The dramatic rescue unfolded in the early hours of March 29, 2024, when the Indian Navy warship INS Sumedha intercepted the hijacked vessel, FV Al-Kambar, as it was being held captive by pirates.
The Indian Navy and Nagapattinam District Collector Johny Tom Varghese held a campaign on Friday to create awareness for 100% polling in the district for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The Indian Navy has responded to a potential piracy attack at an Iranian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, and two naval ships were diverted to intercept the hijacked vessel on Friday.
The ICG ship which arrived at the port on Monday, is on an overseas deployment to ASEAN countries namely the Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei from 25 March to 12 April 2024 and is the third in a row by the Indian Coast Guard to ASEAN countries. Earlier in the year 2023, ICG Pollution Control
Following the Exercise Tiger Triumph, the Surface Warfare Officer on the USS Somerset, Brnjic, expressed their happiness to spend time in Visakhapatnam with Indian Navy personnel, adding that they learned a lot from them.
The Western Seaboard witnessed eight submarines operating together in a recently concluded exercise in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating their high levels of operation readiness, officials said on Monday.