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Top Todays Headlines Of The Day: April 19, 2024, to start your day.

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Here are the top 10 Todays Headlines News from April 18, 2024, to start your day, including everything from the start of the Lok Sabha elections to the BCCI’s action against Hardik Pandya.

Voting begins for 1st phase of Lok Sabha elections

On Friday morning, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections got underway. In the first round of the seven-phase general elections, voters in 102 seats distributed throughout 21 states and union territories cast ballots. Young people and first-time voters are being exhorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make widespread use of their constitutional rights. Read More

The next chief of naval staff announced

The Indian government announced on Thursday night that Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will succeed Admiral R Hari Kumar, who is retiring after leading the Indian Navy for two years and five months, as the country’s next navy chief on April 30. Read More

Sensex is down 600 points, and Nifty begins below 21,850, with Wipro, Bajaj Auto, and Infosys in the spotlight.

Salman Khan House Firing Probe Reveals New Link

The police have found that the Facebook account with the name of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi, who claimed responsibility for the incident, came up three hours before the shooting. The police have found that the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the post was traced to Portugal and it is suspected the message was uploaded using a VPN. Read More

Elections for the Sikkim and Arunachal Assembly are now underway.

On Friday, voting for the 92 assembly seats in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh got underway. Elections for the first phase of the Lok Sabha are being held parallel with the 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 seats in Sikkim. Read More

The US vetoed a UN resolution on Palestine that was largely supported.

On Thursday, the United States vetoed a resolution that was overwhelmingly supported by the UN and would have allowed the state of Palestine to become a full member. Twelve members of the fifteen-member Security Council voted in favor, two abstained, and the United States opposed. Read More

Bitcoin slides below $60,000 on reports Israel strikes Iran

Following concerns of an Israeli missile assault on Iran, investors fled riskier assets, sending cryptocurrencies plunging sharply down. On Friday, bitcoin plunged below $60,000. During the Asia session, Bitcoin fell over 5.5% to $59,961 as the US dollar strengthened significantly. Ether declined similarly, falling to $2,895 from below the $3,000 threshold. Read More

Ex-McKinsey employee quits ₹1.7 crore job

A former employee of McKinsey & organization, who joined the organization in 2021 and worked there for 1.5 years, talked about his reasons for quitting, even though he was receiving a staggering ₹1.7 crore in compensation annually. “My normal workday spanned from 7.30 am to 8 am until 11.30 pm. And I didn’t take a break from my work, neglected to eat, and drastically reduced my weight,” he stated. Read More

BCCI takes action against Hardik Pandya

After the Mumbai Indians were Todays Headlines found guilty of violating the IPL Code of Conduct, Captain Hardik Pandya had to pay the consequences. at an IPL 2024 match at Mullanpur on Thursday, the MI skipper was fined ₹12 lakh for his team’s sluggish over rate against Punjab Kings. Read More

Vineeta Singh on biological clock vs career clock

Sugar CEO and Shark Tank India judge Vineeta Singh took to Instagram to share a post on the biological clock vs career clock debate. In her share, she explained her opinion and wrote, “There is no career clock”. Read more.

Civil War review is out

Alex Garland, the writer-director behind sci-fi/fantasy allegories like Men (2022), Annihilation (2018), and Ex Machina (2014), turns to the real world Todays Headlines with his latest movie – Civil War. The film follows a ragtag group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst’s Lee Smith on their way from New York to Washington in the hopes of interviewing the President. Their journey takes them through conflict zones and refugee camps, showing us the cost of this war in very real terms. Read More

Indian Navy saves a Pakistani crew from an Iranian vessel that has been seized in an Arabian Sea operation!

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In the course of a 12-hour operation in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy freed 23 citizens of Pakistan from Somali pirates. Ensuring the safety of the hijacked vessel ‘FV A1-Kambar’, INS Sumedha and INS Trishul successfully caught the pirates.

The Indian Navy conducted a 12-hour operation in the Arabian Sea on Friday, saving 23 citizens of Pakistan from Somali pirates. Early on March 29, according to ANI, the stolen vessel “FV A1-Kambar” was intercepted by the Indian Navy cruiser INS Sumedha.

To support the mission, INS Sumedha was quickly joined by INS Trishul. They initiated talks with the pirates and demanded that they surrender without a battle. With the surrender, the Indian Navy maintained the security of maritime activities in the region and won a decisive success in the war against piracy.

after the successful capture of the pirates, Indian Naval experts boarded the FV Al-Kambar to conduct thorough sanitization and seaworthiness inspections. The goal was to ensure the ship’s safety before directing it to a secure area so that its crew could return to their regular fishing operations.

As the Indian Navy responded to a potential piracy strike on an Iranian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea on Friday night, it redirected two of its ships to intercept the stolen vessel.

According to ANI sources, two Indian Naval ships were sent out for maritime security operations in the Arabian Sea after receiving the information in order to apprehend the stolen fishing vessel.

About ninety nautical miles southwest of Socotra, the Iranian vessel was reportedly boarded by nine armed pirates during the incident. On March 29, the stolen fishing vessel was apprehended.

“We remain committed to ensuring maritime security in the region and safety of seafarers, irrespective of nationalities,” the Indian Navy stated in an official statement.

It is important to remember that the Indian Navy has conducted a number of intense operations in response to piracy attacks, the most recent of which took place in the first few days of March. Nearly 2600 kilometers off the Indian Coast, the pirate ship Ruen was under attack when the navy detected it and used well-timed tactics to bring it to a stop.

With Hindustan Times News Inputs

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PM Modi’s Reply after Bulgarian President praises ‘brave’ Indian Navy for ‘MV Ruen’ rescue mission.

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Narendra Modi stated that India is dedicated to maintaining freedom of navigation while tackling piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean.

PM Modi's Reply after Bulgarian President

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that India is dedicated to defending freedom of navigation and tackling piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region, after Bulgarian President Rumen Radev congratulated him for the Indian Navy’s rescue of his country’s ship and crew.

Rumen Radev wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “My sincere gratitude to PM Narendra Modi for the brave action of the India Navy in rescuing the hijacked Bulgarian ship ‘Ruen’ and its crew, including seven Bulgarian citizens.”

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Modi replied that he liked the message.

“We are relieved that seven Bulgarian nationals are safe and will be coming home shortly. “India is committed to protecting freedom of navigation and combating piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region,” Modi stated.

Earlier on Sunday, Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister hailed India, Modi, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for successfully retrieving the hijacked MV Ruen.

“I thank the navy for a successful operation to free the hijacked vessel Ruen and its crew members, including seven Bulgarian nationals. Thank you for your support and hard work. “We continue to work together to protect the crew’s lives,” Bulgarian Minister Mariya Gabriel wrote on X. “That’s what friends are for,” Jaishankar responded.

On Saturday, the Indian Navy forced 35 pirates to surrender and successfully recovered the MV Ruen, which Somali pirates had seized on December 14, last year. The seizure of the Bulgarian-owned MV Ruen was the first time Somali pirates boarded a commercial vessel since 2017. On Saturday, all crew members were safely retrieved, with no injuries.

The Indian Navy claimed that INS Kolkata led the operation. The Navy used its P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, together with frontline ships INS Kolkata and INS Subhadra, as well as a high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle. On Saturday, the Indian Air Force’s C-17 aircraft dropped two boats alongside Indian Navy MARCOS in the Arabian Sea to support the ongoing anti-piracy effort ‘Operation Sankalp’.

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During the 40-hour rescue mission, INS Kolkata intercepted the pirate ship MV Ruen, which was under attack over 2600 kilometres from the Indian coast. Through smart maneuvers, INS Kolkata forced the pirate ship to halt its voyage.

“On March 16, INS Kolkata, a mission deployed in the Arabian Sea, intercepted the pirate ship MV Ruen, thwarting Somali pirates’ plans to capture ships sailing through the region. The commerce vessel was hijacked in December 2023 and has since been under the custody of Somali pirates, according to an Indian Navy statement.

Since December, when Somali pirates hijacked the MV Ruen 380 nautical miles east of Yemen’s Socotra island, the Indian navy has been watching it. At that time, the pirates handed over one injured Bulgarian sailor to the Indian Navy.

They then transported the MV Ruen and its 17 crew members to Somalia’s semi-autonomous province of Puntland, where the Indian navy claimed it was anchored near Bosaso.

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Qatar frees 8 Indian Navy Veterans jailed on Espionage Charges!

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Doha freed eight Indian Navy veterans who had been given death sentences in Qatar on Monday, marking a significant diplomatic win for India!

Qatar frees 8 Indian Navy

Doha freed eight Indian Navy veterans who had been given death sentences in Qatar on Monday, marking a significant diplomatic win for India.
After New Delhi’s diplomatic intervention, the death penalty was earlier commuted to a longer prison sentence. The anxious family of the Navy veterans had begged for their release and a safe return to their country, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had promised to use all diplomatic channels as well as set up legal support to get them back. 

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced in an official statement on Monday that seven of the eight former Navy officers have already returned to India.

The decision to release the veteran officers was welcomed by the Union government, which issued an official statement stating,  “The Government of India welcomes the release of eight Indian nationals working for the Dahra Global company who were detained in Qatar. Seven out of the eight of them have returned to India. We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals.”

This Article was originally published on Hindustantimes News!

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Navy Performs Second Operation in Two Days to Rescue 19 Pakistani Sailors Kidnapped by Piracy

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Ins Sumitra: According to the Indian Navy, this was the warship’s second anti-piracy operation in as many hours.

New Delhi: Indian warship INS Sumitra rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after pirates hijacked their fishing vessel off the east coast of Somalia on Monday. This was the second anti-piracy operation carried out by the warship within 36 hours, the Indian Navy said.
Eleven armed pirates climbed onto the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel FV Al Naeemi and took 19 crew members – all Pakistanis – hostage. The Navy warship intercepted the fishing vessel and coerced the pirates to release the hostages.

“Responding swiftly to the developing situation Sumitra intercepted the FV (fishing vessel) on PM 29 Jan 24 and through coercive posturing and effective deployment of her integral helo and boats compelled the safe release of the crew and the vessel,” the Navy said in a statement

The Navy personnel boarded the vessel to check on the crew.

The rescue comes a day after INS Sumitra responded to an SOS call by another Iranian-flagged fishing vessel, FV Iman, which was hijacked by Somali pirates. The vessel’s 17 Iranian crew members were rescued by the Navy.

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“INS Sumitra, over the course of less than 36 hours, through swift, persistent and relentless efforts has rescued two hijacked Fishing Vessels along with 36 Crew (17 Iranian and 19 Pakistani) in Southern Arabian Sea approximately 850 nm West of Kochi, and prevented misuse of these Fishing Vessels as Mother Ships for further acts of Piracy on Merchant Vessels,” the official statement said.

INS Sumitra is Indian Navy’s indigenous offshore patrol vessel that has been deployed for anti-piracy and maritime security operations in east of Somalia and Gulf of Aden. 

Earlier, Indian Navy’s guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam, which is currently on an anti-piracy mission, had helped extinguish a massive blaze onboard a merchant vessel after it was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday night.

This Article was originally published on ndtv!

Navy Will Be Appointing Women Agniveers On Ships Next Month

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The first batch, comprising 273 women Agniveers, will head out to their respective postings based on their profession once they complete their shore-based attachment.

Women Agniveers

New Delhi: More than 1,000 women Agniveer sailors have been inducted by the Indian Navy, and several of them are set to be deployed on board ships beginning next month, ThePrint has learnt.
Sources in the defence and security establishment said more than 700 women were part of the first two Agniveer batches. Once the third batch passes out in March, the number will go past 1,000.

The first batch, comprising 273 women Agniveers, will head out to their respective postings based on their profession within the Navy once they complete their shore-based attachment, the sources said. 

“Some of these women will then get deployed on board ships as junior-most sailors by the end of February or beginning of March this year,” a source said.

Women sailors will, however, not be deployed on submarines as of now.

On ships, the most junior sailor can be involved in different areas, including gunnery, anti-submarine warfare, communications, operations, electrical and engineering branches, systems controls, and logistics. 

They are also required to carry out sentry duties such as basic handling of small arms and firefighting.

When Agniveers pass out of their ab initio training institute — INS Chilka — they undergo a two-week mandatory ship-orientation programme. After this, they are sent to professional training establishments. They are then required to complete the shore-based attachment. 

Shore-based attachments are a type of hands-on training that the sailors undergo before being assigned postings. The ones who are not deployed on board ships carry out different shore-based duties.

The second batch of the Navy’s women Agniveers is completing its professional training. The third will pass out in March.

Women in the Navy

Agniveers are part of the Agnipath scheme launched by the central government in 2022, where men and women can join the armed forces for a period of four years.

The Indian Navy has inducted women in all branches. As of now, there are 680 women officers in the Navy.

Navy chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar, during his annual press conference in December last year, said the force had appointed its first-ever woman officer to take over the command of the warship INS Trinkat, a fast-attack craft based in the western seaboard, as part of its “all roles-all ranks” effort to deploy women in the service.

Sourced from ThePrint.

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Indian Navy Recieves First Indegenous Hermes-900 UAV From Adani And Aerospace

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According to its DG, Ajay Kumar Suri, Indian Army Aviation will receive two more in the next two to three months and deploy them in Bhatinda.

Hermes-900 UAV

The Indian Navy received the first indigenously made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ‘Drishti 10 Starliner’ from the Adani Defence and Aerospace on Wednesday, with Admiral R Hari Kumar hoping that the drone “may turn out to be a third eye in the sky” for securing maritime domain witnessing increasing challenges of conflict.

Adani Defence and Aerospace was contracted by the Ministry of Defence about ten months ago to supply four medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drones to the Indian Navy and Indian Army. Both the services will get two each in the next few months.

As per a private defence company, Drishti is an advanced surveillance and reconnaissance platform with 36 hours of endurance and 450 kg payload capacity. It’s the only all-weather military platform with NATO’s STANAG 4671 (standardised agreement 4671) certification for the UAV system’s airworthiness.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony at the Adani Adani Aerospace Park, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said the induction of the UAV will most probably happen next month after the training of the personnel handling the platform gets over January. It will now be taken from Hyderabad to Porbandar for induction into naval maritime surveillance operations shared by other platforms such as MQ-9 Sea Guardian.

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Self-Reliant Technology

Hermes-900 UAV

“This is a momentous occasion and a transformative step in India’s quest for self-reliance in ISR technology and maritime supremacy. Drishti 10’s integration will enhance our naval capabilities, strengthening our preparedness in the ever-evolving maritime surveillance and reconnaissance,” he told the gathering.

Sharing the dias with him was, among others, Indian Army Aviation DG Lt Gen Ajay Kumar Suri, Telangana Minister for IT, Electronics & Communications; Industries & Commerce and Legislative Affairs Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Jeet Adani, Vice President, Adani Enterprises, Adani Defence and Aerospace CEO Ashish Rajvanshi. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt joined the function live through video conference.

The Navy Chief stated that both the neighbours, hinting at China and Pakistan, have a large inventory the UAVs that warrant enhancing the capabilities of the armed forces. Speaking about future requirements of UAVs, he stated that the three services need 97 MALE drones. Of that, the Navy has pitched for 20 of them.

Additionally, he pointed two cases of upgrades of 6 MAL UAVs. Hari Kumar also stated that the Defence Acquisition Council has cleared a proposal to get 31 HALE UAVs, out of which 15 are for the Navy and 16 each for the Army and Air Force. India is expected to seal the deal with US defence major General Atomics to procure 31 MQ-9B Predator armed drones by March.

So far, Adani Defence and Aerospace has exported more than 20 drones to Israel. Drishti was manufactured here with 70 per cent indigenous systems in the record ten months though the entire technology is from Israel.

Jeet Adani, Vice President, Adani Enterprises, said the recent geopolitical events have reinforced the convergence of physical, informational and cognitive tactics underpinned by intelligence, information processing capabilities, use of unmanned systems and cyber systems to disseminate information and disinformation.

“Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms across land, air and naval borders are a key priority for Adani, which will help serve the needs of the Indian Armed forces and also place India on the global map for exports. We are proud to be able to serve the Indian Navy and their requirements,” Adani observed.

The Chief of Naval Staff, meanwhile, also said that in the last 40 to 42 days, 35 drone attacks took place on ships either owned or linked to Israel, mainly in the Red Sea, North Arabian Sea and Central Arabian Sea. The Indian Navy has collected samples of debris from three vessels and is examining them forensically to identify the origin of the attacks, he pointed out.

Earlier in the day, Adani Defence and Aerospace CEO, described the handing over of Drishti as a “watershed moment in our journey towards self-sufficiency and indigenisation of advanced technologies”.

Indian Army Aviation DG Lt General Suri said they hope to get two UAVs in the next two to three months and would be deployed in Bhatinda.

This article is part of Indiandefensenews.in publication!

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The Indian Navy Foiled Hijacking Attempt On A Liberia-flagged Vessel In North Arabian Sea

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The merchant vessel – MV Lila Norfolk – sent a message on the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) portal, indicating that it had been boarded Thursday evening by five-six unknown armed personnel.

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The Indian Navy warship INS Chennai — a Kolkata Class stealth guided-missile destroyer on an anti-piracy patrol — intercepted the vessel at 3.15 pm on Friday.

The Indian Navy on Friday foiled a hijacking attempt on a Liberia-flagged vessel in the North Arabian Sea which had a crew of 21, including 15 Indians on board.

In a video shared by the Indian Navy, the Indian Navy’s marine commandos (MARCOS) were seen carrying out “sanitisation” operations after intercepting MV Lila Norfolk.

The crew members, locked inside the citadel of the vessel, were safely evacuated — a citadel refers to a designated area in a ship where the crew can seek protection in the event of a hijacking.

#IndianNavy’s Swift Response to the Hijacking Attempt of MV Lila Norfolk in the North Arabian Sea.
All 21 crew (incl #15Indians) onboard safely evacuated from the citadel.

Sanitisation by MARCOs has confirmed absence of the hijackers.

The attempt of hijacking by the pirates… https://t.co/OvudB0A8VV pic.twitter.com/616q7avNjg

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 5, 2024

The merchant vessel – MV Lila Norfolk – sent a message on the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) portal, indicating that it had been boarded Thursday evening by five-six unknown armed personnel.

The Indian Navy warship INS Chennai — a Kolkata Class stealth guided-missile destroyer on an anti-piracy patrol — intercepted the vessel at 3.15 pm on Friday.

In another video INS Chennai is seen intercepting the hijacked vessel. According to the Indian Navy their aircraft flew over MV Lila Norfolk early Friday morning. It established contact and ascertained the safety of the crew.

The INS Chennai which was on anti-piracy patrolling duty, was then diverted to assist the vessel.

The Navy also said that INS Chennai helped restore power and propulsion to MV Lila Norfolk and commence her voyage to next port of call.

This is the latest in a series of recent maritime incidents in the Arabian Sea. In December, the Indian Navy, responding to a piracy incident, had assisted a Malta-flagged vessel, MV Ruen, in the Arabian Sea, around 700 nautical miles from the Indian coast.

– With direct inputs from Indian Express!

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