{"id":5560,"date":"2019-08-29T07:40:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T07:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2019-08-29T07:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T07:40:20","slug":"indian-naval-ship-tarkash-made-a-port-call-at-dakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indian-naval-ship-tarkash-made-a-port-call-at-dakar\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made a port call at Dakar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of Indian Navy&#8217;s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made a port call at Dakar, Senegal on 27 Aug 19 for a three day visit. The ship is part of the Indian Navy&#8217;s Western Fleet and under the Operational Command of Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, based at Mumbai. The port call is a demonstration of India&#8217;s warm ties with Senegal. INS Tarkash, commanded by Captain Sathish Vasudev, is one of the most potent frontline frigates of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the port call, various dignitaries and government\nofficials of Senegal are scheduled to visit the ship. Professional interactions\nare planned with the Senegalese Navy towards further enhancing co-operation\nbetween the two countries. In addition to social engagements and sports event,\nbest practices will also be shared between the two Navies. Tarkash will also\nundertake a Passage Exercise at sea with ships of the Senegalese Navy on 30 Aug\n19, which will enhance interoperability between both navies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal and India have traditionally enjoyed warm and\nfriendly relations, sharing common values of democracy, development and\nsecularism. A number of bilateral arrangements for defence co-operation and\ncultural exchange exist between the two countries. The Indian Armed Forces also\nconduct various training courses for personnel of the Senegalese Armed Forces\nat Defence Training Institutions in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Navy ships are regularly deployed overseas as part of\nIndian Navy&#8217;s mission of building &#8216;bridges of friendship&#8217; and strengthening international\ncooperation with friendly countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Indian Navy&#8217;s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made a port call at Dakar, Senegal on 27 Aug 19 for a three day visit. The ship is part of the Indian Navy&#8217;s Western Fleet and under the Operational Command of Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[257,662],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-5560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-indian-navy","tag-tarkash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5562,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions\/5562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5560"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=5560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}