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INS Nistar: first indigenous diving support vessel

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: INS Nistar: first indigenous diving support vessel (GS3 · Navy, 18 July 2025)

What happened

  • INS Nistar, the first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 18 July 2025 [PIB].
  • Built by Hindustan Shipyard, it can do deep-sea saturation diving and rescue [PIB].

Background

  • It is the first of two such vessels [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Submarine rescue is a capability few navies have.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-18): INS Nistar, the first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 18 July 2025.
  2. Submarine rescue is a capability few navies have.
Quotable data point

INS Nistar, the first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 18 July 2025.

PIB: INS Nistar commissioned, 18 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: INS Nistar.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

INS Nistar was built by

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: INS Nistar commissioned, 18 Jul 2025

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