INSV Tarini: All-women Navy crew to reach Goa after circumnavigating globe

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet crew when it arrives near Panaji, from where they had embarked on the journey on September 10 last year

The all-women crew of the Indian Navy on board the naval vessel INSV Tarini has reached within port limits of Goa.  The INSV Tarini, with the first ever Indian female crew out to to navigate the world, was part of a historic circumnavigation exercise.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet the crew when it arrives near Panaji, from where it had embarked on the journey on September 10 last year.

"The Defence Minister and Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will be present for the flag-in ceremony of the ship near Panaji on Monday," a Navy spokesperson said to NDTV.