CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -INS Rajali, also informally known as Arakkonam Naval Air Station, (IATA: N/A, ICAO: VOAR) is an Indian naval air station located near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It operates under the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy and has the longest military runway in Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -INS Garuda (ICAO: VOCC), is an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, in the state of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-3: -Commodore Kapil Mehta assumed command of INAS Rajali, Arakkonam on 22 December 2022. He is an alumnus of INA, Goa, DSSC Wellington, NWC Goa and NDC, New Delhi. The officer was commissioned in Indian Navy on 01 January 1995.