Sailors  

Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar talked about proposing gender-neutral nomenclature and embracing inclusivity in the Indian Navy. Many Indian institutes like IIT Delhi and NALSAR are also adopting gender-neutral policies. 

 The Olympic Games would be held this year in Tokyo after being postponed last year. As usual, the sport of sailing would be a part of it and India would be taking part in it, with four sailors having sealed their spots. The event would be held from July 23 to August 8

Adithyaa Vasudevan, 27, hailing from Chennai and working as a third officer in the vessel, "Impero," was taken into custody by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on July 19, along with 22 other sailors, 18 of whom are Indians, he said in a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

The INS Ranjit will now be decommissioned at a solemn ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. The ceremony will be attended by personnel who have served onboard the ship in the past and will also include officers and sailors from the commissioning crew.