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Watch: “Historic Day” – PM Modi Shares INS Vikrant Commissioning Video

INS Vikrant is built at the cost of around Rs 20,000 crore.(File)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a video of the commissioning of INS Vikrant into the Indian Navy and said that he can't express the feeling of pride in words.PM Modi on Friday commissioned the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited here in Kochi -- a significant step of the central government towards self-reliance in the defence sector.Sharing the video on his Twitter handle, PM Modi wrote, "A historic day for India! The feeling of pride when I was aboard INS Vikrant yesterday cannot be expressed in words."A historic day for India!Words will not be able to describe the feeling of pride when I was on board INS Vikrant yesterday. pic.twitter.co...
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LIVE: INS Vikrant, First India-Made Aircraft Carrier, To Be Commissioned Today

INS Vikrant live updates: The wraship has completed a year of sea trials.INS Vikrant, India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, will be commissioned today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Cochin Shipyard. The 45,000-tonne warship, the largest ever to be built in the country, has completed a year of sea trials. The cost of building the warship was Rs 20,000 crore. Besides, the Prime Minister will also unveil the new Naval Ensign today.Here are the Live Updates on INS Vikrant:Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.Here's How Massive INS Vikrant Is - 2 Football Fields End To End, 18 Floors HighINS Vikrant, the largest warship to be built in India set to be commissioned today, is 262 metres long and 62 metres wide. To put its size in fi...
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INS Vikrant, 1st India-Made Aircraft Carrier, To Be Commissioned Today: 10 Points

INS Vikrant, in the beginning, will have MiG fighters and some choppers.New Delhi: INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft carrier, will be formally commissioned today after completing almost a year of sea trials. The 45,000-tonne warship has been built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. Here are top 10 developments in this big story:The aircraft carrier will be commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Cochin Shipyard. During the event, PM Modi will also unveil the new Naval Ensign. The Navy had earlier said the new insignia will be befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage.At 262 metres long and 62 metres wide, INS Vikrant is the largest warship to be built in India. It can have 30 aircraft on board, including MiG-29K fighter jets and h...
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Vikrant, India’s First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier: This Is What’s On Board

INS Vikrant will be commissioned on Friday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.New Delhi: India will formally commission its first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, the culmination of 17 years of construction and tests as the country seeks to catch up with China and its far larger naval fleet.The INS Vikrant however will not have its own fleet of fighter jets on deck and instead will rely on a few Russian-designed aircraft borrowed from India's only other carrier, the INS Vikramaditya.France's Dassault and Boeing are locked in a race to provide the government with over two dozen jets earmarked for the Vikrant, a 262 metre-long vessel built at the state-run Cochin Shipyard.The Navy and Defence Ministry did not respond to questions from Reuters.Designed by the Navy, the carrier is the la...