{"id":31717,"date":"2025-04-04T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T06:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31717"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:43:05","slug":"exercise-indra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-indra\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise INDRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Exercise INDRA Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India and Russia have commenced a six-day naval exercise, &#8216;Indra&#8217;, off the coast of Chennai, involving sophisticated maritime drills and live weapon firings.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise INDRA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>India &#8211; Russia bilateral naval exercise.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Since its <strong>inception in 2003<\/strong>, Exercise Indra has epitomised the long-term strategic relationship between the Indian and Russian navies.<\/li>\n<li>The exercise has evolved into a symbol of maritime cooperation, showcasing the two nations&#8217; commitment to enhancing naval interoperability and operational synergy.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>INDRA 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>14th edition<\/strong> of the exercise.<\/li>\n<li>The exercise is being conducted in two phases: <strong>Harbour phase at Chennai<\/strong> and <strong>Sea phase in the Bay of Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Harbour Phase included an opening ceremony, Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEEs), reciprocal visits, sports fixtures, and pre-sail briefings between personnel from both navies.<\/li>\n<li>The sea phase of the exercise will witness advanced naval drills, including tactical manoeuvres, live weapon firings, anti-air operations, underway replenishment, helicopter cross-deck landings, and exchange of sea riders.<\/li>\n<li>It is witnessing participation of Russian naval ships &#8212; Pechanga, Rezkiy, and Aldar Tsydenzhapov.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Indian Navy has deployed its warships Rana, Kuthar, and maritime patrol aircraft P8l.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Exercise INDRA FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is Exercise INDRA?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A bilateral naval exercise between India and Russia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. When was Exercise INDRA first conducted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 2003<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the main objective of Exercise INDRA?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. To enhance naval interoperability and operational synergy between India and Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/india-russia-kick-start-6-day-naval-exercise\/articleshow\/119666406.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise INDRA is a bilateral naval exercise between India and Russia, aimed at enhancing military cooperation, interoperability, and maritime security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}