3 MAY 2015: Indo - French Naval exercise 'Varun' concludes near Goa coast

• Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge Catherine gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a sister to one-year-old Prince George. 
• The 14th edition of the Indo-French naval exercise (Varuna) concluded on Saturday with Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, along with Vice-Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, reviewing the progress of the exercise from the French Navy’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The 10-day exercise started on April 23 and included both a harbour and a sea phase. Varuna started with the arrival of four French naval ships. Representing the French Navy is Charles de Gaulle , the destroyers Chevalier Paul and Jean de Vienne , replenishment tanker Meuse and a maritime patrol aircraft, Atlantique 2. Charles de Gaulle carried its complement of the fighter aircraft Rafale M, strike aircraft Super Etendard, E2C Hawkeye AWACS and helicopters Dauphin and Alouette 3. The aircraft carrier INS Viraat , destroyer Mumbai , stealth frigate Tarkash , guided missile frigate Gomati , replenishment tanker Deepak , submarine Shankul and a few fast-attack craft participated from the Indian side. The scope of the exercise included the entire gamut of maritime operations from aircraft carrier operations, anti-submarine warfare exercises, maritime interdiction operations and a multi-ship replenishment exercise. 
• The Indian Army continued its relief operations in earthquake-hit Nepal on Saturday, with its aviation wing evacuating victims and delivering relief material to inaccessible areas. Five advanced light helicopters are being deployed for rescue efforts in Pokhara. The aviation unit conducted 12 sorties and evacuated 21 patients apart from delivering 6.9 tonne of relief material to inaccessible areas on Friday. The Army has also set up a field hospital at Lagenkhel where 119 patients have been treated so far. Another medical team at Barpak has attended to 129 victims. Medical teams have also been deployed at Gorkha and Senamangal.