2 Naval Women Officers Complete Circumnavigation of the World; Rajnath Singh Praises Them

2 naval women officers complete circumnavigation of the world; Rajnath Singh praises them

Sailing aboard INSV Tarini, Lt Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A became the first Indian women to complete a double-handed circumnavigation of the world

Two women officers of the Indian Navy, Lieutenant Commander Rupa A and Lieutenant Commander Dilna K, completed a 50,000 kilometer sea voyage by boat under 'Navika Sagar Parikrama'. During this eight-month journey, they faced various challenges while crossing three oceans and four continents without engine and technical support.

'Women Pilots Instrumental During Op Sindoor': Rajnath Singh Hails Nari Shakti

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised 'Nari Shakti' for their key role in Operation Sindoor, where women pilots and soldiers targeted terror sites in Pakistan and PoK.

Breaking Barriers: Lt Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A Complete Indian Navy’s First All-Women 239-Day Circumnavigation - The Logical Indian

Lt Commanders Dilna K, from Kozhikode, Kerala, and Roopa A, from Tamil Nadu, have made history as the first Indian women to complete a double-handed circumnavigation of the globe aboard INSV Tarini. Their extraordinary 238-day voyage, spanning over 25,400 nautical miles and traversing some of the world’s most challenging waters, ended with a hero’s welcome at Goa’s Mormugao Port on 29 May 2025. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, present at the flag…

Indian Navy's women officers complete historic global sailing voyage

A standout achievement came when INSV Tarini became the first sailing vessel to cross Point Nemo — the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility — in the remote South Pacific.

'Military equipment got war-tested': DRDO chief says defence exports to go up after Op Sindoor

New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat on Thursday said he was hopeful that defence exports will increase after Operation Sindoor as indigenous military equipment has got "war-tested". Interacting with reporters on the sidelines of the CII Summit here, he also spoke about the recent clearance given by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to the "execution model" to design and produce India's ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter jet …