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New Delhi<\/strong>: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday will release a Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark the birth centenary of the late DMK president and former chief minister M. Karunanidhi.<\/p>\n Singh will release the \u2018Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Centenary Commemorative Coin\u2019, at an event that will also be attended by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, the DMK president and Karunanidhi\u2019s son. A host of state ministers and others will also attend the event, to be held at the Kalaivanar Arangam.<\/p>\n Karunanidhi, born in 1924, was a Dravidian stalwart and five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He helmed the DMK for nearly five decades till his death in 2018.<\/p>\n The defence minister will also inaugurate a newly constructed \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) building in the state capital. In a statement, he said the MRCC underscores the ICG\u2019s commitment to safeguarding lives at sea and ensuring swift response in critical situations.<\/p>\n Singh will also inaugurate two other facilities, the Regional Marine Pollution Response Centre (RMPRC) in Chennai and the Coast Guard Air Enclave (CGAE) in Puducherry.<\/p>\n The statement said the \u201clandmark occasion highlights major advancements in maritime safety and regional coordination\u201d, which is a \u201csignificant step towards enhancing maritime security and emergency response along Indian coastline\u201d.<\/p>\n The MRCC, the statement said, will substantially improve the coordination and effectiveness of maritime rescue operations for mariners and fishermen in distress at sea. Meanwhile, the RMPRC, situated on the Chennai Port premises, marks a groundbreaking advancement in marine pollution management. As the region\u2019s first facility of its kind, it will play a pivotal role in coordinating responses to marine pollution incidents, especially oil and chemical spills, in the waters adjoining coastal states.<\/p>\n The Coast Guard Air Enclave at Puducherry will help ICG enhance maritime security along Puducherry and the south Tamil Nadu coast. The enclave will be equipped with Chetak and Advance Light Helicopters (ALH) squadrons, significantly improving aerial surveillance and response capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday will release a Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark the birth centenary of the late DMK president and former chief minister M. Karunanidhi. Singh will release the \u2018Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Centenary Commemorative Coin\u2019, at an event that will also be attended by Tamil Nadu Chief […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-106.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41187,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41185\/revisions\/41187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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