Indian Navy Current Affairs, GK & News
Indian Navy Launches INS Arnala
The Indian Navy launched the indigenously-built ship INS Arnala at the shipbuilding facility of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in Chennai’s Kattupalli. What is ‘Arnala’? Arnala is the first of the 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) that are currently being built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE). The vessel made its ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd • Indian Navy • INS Aranala • Larsen & Toubro • Littoral water
INS Mormugao
INS Mormugao is set to be commissioned by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day 2022. What is INS Mormugao? INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Named after the port city in Goa, this stealth destroyer is 163 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Navy • Indigenous Defence Industry • Project 15B • Project 15B Class Destroyer Visakhapatnam
What is Exercise Sea Vigil-22?
Exercise Sea Vigil-22 was organized by the Indian Navy on November 15 and 16 this year. This is the third edition of the Pan-India coastal defence exercise. The previous edition was held in January 2021. About Exercise Sea Vigil Exercise Sea Vigil was conceptualized in 2018 to strengthen India’s coastal defence by improving coordination between ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Coastal Defence • Exercise TROPEX • Indian Navy • Sea Vigil • Tropex • TROPEX Exercise
What is IBSAMAR?
The seventh edition of maritime exercise IBSAMAR was organized from October 10 to 12 in South Africa. Key facts Exercise IBSAMAR is a joint maritime exercise between South Africa, Brazil and India. The inaugural edition of this naval exercise was held in 2008 to converge the democratic values, economic interests and maritime cooperation. In 2016, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Brazil • Indian Navy • INS Tarkash • MARCOS • maritime exercise • Maritime Exercises • South Africa
Exercise Prasthan – Update (October, 2022)
Exercise Prasthan was organized from October 11 to 12 of this year in the Krishna Godavari Basin Offshore Development Area. Key facts Prasthan is an offshore security exercise that is held every six months. Its main purpose is to integrate the efforts of all stakeholders involved in the offshore defence. It was recently conducted under ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Bay of Bengal • Eastern Naval Command • Indian Navy • Krishna Godavari Basin • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) • Olive ridley • ONGC • Prasthan Offshore Security Exercise
Exercise Kakadu 2022
Exercise Kakadu 2022 commenced in Australia’s Darwin on September 12, 2022. Key facts The Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) is a multinational exercise hosted by the Australian Navy in Darwin – the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory. It will be held from September 12 to 24 this year by the Royal Australian Navy with the support ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Australia • Exercise Kakadu • Indian Navy • INS Satpura • Naval Exercises • Operation Pitch Black • P8I • P8I surveillance planes