CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -INS Vagir was first commissioned on November 1, 1973, and conducted numerous operations before getting decommissioned in 2001 after three decades of service. With the lowest build time among all indigenously manufactured submarines, it was again launched and named INS Vagir on November 12, 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -INS Kalvari (S21) is the first of the six indigenous Scorpène-class submarines currently in service with the Indian Navy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fifth submarine of the Project – 75, Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879 was delivered to the Indian Navy today, 20 Dec 22.

Detailed explanation-4: -Launched and named ‘Vagir’ on 12 Nov 20, the submarine in its new avatar has the distinction of having the lowest build time among all indigenously manufactured submarines till date.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution INS Shalki is India’s first indigenously built submarine. It was built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai. The length of this submarine is 211ft. It was launched in 1987 by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and was commissioned in the navy in 1992.