CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Navy has launched the Operation Sankalp in the Gulf region on June 19, 2019 in the aftermath of deteriorating security situation in the region, following attacks on merchant ships in Gulf of Oman. It was started to ensure safe passage of Indian Flag Vessels passing through Strait of Hormuz.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operation Sankalp was initiated on 19 June 2019, by the Indian Navy. To ensure the safety and security of Indian vessels, the Indian Navy has initiated ‘Operation Sankalp’ in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Navy stands committed to protection of the nation’s Maritime Interests. Indian Navy’s stealth Frigate, INS Talwar is presently deployed for Op Sankalp commemorating the 3rd continuous year of Indian Navy’s presence in the Gulf for protection of India’s Maritime Interests.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Navy’s Operation Sankalp has provided safe passage to an average of 16 Indian-flagged merchant vessels in the Gulf region every day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aim is to make India an indigenous ship building hub: RM. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 18, 2022.