Exercise SALVEX: Indian, US navies conduct joint ordnance-disposal drill at Kochi

New Delhi: Indian and the United States’ navies conducted their seventh edition Salvage and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise, SALVEX from June 26 June to July 6 at Kochi in Kerala. The two navies have been participating in joint ...

INS Nireekshak awarded on-the-spot Navy chief’s Unit Citation for undertaking challenging deep-sea diving and salvage operations

Admiral R Hari Kumar interacting with officers and sailors on board INS Nireekshak. (Photo: Indian Navy)Kochi: The chief of the naval staff, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar visited INS Nireekshak at Kochi, on Monday, where, impressed by the ship and...

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade assumes charge as new vice chief of Indian Navy

New Delhi: Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, a navigation and direction specialist, on Saturday assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Navy.Admiral Ghormade has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Navy that included comma...

Indian Navy: INS Nireekshak joins rescue operations for sunken Mauritian tug

New Delhi: Indian Navy’s INS Nireekshak has joined the Mauritius’ National Coast Guard in search and salvage of the Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) Tug Sir Gaetan Duval.The diving team confirmed the location of the wreck on September 3, un...

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade assumes charge of Eastern Naval Command chief

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade on Thursday assumed the charge as Visakhapatnam-based Eastern Naval Command’s chief. The Flag Officer was commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 1, 1984. He is a graduate of National Defence Academy (NDA),...