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Sunday, March 15, 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.

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.

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 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.

Indian Coast Guard conducts pollution response seminar and mock drill in West Bengal

The event was organized by the ICG at its headquarters coast guard district.

Indian Coast Guard Organizes Pollution Response Seminar and Mock Drill in West Bengal

The event will be held at the Headquarters Coast Guard District No. 8 (West Bengal) in Haldia from May 22-23, 2024.

Indian Coast Guard inks deal for marine-grade aluminum

As per the agreement, the ICG will provide quarterly pricing, priority in supplies, and turnover discount to the private sector companies.

Jindal Steel & Power signs MoU with Indian Coast Guard for indigenous marine-grade steel

The MoU was signed by Deputy Director General (Material & Maintenance), ICG IG HK Sharma, and Chief Marketing Officer, JSP Shri SK Pradhan, in the presence of senior ICG officers.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.