{"id":6805,"date":"2023-03-29T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T02:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:34:36","slug":"ins-sumedha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-sumedha\/","title":{"rendered":"INS SUMEDHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About INS SUMEDHA:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>INS Sumedha is an indigenously built <strong>Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel<\/strong> deployed for multiple roles independently and in support of Fleet Operations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is part of the Indian Navy&#8217;s Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam and functions under the operational command of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, <strong>Eastern Naval Command.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>third ship of the indigenous<\/strong> Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) Project to be inducted into the Indian Navy.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The ship has been <strong>designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The primary role of the ship is to <strong>undertake EEZ surveillance<\/strong>, <strong>anti-piracy patrols<\/strong>, fleet support operations, provide maritime security to offshore assets and carry out escort operations for high-value assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is an Exclusive Economic zone (EEZ)?<\/h3>\n<p>An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as defined under the UNCLOS, is an area of the ocean extending up to 200 nautical miles (370 km) immediately offshore from a country\u2019s land coast in which that country retains exclusive rights to the exploration and exploitation of natural resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1911423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PORT VISIT OF INS SUMEDHA AT ALGIERS<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Sumedha is an indigenously built Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel deployed for multiple roles independently and in support of Fleet Operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6805","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\/6805","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=6805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}