeping a sharp watch on the Chinese Navy’s activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) by the hour,Read More →
A Crew Module Recovery Model was used for the trials. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), along with the Indian Navy, has conducted an important trial for the Gaganyaan, human space flight mission. On Tuesday, they carried out initial recovery trials of the Crew Module in the Navy’s Water SurvivalRead More →
In August, the docking of ‘Yuan Wang 5’ at Hambantota in Sri Lanka had created a major diplomatic showdown between India and Sri Lanka. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese surveillance vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ has re-entered the Indian Ocean in what coincides with a planned Indian long-range missile test, betweenRead More →
Two Diving Support Vessels (DSVs) of the Indian Navy will be launched in Visakhapatnam on Thursday in the presence of Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar. The DSVs are first-of-its-kind ships indigenously designed and built at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Vishakapatnam for the Navy, officials had said on Wednesday. The DSVsRead More →
With indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joining INS Vikramaditya in the Indian Navy’s service, the push for a third aircraft carrier seems to be getting stronger. The insistence for a second Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is also crucial in the backdrop of the rapidly strengthening carrier fleet of the ChineseRead More →
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new Naval Ensign (flag) for the Indian Navy on Friday in Kochi on the sidelines of the commissioning of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan andRead More →
FRIDAY morning will witness two defining moments for the Indian Navy — the country’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, Vikrant, will be commissioned as INS Vikrant, along with the unveiling of the new Naval Ensign ‘Nishaan’. The ceremony, at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala’s Kochi will be presided over by Prime MinisterRead More →
India gifted a Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Sri Lanka on Monday, a day before a high-tech Chinese missile and satellite tracking ship docks at the island nation’s strategic Hambantota port. Vice Chief of Indian Navy Vice Admiral S N Ghormade, who is on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka,Read More →
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to France, French defence major Naval Group has announced that it is unable to participate in the P-75 India (P-75I) project under which six conventional submarines are to be built in India for the Indian Navy. The group, one of the fiveRead More →
