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Topic: NAVY

Why lakhs of merchant navy sailors are stuck at sea because of India’s virus surge

Singapore: Hundreds of thousands of seafarers risk being stuck at sea beyond the expiry of their contracts because of India’s surging coronavirus outbreak, according...

Fighting Covid? Learn from the armed forces as nearly 100% personnel vaccinated already

At a time when the rest of the country is struggling on the Covid vaccination front, over 97% defence personnel have received the first dose and nearly 76% have got both the shots.

Quad navies can come together if needed in almost ‘plug and play’ manner, Navy chief says

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh highlighted the immense interoperability between the navies of the Quad grouping.

Navy personnel could now miss out on promotions and awards if they fail fitness tests

Navy has set new guidelines with revised fitness parameters for its personnel. It will be applicable to both male and female personnel from this month.

Faced with budget crunch, Navy could relook at long-term modernisation plans, lease vessels

Navy had planned to become a 200-warship force. It cut down this number to 175. Security circumstances may now lead the Navy to recalibrate capital procurements.

Army, Navy, IAF to jointly train for nuclear biological chemical warfare and intelligence

Integrated Defence Staff headquarters has planned joint tri-services institutes for training in select subjects at existing institutes.

Budget again shows Navy is India’s forgotten Service. While China marches to 2049 mega plan

Budget 2021-22 has again put the Navy on the sidelines of Indian defence planning and strategy. While China has its plans clear.

Why India needs two maritime theatres of command, not one

Bay of Bengal to Arabian Sea, the waters that surround India have distinct geographies and politics. Indian military’s most significant reform can’t skip that fact.

Jaswant Singh Gill — Singapore’s first Navy commander and son of a Punjab farmer

Jaswant Singh Gill, who emigrated from Punjab to Singapore with his uncle when he was 6 years old, died Saturday at the age of 97.

Border tensions a challenge to defence resources, but govt will ensure success, Rajnath says

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says a realistic assessment of resources is required and the available budget should be efficiently utilised to address all challenges.

On Camera

Why Indian and American Hindus must adapt in a proselytising world

Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete with the major Abrahamic sects.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.