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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicIndian Navy

Topic: Indian Navy

From INS Vikrant to INS Imphal, how names of Indian Navy ships have evolved over the years

The new Visakhapatnam-class destroyer INS Imphal is the first Indian Navy ship to be named after a city in the Northeast.

Indian naval ships arrive where Pakistan’s are absent at China fleet review in Qingdao

Ten countries, including India, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam, will deploy 20 vessels to join a naval parade.

Modi raises Balakot again, and again bares his utter contempt for poll code

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

US clearance for anti-sub chopper sale to India comes as Pakistan bets big on submarines

The sale of 24 MH-60 'Romeos', which will cost India $2.6 billion, comes 19 years after Indian Navy moved proposal to acquire medium multi-role helicopters.

Balakot proof is ‘blowin in the wind’ which Pakistan doesn’t want to see: IAF chief Dhanoa

Dhanoa quoted a Bob Dylan song saying Pakistan did not want to accept the reality of Balakot air strikes despite ample proof. 

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is new Navy chief, supersedes Vice Admiral Bimal Verma

This is the 2nd time that officers of the armed forces have been superseded under the Modi regime — after the elevation of Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat.

Captain Samant, decorated naval officer behind sinking of Pakistani shipping fleets in 1971

Captain Mohan Narayan Rao Samant, who passed away Wednesday, had trained Bangladeshi students to sink Pakistani shipping vessels in a covert operation.

Pakistan Navy spooked by Indian submarine in international waters

Pakistan Navy claims it prevented an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani waters. Coordinates released show vessel 200 km away Karachi.

Indian Navy & IAF chiefs get Z-plus security cover amid India-Pakistan tensions

Others assigned a Z-plus security detail include the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Supreme Court and high court judges, and governors.

In high state of alert to respond to Pakistan – Indian Army, Navy, Air Force assure nation

Indian military presents proof that Pakistan used AMRAAM missiles mounted on its F-16 fighter jets to target military installations.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?