News: The Indian Navy commissioned INS Nipun at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, strengthening India’s capability for advanced underwater operations.

Key Features

• Type: Diving Support Vessel (DSV) + second Nistar-class DSV.
• Role: Supports deep-sea diving, underwater intervention and submarine rescue operations.
• Indigenous: Designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam → boosts Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence shipbuilding.
• Nistar Class: Specialised vessels designed for deep-sea diving and submarine rescue missions.

Significance

• INS Nipun → enhanced underwater operational capability + submarine rescue preparedness + greater indigenous naval capacity.
• Commissioning: Held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, presided over by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan.