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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
TopicNAVY CHIEF

Topic: NAVY CHIEF

Navy chief says drones, mines threatening choke points like Hormuz without as much as formal blockade

Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, India’s Chief of Naval Staff, also highlighted that info warfare has led to creation of new global choke points including undersea cables and its associated infra.

‘Committed to joint command, control, combat capability & theaterisation’—Navy chief

Mhow: The Navy is committed to synergising its command control, communications and combat capability with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force with...

India invites Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto as 2025 Republic Day chief guest

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi set to travel to Indonesia for a four-day official visit Sunday. India also hopes to sell BrahMos missiles to Jakarta.

Surprised by Pakistan’s naval expansion, it’s choosing weapons over welfare, says Navy chief

Indian Navy is tweaking operational plans to take into account Pakistan's naval expansion, which is being supported by China, says Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi.

INS Brahmaputra now ‘righted’, extent of damage being assessed after fire, says Navy Chief

The frigate caught fire in July while undergoing a refit at Mumbai dockyard; a seaman went missing and was later reported dead.

Navy to ink Rafale M & additional Scorpene submarines deal by next month, says Navy chief

3 new Scorpène submarines are being built by Mazagon Dock Shipyard in partnership with France's Naval Group. Acquisition of Rafale M aircraft is under Inter-Governmental Agreement.

Examining trajectory that missile took: Navy chief Admiral Tripathi on K4 test

While India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) operates INS Arihant with a K-15 SLBM, its range is only 750 km. K-4 has a range of nearly 3,500 km.

Navy chief Dinesh Tripathi flags ‘belligerent bullying’ in South China Sea, without naming China

Delivering a lecture in New Delhi, Dinesh Tripathi says niche and disruptive technologies are now changing the character of warfare.

Indian Navy Chief to embark on four-day visit to Bangladesh on 1 July

Four-day visit aims to strengthen bilateral defense ties, explore naval cooperation.

Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi takes over as Navy chief — challenges include changing warfare, China

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Admiral Tripathi was commissioned on 1 July, 1985 into the Executive Branch of the Navy.

On Camera

The rupee must fall harder and faster. It’s the path that will lead India to prosperity

The lesson we seem to have learnt is that we should not bother with exporting goods if our remittances and service exports can help us keep our current account deficit modest.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.