Vice Admiral Srikant died due to COVID-19-related complications on Tuesday. The vice admiral, the Navy's senior-most submariner, was due to retire on December 31.
Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the cabinet has approved a provision of submarine optical fibre cable connectivity in 11 islands of Lakshadweep.
The submarines, designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS, are being built as part of Indian Navy's Project-75.
Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Shripad Naik launched 5th Scorpene class submarine 'Vagir' of Project 75 in Arabian sea waters on November 12.
South Korea will launch a new 3,000-tonne indigenous submarine featuring advanced combat and sonar systems on Tuesday, the Navy said.
A 8,100-km long submarine optical submarine cable project will connect Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and India (Mumbai and Chennai) to build MIST Cable System (Myanmar/Malaysia India Singapore Transit).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair, which will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecommunication services to the islands, on par with other parts of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Chennai-Andaman and Nicobar Island Submarine Cable System, which will provide better connectivity to the archipelago.
China has sent a nuclear submarine in the Indian Ocean. Here is how the Indian Navy prepares to counter it.
The shortlisted Indian entities to construct the submarines, being billed as one of biggest 'Make in India' projects, are L&T group and state-owned Mazagaon Docks Ltd (MDL), official sources said.
The test fire of 3,500-kilometre range ballistic missile known as K-4 from a nuclear capable submarine was successful, sources in Defence Research and Development Organsiation (DRDO) said on Sunday.
Internet services were disrupted across Pakistan on Tuesday due to a fault in international submarine cables that connect the country with the world.
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