Question : The latest edition of the Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise MILAN 2022 is scheduled to begin from 25 February 2022 at the ‘City of Destiny’. Which of the following city is known as such name ?
a. Vishakhapatnam
b. Kochi
c. Chennai
d. None of the above
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- The latest edition of the Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise MILAN 2022 is scheduled to begin from 25 February 2022 at the ‘City of Destiny’.
- The Vishakhapatnam is known as ‘City of Destiny’.
- Schedule of the exercise —
- Exercise is being conducted over a duration of 9 days in two phases with the harbour phase scheduled from 25 to 28 February and Sea Phase from 01 to 04 March.
- India is celebrating the 75th year of its independence in 2022, and MILAN 22 provides an opportunity to commemorate this milestone with our friends and partners.
- It is notable that country is celebrating the 75th year of its independence in 2022, and MILAN 22 provides an opportunity to commemorate this milestone with our friends and partners.
- Theme —
- The theme of the exercise is ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration’ and it aims to project India as a responsible maritime power to the world at large.
- About MILAN —
- It is a biennial multilateral naval exercise incepted by Indian Navy in 1995 at Andaman and Nicobar Command.
- The exercise has since transitioned leaps and bounds in terms of number of participants and complexity of exercises.
- Latest version of this exercise will witness its largest ever participation, with more than 40 countries sending their warships/ high level delegations.
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