PM Modi commissions first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant | Daily Current Affairs Dose

PM Modi commissions first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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PM Modi commissions first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant | Daily Current Affairs Dose

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the first indigenous aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant in Kochi Kerala. During the event, the Prime Minister also unveiled the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage.

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

INS Vikrant is designed by Indian Navy's in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Vikrant has been built with with state of the art automation features and is the largest ship ever built in maritime history of India.

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The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier is named after her illustrious predecessor, India’s first Aircraft Carrier which had played a vital role in the 1971 war. It has a large number of indigenous equipment and machinery, involving major industrial houses in the country as well as over 100 MSMEs. With the commissioning of Vikrant, India will have two operational Aircraft Carriers, which will bolster the maritime security of the nation.

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• President of India: Droupadi Murmu 
• Vice President of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar
• Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi 
• Chief Justice of India: Uday Umesh Lalit 
• Lok Sabha Speaker of India: Om Birla 
• Capital of India: New Delhi 
• Largest city of India: Mumbai 
• Official languages of India: Hindi / English 
• Currency of India: Indian rupee (₹) (INR) 
• Total Population of India 2018 estimate: Neutral increase 1,352,642,280