Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata has delivered INS Sandhayak (Yard 3025), the first of four Survey Vessel (Large) ships, to the Indian Navy on 04 Dec 23. To be noted that the Contract for four Survey Vessel (Large) was signed on 30 Oct 2018. The (Survey Vessel Large) SVL ships are designed and…
Lieutenant General Vikum Liyange, RWP, RSP, USP, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, is on a visit to India from 3rd to 7th December 2023. Notably, the visit is a testimony to the longstanding relationship between the armies of India and Sri Lanka. The visit commenced with a poignant wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial…
As part of Indian Navy’s Long Range Mission Based Deployment, (Indian Naval Ship) INS Sumedha is undertaking port call at Antsiranana, Madagascar from 04 to 06 December 2023. The visit is aimed at reinforcing Indian Navy’s commitment to enhance Maritime Security, building bridges of friendship and strengthening maritime co-operation with Madagascar. Worth mentioning that India…
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the data regarding the Domestic and International Airlines Operating in India which is as under:- The number of licensed scheduled domestic airlines presently operating in the country with their fleet size:- List of Airlines (Scheduled/Scheduled Commuter) in the country holding AOC (Air Operator Certificate) as on 23.11.2023 S….
As per Ministry of Civil Aviation, India there are presently, 14 airports in the country are operated under Public Private Partnership (PPP). Further, as per National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), 25 AAI airports namely, Bhubaneshwar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Trichy, Indore, Raipur, Calicut, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Patna, Madurai, Surat, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Chennai, Vijayawada, Vadodara, Bhopal, Tirupati, Hubli, Imphal, Agartala,…
Vibhas Pande, Air Officer commanding-in-chief, Maintenance Command, has said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has already achieved 95-97 per cent self-reliance in daily requirements. Further, he said, “Our dependency on Sukhoi-30MKI is on HAL and we have done a lot of indigenization on MiG-29. The face of the Russia-Ukraine war has made no difference…
A Pilatus PC 7 Mk II trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) met with an accident today morning in Telangana’s Medak district which left both the pilots on board dead after they suffered fatal injuries. The pilots included an instructor and one cadet. The crash took place at around 8:55 am during training…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness the Indian Navy’s “operational demonstrations” involving ships, submarines, aircraft and special forces from the Tarkarli beach in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg today. The Navy will showcase its combat capabilities as part of the Navy Day celebrations. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to unveil a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji at Rajkot…
Air Marshal Makarand Ranade assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection and Safety) [DG (I&S)] at Air HQ New Delhi on 01 December 2023. An alumnus of National Defence College, New Delhi and College Interarmée de Defense at Paris, France, the Air Marshal was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 06 December 1986….
India and the Maldives agreed to set up a core group to further deepen their partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a “productive” meeting with newly-elected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu and discussed ways to enhance the bilateral friendship across diverse sectors. The decision to set up the core group was taken at the first…
