{"id":66755,"date":"2026-10-12T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66755"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:12:16","slug":"exercise-konkan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-konkan\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise KONKAN-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Exercise KONKAN-2026\u00a0 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Navy\u2019s guided missile stealth frigate INS Trishul is scheduled to participate in Exercise KONKAN-26 which is to be conducted in Plymouth, United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise KONKAN-2026 \u00a0 <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>annual bilateral maritime exercise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducted between <\/span><b>India and the United Kingdom (UK).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is fostering <\/span><b>enhanced interoperability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and mutual understanding in <\/span><b>maritime operations between the two Navies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Phases:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The exercise is being conducted off Plymouth, UK, <\/span><b>in two phases.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Harbour Phase:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes a broad spectrum of professional interactions, cross-deck visits, sports fixtures, cultural engagements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sea Phase:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will encompass complex maritime operational drills across all three domains \u2013 <\/span><b>air, surface and sub-surface.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise is a reaffirmation of the shared commitment to ensuring <\/span><b>secure, open and free seas and exemplifies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership outlined in the India-UK Vision 2035.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise stands as a testament to the enduring bonds between the Indian and UK Navies and their shared commitment to maritime peace and security.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2321915&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise KONKAN is a bilateral naval exercise between the Indian Navy and Royal Navy of UK. Read more about Exercise KONKAN-25, Significance, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":128567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10825,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-66755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-exercise-konkan-2026","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66755","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128643,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66755\/revisions\/128643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}