<span style="color: #222222;">President Ramnath Kovind today participated in various programmes of the Southern Naval Command in Kochi. He witnessed an operational demonstration of the Navy that lasted 45 minutes. Anti-submarine ships, submarine warfare helicopters, fighter aircrafts &amp; helicopters, sail training ships, surveillance aircrafts, Fast Attack Crafts and Fast Interceptor Crafts were on display. &nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' The President later&nbsp;visited cell of the &nbsp;INS Vikrant, country's first indigenous aircraft carrier built by the Cochin Shipyard for the Navy.&nbsp; Governor Arif Mohd Khan joined the President to the Vikrant Cell. President &nbsp;Kovind will halt in Kochi tonight. &nbsp;<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The President, currently on a four-day visit of Kerala, &nbsp;flew down Kannur by a special IAF aircraft yesterday, attended the fifth convocation function of the Central University of Kerala at Periyam, Kasaragod.<br />''<br />''Tomorrow, President &nbsp;Kovind will unveil a statue of P.N. Panicker, the father of library &amp; literacy movement in Kerala, in the State capital Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow. He will have night halt in &nbsp;Raj Bhavan and return to New Delhi &nbsp;Friday morning.</span>
News On AIR | December 22, 2021 2:15 PM
President Ramnath Kovind participates Indian Navy's operational demonstration in Kochi