The Chinese Navy's presence is rapidly increasing in the Indian Ocean region and the Indian Navy is keeping a watch on the developments through "mission-based" deployments, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Wednesday. The Navy chief asserted that China's Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor impinge on India's sovereignty.
India has deployed its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea at a time China and Pakistan are holding a nine-day mega naval exercise in the region.
The Indian Navy comprises a total of 67252 personnel and is viewed as the pioneering service which mastered the art of social media use in disseminating information about its operational achievements and matter.
Chief of Defence Staff: The Defence Ministry issued a notification to this effect on Sunday, December 29. Rules pertaining to Indian Army, Navy and Indian Air Force have been amended to create the post of CDS.
The arrest of seven naval officials from Mumbai, Karwar (Karnataka) and Visakhapatnam on Friday for leaking sensitive information about the movements of warships and submarines to Pakistani agents has exposed lapses in the security apparatus placed around critical assets in India.
A Chinese People's Liberation Army's ship tried to enter the Indian waters near Andaman and Nicobar islands without permission in September. The PLA ship was forced to go back to international waters by the Indian Navy. Naval Chief Admiral Karambir Singh, in a press conference, said "anyone operating in our region will have to notify the Indian Navy."
The Navy chief said the first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) will be fully operational by 2022 and will have MiG-29K aircraft. The Navy's annual budget allocation has come down from 18 per cent to 12 per cent in the last five years, he noted.
Born in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Shivangi did her schooling from DAV Public school.
A memorandum of understanding had been signed with the Qatar Navy in this regard, he told the 11th Annual General Body Meeting of the Veteran Sailors Forum's Kochi Charter at the Naval Base here
The Indian Navy has put on standby three ships in the Bay of Bengal to carry out disaster relief work in the wake of Cyclone Bulbul which is expected to make landfall on the eastern coast by Saturday night, officials said here.
Indian Navy, the leanest of the three armed forces of the country, is contemplating restructuring its organisational setup to cater to the advancements in its military and technical systems.
A statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office on Saturday said the unmanned tanker, which ran around nearly 2 nautical miles off the shore is currently stuck on a rock, and is carrying a cargo of 2,000 tons of naphtha and has onboard 50 tons of heavy oil and 19 tons of diesel.
Talking about nuclear threats from Pakistan, Rajnath Singh said: "India has never been offensive. We have never invaded anyone nor has India annexed an inch of territory from anyone. However, Indian armed forces are fully capable of giving a befitting reply to any evil designs against the country."
Indian Navy SSR, AA Result 2019: Candidates who had appeared for the Indian Navy SSR, AA exam 2019 can check their results and merit list as the same has been declared.
The Navy has pressed two of its ships into service to provide assistance to typhoon-battered Japan, it said on Sunday.
India's second Scorpene-class attack submarine INS Khanderi which was commissioned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday is expected to increase the country's maritime combat lethality by several folds.
The warship, a Landing Platform Dock (LPD), was located by a Navy P-8I surveillance aircraft.
The first-ever arrested landing of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas (Navy) was executed successfully on Friday by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) at INS Hansa Goa, a shore-based test facility.
Addressing reporters after a meeting with senior officials on the flood relief programme, Ashoka said there was anotion among some people that the natural calamity was an opportunity to plunder resources.
Indian and US officials explored ways to further strengthen bilateral maritime security cooperation at a high-level meeting in California. The two sides held fourth round of the India-US Maritime Security Dialogue in Monterey on August 23.
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