India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy | Daily Current Affairs Dose

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Dear Aspirants, EducationBro is here with a Daily Current Affairs Dose. In this session, we will make the candidates aware of the daily current affairs topics, which will improve their general awareness, while also taking care that the candidates should not have any shortage of trending current affairs related to any country and abroad. Today’s Current Affairs topic is India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy.

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India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy | Daily Current Affairs Dose

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant handed over to Indian Navy: Maritime history was created with the Indian Navy taking delivery of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant. 

The iconic India's first Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant has been built by Cochin Shipyard.

India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant: Background

The name of India's first Aircraft Carrier was also INS Vikrant which played a vital role in the 1971 war. It was decommissioned in 1997 after 36 years of glorious service to the Navy.(inp:dd)

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Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Formation of Indian Navy: 1612, Preceded by the Royal Indian Navy 1947–1950
• Size of Indian Navy: 67,252 active personnel, 55,000 reserve personnel
• Indian Navy Part of: Indian Armed Forces
• Commander-in-Chief of Indian Navy: President Droupadi Murmu
• Chief of Defence Staff (CDS): Vacant
• Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS): Admiral R. Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS): Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade, AVSM, NM
• Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS): Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM
• Notable Commanders: Admiral S. M. Nanda, Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli,  Admiral Ram Dass Katari
• Anniversaries of India Navy (Navy Day): 4 December