CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Two new fast interceptor crafts will be inducted in the Indian Navy’s Bengal area, taking its total fleet strength at Kolkata to eight.

Detailed explanation-2: -Currently, the coastal security of India is governed by a three-tiered structure. The Indian Navy patrols the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), while the Indian Coast Guard is mandated to do patrolling and surveillance up to 200 nautical miles (i.e., EEZ).

Detailed explanation-3: -On 12 February 1944 the Japanese submarine RO-110 was depth charged and sunk east-south-east off Visakhapatnam, India by the Indian sloop HMIS Jumna and the Australian minesweepers HMAS Launceston and HMAS Ipswich (J186).

Detailed explanation-4: -HMIS Indus was sunk by a Japanese aircraft during the Burma Campaign on 6 April 1942.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Indian Navy It is headed by the Chief of the Naval Staff or the CNS. He is of the rank of Admiral and has his headquarters at New Delhi. The Southern Naval Command is the Training Command at Kochi.