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TopicINS Viraat

Topic: INS Viraat

INS Viraat dismantling has begun, but a final effort is still on to convert it into museum

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Envitech Marine Consultants is hopeful of getting NOC from the government. But shipbreaker has already begun the dismantling process.

Selling INS Viraat as scrap is unfortunate but a financially-burdened Navy has no option

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Modi govt to sell INS Viraat as scrap, naval fraternity questions sense of heritage

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Aircraft carrier INS Viraat was decommissioned in 2017, and there were many proposals for her utilisation, but the govt found none to be good enough.

12 highlights from Rahul Gandhi interview: On Hindu terror, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, others

Neelam Pandey -
In an interview with ThePrint, Congress Rahul president speaks about issues surrounding the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

As Modi attacks Rajiv Gandhi, spotlight is on INS Viraat’s glorious history as naval warship

Snehesh Alex Philip -
INS Viraat, in her earlier avatar, won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 2017.

When Rajiv Gandhi had a whale of a time in Lakshadweep… and performed a ‘heroic’ act

Samyak Pandey -
During his alleged lavish holiday in December 1987, former PM Rajiv Gandhi is also said to have jumped into a lagoon and saved an injured beached whale.

TIME magazine calls Modi ‘divider in chief’, Express splashes Rajiv’s Lakshadweep holiday

Simrin Sirur -
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Modi’s claims on Rajiv’s INS Viraat holiday completely wrong, says ex-commanding officer

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha (retd) says the Gandhi family was on board for an official visit. Former Navy chiefs L. Ramdas & Arun Prakash agree with him.

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Opinion

Asiya Andrabi is no women’s rights advocate. She does not speak for Indian Muslims

Amana Begam -
International news media calling Asiya Andrabi a defender of women’s rights shows how narratives are constructed and what they choose to omit.

3 things Indian military must keep out of its reforms agenda

I was an Indian student in Melbourne and this is the daily racism I faced

Economy

Tanker with 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude shifts course from India to China midway

Udit Bubna -
The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.

Defence

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

Snehesh Alex Philip -
INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

National Interest

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

Shekhar Gupta -
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.

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