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Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked Navy Day by praising the Indian Navy’s courage, modernisation and role in protecting India’s maritime interests. A large-scale demonstration off Kerala showcased the Navy’s expanding capabilities, witnessed by President Droupadi Murmu.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged global defence majors to partner with India’s rapidly expanding shipbuilding sector, highlighting its integrated design-to-delivery ecosystem. He said flagship projects, high indigenous content and policy reforms position India as a future global maritime hub
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Islamabad’s move to acquire Chinese-built advanced Hangor-class submarines should prompt India to accelerate its efforts to enhance anti-submarine warfare capabilities
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Exercise Trishul, a major tri-service drill involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force, concluded with the amphibious Amphex 2025 operation off Gujarat’s coast. Top commanders said the exercise set new benchmarks in jointness, interoperability, and combat readines
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali aboard India’s first home-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off Goa, witnessing fighter jet operations, cultural performances, and a warship steam-past, lauding the Navy’s dedication and describing the experience as a special Diwali spent among servicemen
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PM Modi praised the extraordinary coordination among the three services during Operation Sindoor, which compelled Pakistan to surrender. Addressing Navy personnel on INS Vikrant, he lauded armed forces’ valour and highlighted India’s progress against Maoist violence and defence self-reliance
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The sealing of the mega deal came three weeks after the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the procurement
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The bell was on the first INS Vikrant in 1961 after India bought a British-origin aircraft carrier HMS Hercules and gave it an Indian name
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Consistent progress in indigenisation of weaponry is in line with the mission to become self-reliant, reduce dependence on imports
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The Prime Minister on Friday commissioned the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited here in Kochi -- a significant step of the Central government towards self-reliance in the defence sector.
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Given the rapidly changing security scenario, India needs to carry out military modernisation at a much faster pace
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The aircraft carrier keel was laid in 2009 during UPA government and was launched during that period, he Congress said.
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Ahead of the commissioning, PM Modi received the Guard of Honour at the Shipyard recieved a Guard of Honour as he arrived for the Commissioning ceremony.
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The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier is named after its illustrious predecessor, India's first Aircraft Carrier which had played a vital role in the 1971 war.
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Hyderabad: Recently, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) 1, which will be called INS Vikrant once it enters service with the Indian Navy, began another set of sea trials. INS Vikrant is the largest and most complex warship to be built in India… About Aircraft Carrier: An aircraft carrier is “a large ship that carries military […]
