Notably, MV Chem Pluto, with 20 Indian and one Vietnamese crew member, caught fire on Saturday after it was attacked by a suspected drone. It was later secured by the Indian Coast Guard.
The Haryana government is harnessing the potential of drone technology across diverse sectors, including mapping lands, fighting crime, and boosting agriculture, which will revolutionise agricultural practices and governance strategy.
The President was addressing the officers of the Indian Statistical Service. Probationers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, the Indian Revenue Service (customs and indirect taxes), and the Indian Statistical Service called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
President Droupadi Murmu nominated Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as Executive Chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
Speaking to ANI about the newly commissioned warship, the Navy Chief said, "The name Imphal is very significant. This is the first time we are naming a major warship after a city in the Northeast of Bharat."
The government has taken the recent drone attack on a ship in the Arabian Sea very seriously, and, whoever carried out the strike will be tracked down and dealt with, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Dense fog continues to disrupt normal life in the valley as the minimum temperature was recorded at minus three degrees Celsius in Srinagar on Monday night.
The Border Security Force (BSF) informed on Tuesday that its personnel have either successfully shot down or recovered 100 Pakistani drones, through which attempts were made to smuggle narcotics, arms and ammunition into Indian territory, to date.