INS Viraat Current Affairs, GK & News
INS Viraat: Key Facts
INS Viraat is an aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy that is currently being broken apart at Alang ship-breaking yard, Gujarat. It is noted for its participation in Operation Jupiter and Operation Parakram. It was decommissioned in 2017. There have been offers to convert it into a maritime museum. But the warship has been sold ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carriers • HMS Hermes • India-Pakistan war • Indian Navy Warships • INS Viraat • malabar exercise • Naseem-Al-Bahr • Royal Navy • varuna exercise
Fact in Focus : INS Vikrant
The first aircraft carrier constructed wholly in India, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is now in the advanced stages of construction and is expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy for further trials and tests. Points to remember The IAC will be christened as the INS Vikrant in the service of the Indian Navy. ..
Topics: Defense • Indian Navy • INS Vikrant • INS Viraat
Fact in Focus : INS Viraat
After an illustrious and varied service life in the Indian navy, the aircraft carrier INS Viraat had been decommissioned by the Navy in 2017 and had since been looking for any place to be berthed as a museum/entertainment venue. Though some interest was shown by the state governments of Goa, Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra, no ..
Topics: Indian Armed Forces • Indian Navy • INS Viraat
INS Vishal: India, UK in talks to replicate Naval Supercarrier
According to reports, India is in talks with the United Kingdom (UK) for building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier that would be replicate (copycat version) of Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier as part of ongoing ‘Make in India’ negotiations. It will be named ‘INS Vishal’ in 2022 and will become Indian Navy’s largest warship. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: BAE and Thales • British warship • France • HMS Queen Elizabeth • INS Vikramaditya • INS Vikrant • INS Viraat • INS Vishal • Make in India • Queen Elizabeth • Rosyth dockyard • Scotland
Current Affairs: November 3, 2018
Here are the main headlines for current Events of November 3, 2018. National Current Events Justices Hemant Gupta, R. Subhash Reddy, Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah and Ajay Rastogi sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court The president accepted Supreme Court’s collegium recommendations of justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay ..
Topics: Bhubaneswar • Hemant • India • INS Viraat • International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists • Odisha