{"id":105868,"date":"2026-05-30T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=105868"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:20:07","slug":"lokayan-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lokayan-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Lokayan 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lokayan 26 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, INS Sudarshini visited Antigua after successfully completing a historic trans-Atlantic passage as part of the ongoing Lokayan 26 expedition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lokayan 26<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>10-month transoceanic expedition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>INS Sudarshini ship.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will sail over <\/span><b>22,000 nautical miles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, visiting <\/span><b>18 foreign ports across 13 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the course of the voyage, over 200 Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard trainees will undergo intensive sail training, gaining invaluable experience in long-range ocean navigation and traditional seamanship at sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will strengthen India\u2019s maritime cooperation and <\/span><b>advance the vision of MAHASAGAR.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about\u00a0 INS Sudarshini<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an indigenously built <\/span><b>Sail Training Ship (STS).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built by <\/span><b>Goa Shipyard Limited and based at Kochi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kerala under the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was successfully built and was <\/span><b>commissioned on 27 Jan. 2012.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of using such ships is to <\/span><b>make sailors sea-friendly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as they are taught how to survive alone at sea, understand rough weather conditions and train themselves to become good sailors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a very high endurance and can be deployed at sea continuously <\/span><b>for a period of twenty days.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/ins-sudarshini-arrives-at-antigua-after-historic-trans-atlantic-passage-under-lokayan-26-expedition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lokayan 26 is a 10-month transoceanic expedition of INS Sudarshini ship. 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