Apharan: Indian Navy’s largest anti-hijacking exercise

Published: December 20, 2019

On Decebmer 18, 2019, the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard at Cochin port conducted large scale anti-hijacking exercise. The exercise was called Apharan. Highlights Multiple agencies participated in the exercise. It included 12 ships and helicopters of Cochin Port trust, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. This is the first time an anti-hijacking exercise ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Anti-piracy • Cochin • Counter-terrorism • Gulf of Aden • Indian Navy • Indian Navy Ships • Marine • Maritime Exercises

Cochin Airport becomes world's first to operate completely on Solar Power

Published: August 21, 2015

Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) of Kerala has become the first airport in the world to fully operate on solar power. It achieved this feat after Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chand officially commissioned the 12 MWp solar power plant near the cargo complex of airport. Key facts The plant comprises 46,150 solar panels laid across ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015

Topics: Cochin • Current Affairs 2016 • Envrionment • Kerala • Solar Energy

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