Indian Navy to commission INS Anjadip at Chennai port on 27 February

Exam-focused facts from the 2 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

INS Anjadip is the third of eight vessels built under the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft project.
Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, the 77-metre-long ship achieves 25 knots via water-jet propulsion.
The vessel carries the indigenous hull-mounted sonar Abhay, Lightweight Torpedoes and ASW Rockets for littoral anti-submarine warfare.
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will attend the commissioning ceremony on Friday.
Named after Anjadip island off Karwar, North Karnataka, the ship will operate in coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry waters.