"On the request from the Lakshadweep Administration, the Southern Naval Command carried out a swift emergency medical evacuation of a two and half-year-old child with Febrile Seizure Aspiration Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure on the night of 21 Jun 23," according to a statement.
According to an official release, the ISC 'Dhruv' hosts modern state-of-the-art indigenously built simulators which will significantly enhance practical training in the Indian Navy.
The vessel, MT Xante, was on passage from UAE to Chennai. A medical distress was received by Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Mumbai from the MT Xante, it said.
INS Garuda, the premier Naval Air Station of the Southern Naval Command in Kerala's Kochi on Thursday completed 70 years of glorious service to the Indian Navy.
Southern Naval Command in a tweet stated that FNS Lorraine which recently participated in the Sudan evacuation operation was on a goodwill visit to Kochi from May 3-7.
A helicopter of the Indian Navy, with an aircrew diver, was set off on Monday for Malappuram, wherein a boat capsized drowning around 40 tourists, to assist in the ongoing rescue operations, a statement from Southern Naval Command said.
"INS Magar, the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large) of the Indian Navy laid her oars on today after serving the nation for 36 years. A solemn decommissioning ceremony was held at Naval Base in Kochi. The ship commanded by Cdr Hemant V Salunkhe was decommissioned at a sunset ceremony held at Nav
Kerala Law and Industries Minister P Rajeev and Health Minister Veena George on Sunday jointly briefed about the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram waste plant on Thursday.
"The ongoing efforts and options available for extinguishing the fire were discussed. The meeting decided to explore a flooding approach to extinguish the fire at the earliest," an official statement said.