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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicNavy officials

Topic: Navy officials

Merchant vessel with Indian crew hijacked in Arabian Sea, Indian Navy operation on

A maritime patrol aircraft was launched and the INS Chennai, deployed for maritime security operations, has been diverted to assist the vessel.

Navy unveils new Shivaji-inspired epaulettes for admirals, says it’s ‘freedom from colonial mentality’

The change in design of epaulettes for senior Navy officers was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Navy Day celebrations in Sindhudurg earlier this month.

Jaishankar meets families of ex-Navy men on death row in Qatar, says govt will work to free them

While charges against the 8 men have not been made public, sources have said allegations include charges of 'spying'.

On Camera

Awami League desperately needs new leadership. It’s looking for it in wrong places

What Awami League needs now is not an answer to who will succeed Hasina or even a debate on whether Hasina should return to Bangladesh, but a new leadership on the ground.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.