Defense

Over the past week, even when Fani was hundreds of miles away, authorities had been closely watching. They had first picked up a large swirl on meteorological radar screens barreling up from the equator, deep in the ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

Kochi Naval Base has installed a roof top solar power plant, which can generate 14,400 units of power per year.

“These life saving skills will help them in better rescue management on high hills,” said Dr Pradeep Bhardwaj, Medical Director, Six Sigma High Altitude Medical Rescue Services.

The army in its complaint said that several channels aired the video on June 15 and 16. “Intentionally or unintentionally there has been a serious error of judgment and editorial oversight…Though the army respects the freedom of speech of the media, it wants the rights of a soldier and his family to be protected with equal sensitivity,” said the complaint.

In her 36 years of glorious service to the nation, the ship has raised and groomed many admirals who even went on to become the Chiefs of Naval Staff and has been manned by 27 commissions with the last commission taking charge of the ship in June 2017.

INS Vela was under construction at Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
The last two submarines—INS Vagir and INS Vagsheer—are in advanced stages of manufacturing on the assembly line at MDL.The contract to build six submarines in India was signed in 2006 between the French firm Naval Group, formerly known as DCNS, and Mazgaon Dock Limited under Indian Navy’s $3 billion Project-75.

Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra achieved the feat on April 30.
Commissioned into the transport stream of Indian Air Force on June 13, 1992, Gp Capt Chhabra initially flew the AN-32 in the narrow valleys and advanced landing grounds of the North-East and Uttarakhand hills, primarily in paradrop and landing roles.

The Navy already has a fleet of 12 of these Kamov-31 choppers which sanitise the air space around the aircraft carriers and destroyers operating in open seas.

These Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASWSWCs) are designed for a deep displacement of about 750 tonne, speed of 25 knots and complement of 57 and capable of full scale sub surface surveillance of coastal waters and co-ordinated ASW operations with aircraft.

Scientists from defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited’s (BEL) Central Research Laboratory (CRL) in Bengaluru, who began work on this first responder robot in December 2018, are confident of having the first prototype by December 2019.