<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″>Source – The Hindu</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″>GS Paper – 3</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#333333″>Context – </span></span></b><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#222222″>India will deliver a kilo class submarine to Myanmar's Navy, </span></span></span><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>The INS Sindhuvir is a Kilo-Class Submarine. With this, Myanmar is to get its first submarine.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>ABOUT INS SINDHUVIR</span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>It is a Sindhughosh-class diesel electric submarine of the Indian Navy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>It was designed under Project 877. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>Built under an agreement between India and Russia. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>The submarine has a diving depth of 300 metres and a displacement of 3,000 tonnes</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:13px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>The Kilo Class submarines were built by the Soviet Union under Paltus project</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>SAGAR POLICY</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>India is to transfer the INS in accordance to SAGAR Policy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″> SAGAR is Security and Growth for All in the Region.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>The policy was unveiled in 2015. It aims to deepen security cooperation with the maritime neighbours of India.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:13px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″> India aims to ensure free, inclusive and open Indian Ocean Region under the policy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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