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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian Coast Guard

Topic: Indian Coast Guard

Why Delhi HC struck down 1986 rule to mandate uniform retirement age for all Coast Guard ranks

Court called the rank-based retirement gap 'astonishing', ruling that the differential in ages of superannuation violated the Constitutional guarantees of equality under Articles 14 and 16.

Indian Coast Guard saves US ship with 2 crew members stranded near Indira Point

ICG ship Rajveer rescued the Sea Angel, after receiving a distress alert Thursday night that a yacht, carrying American & Turkish crew, had experienced a propulsion failure.

3 helicopter crashes since 2022, 6 dead—armed forces are paying the price for HAL’s complacency

In my experience, HAL has always resorted to band-aid fixes and additional cautions rather than walking back a design—that too after much blood was spilt.

ALH Mk-IIIs grounded yet again after fatal Porbandar crash. What grounding of a fleet entails

The latest crash claimed the lives of two pilots and one aircrew diver. The three forces, along with the Indian Coast Guard, collectively operate 330 ALH aircraft.

Indian Coast Guard chopper ALH Dhruv crashes in Gujarat’s Porbandar, 3 killed

All three personnel aboard including two pilots lost their lives in the crash Sunday.

13 dead after boat capsizes near Mumbai harbour after colliding with a naval craft

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis said that 10 of the dead are civilian passengers while 3 are from the Navy. The boat was on its way to Elephanta Caves when it capsized.

Indian Coast Guard seizes 5 tonnes of drugs in Andaman. ‘Likely to be biggest ever haul’

Defence officials apprehended the consignment from a fishing boat in the Andaman waters.

Indian Navy submarine & fishing vessel collide off Goa coast, search for 2 missing fishermen on

Collision happened Thursday evening when the submarine was making a transit between two ports, it is learnt. 11 of 13 crew members of fishing vessel rescued so far.

Indian Coast Guard commanders gather for strategic conference

The conference was inaugurated by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, at the Coast Guard Headquarters.

Pilot & diver among 2 bodies recovered after Indian Coast Guard helicopter crash

The helicopter with 4 crew members crashed into Arabian Sea during a mid-sea medical emergency rescue mission. Search for third missing crew member on.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.