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INS Vikrant commissioned: Jaishankar, who is here on a three-day visit to the UAE, said India has been a reliable first responder and a growing contributor to global commons.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that INS Vikrant is not only an expression of new India but an assurance of greater capabilities for national security and global good.

As the Indian Navy gets a new ensign today, a look back at the existing flag's colonial heritage and the British traditions which remain with the services.

India has commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier amid growing concerns over China's assertiveness in the region.

With the commissioning of INS Vikrant, India now has two operational aircraft carriers to bolster maritime security, the other being INS Vikramaditya.

Other headlines: Sexual assault accused Lingayat seer sent to police custody till September 5, and Narendra Modi commissioned INS Vikrant.

As a strong proponent of Aatmanirbharta, especially in strategic sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Kerala on September 1-2, said officials on Thursday. PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Multiple Development Projects in Karnataka and Kerala Tomorrow.

Questions of employability aside, the eye-watering cost of a new aircraft carrier has become increasingly difficult to justify given the existing materiel shortfall within the Navy and Air Force in the face of ever-shrinking defence budgets.

PM Modi to commission INS Vikrant: PM Modi to launch INS Vikrant: INS Vikrant has been developed with indigenous state-of-the-art automatic equipment built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore at the Cochin Shipyard.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on September 2.