{"id":129757,"date":"2021-08-30T18:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=129757"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:25:15","slug":"defence-minister-dedicates-to-the-nation-indigenously-built-indian-coast-guard-ship-vigraha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/defence-minister-dedicates-to-the-nation-indigenously-built-indian-coast-guard-ship-vigraha\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Minister dedicates to the Nation Indigenously built Indian Coast Guard Ship &#8216;Vigraha&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article &#8220;Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh dedicates to the Nation Indigeneously built Indian Coast Guard Ship &#8216;Vigraha'&#8221; published in PIB on 28th August 2021.<\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Defence Minister has <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commissioned the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)&#8217;s offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Vigraha.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About ICGS Vigraha:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vigraha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an indigenously built Indian Coast Guard(ICG)&#8217;s offshore patrol vessel (OPV).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Built by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has been designed and built by M\/s Larsen &amp; Toubro Shipbuilding Ltd.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Based at:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ship will be based at Visakhapatnam and operate on India&#8217;s Eastern Seaboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Key Features:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Communication Technology: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is equipped with advanced radars. The sensors and machinery present in the ship make it capable of operating in tropical sea conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Carrying Capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ship has been designed to carry one twin-engine helicopter and four high-speed boats for the purpose of boarding operation, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Climate Sensitive: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The design of the vessel is also climate-sensitive. The ship is capable of carrying &#8220;<strong>pollution response equipment&#8221; to contain oil spills<\/strong> at sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article &#8220;Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh dedicates to the Nation Indigeneously built Indian Coast Guard Ship &#8216;Vigraha&#8217;&#8221; published in PIB on 28th August 2021. What is the News? The Defence Minister has commissioned the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)&#8217;s offshore patrol vessel (OPV) Vigraha. About ICGS Vigraha: Vigraha is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/defence-minister-dedicates-to-the-nation-indigenously-built-indian-coast-guard-ship-vigraha\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Defence Minister dedicates to the Nation Indigenously built Indian Coast Guard Ship &#8216;Vigraha&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1255,9420],"class_list":["post-129757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-defence-technology","tag-indian-coast-guard-ship-vigraha","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704753902},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}