Looking resplendent in her colourful buntings, the 143 metre long Frigate slipped into the warm waters of the Arabian Sea amidst the strains of `Saare Jahan Se Acha....'
The Met department had earlier forecast the onset of monsoon over Kerala on May 24, over a week ahead of its scheduled arrival on June 1.
The missile was fired by frontline corvette INS Prabal as part of a mega naval drill involving aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and a number of warships, attack helicopters, aircraft and other assets of the navy.
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The navy said the missile hit the target at maximum range with precise accuracy.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has received Rs 864 crore (Rs 8.64 billion) in final settlement of an insurance claim for the oil facility at Mumbai High that was gutted in a fire in July 2005.
This is the eighth in a series of such exercises.
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China said that military cooperation should be "conducive" to regional peace and stability.
Two US warships and a nuclear submarine will join the 'Malabar' series of exercises along with Indian Navy frigates and a German-made 'Shishumar' class HDW submarine.
"Conditions are favourable for dust storms over Delhi and nearby areas. We are expecting a fall in temperatures," Dr R D Singh of the Indian Meteorology Department said.
In July last year, a vessel collided with the Mumbai High platform, killing 26 people and destroying the platform.
Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel and Jaipur's Oberoi Raj Vilas have made it to the world's best hotels' list compiled by Conde Naste Traveller.
Seven others were killed when their plane hurtled into the Arabian Sea shortly after takeoff from Karachi.
India also went on an overdrive in expanding its military engagement with like-minded countries in its neighbourhood and beyond in the face of China's relentless attempts to become a regional hegemon and establish its primacy in South Asia.
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The very severe cyclonic storm Nilofar has weakened into a severe cyclonic storm ahead of making landfall at the northern Gujarat coast and adjoining Pakistani coast around Naliya by Thursday night.
The hull of INS Agray, which is part of the Navy's anti-submarine warfare squadron, was damaged resulting in flooding of the ship's engine room.
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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency on Saturday apprehended 18 fishermen from Gujarat along with their three boats near Jakhau port off the state coast, an office-bearer of a fishermen association claimed.
"All the six are fine but exhausted from their journey. The seven remaining will reach anytime now," Sub-inspector N V Patel of the Okha police station said.
For the first time, the MiG-29K fighter aircraft undertook night landing on indigenously-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, a feat described by the Indian Navy as a 'historic milestone'.
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Four persons were killed when strong winds and rains hit parts of Gujarat as a result of the cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea.
Prime Minister Sharif will be visiting Beijing with a high-powered delegation from November 1, 2022, where minutes of the joint coordination committee meeting will be signed.
The US remained "watchful" over developments along India's frontier with China as it cannot take its eyes off the regional security issues, a senior American official said on Wednesday against the backdrop of the over 29-month border standoff in eastern Ladakh that has significantly frayed ties between the two neighbours.
R M Murthy was among the 29 persons on board a helicopter, which plunged into the Arabian Sea.
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