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ICGS Sachet visits Maputo with relief supplies

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: ICGS Sachet visits Maputo with relief supplies (GS2 · India-Africa, 11 October 2025)
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What happened

  • Coast Guard ship Sachet called at Maputo, Mozambique on 11 October 2025, carrying 20 tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief material [PIB].
  • Training covered pollution response, search and rescue and maritime law enforcement [PIB].

Background

  • The deployment is described under India’s SAGAR vision [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Small capacity-building visits build goodwill along Africa’s Indian Ocean coast.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Regional groupings and India's interests

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-11): coast Guard ship Sachet called at Maputo, Mozambique on 11 October 2025, carrying 20 tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief material.
  2. Small capacity-building visits build goodwill along Africa's Indian Ocean coast.
Quotable data point

Coast Guard ship Sachet called at Maputo, Mozambique on 11 October 2025, carrying 20 tonnes of humanitarian and disaster relief material.

PIB: Defence: ICGS Sachet at Maputo, 11 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: SAGAR.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

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Port called

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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HADR material carried

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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SAGAR stands for

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Defence: ICGS Sachet at Maputo, 11 Oct 2025

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