{"id":20965,"date":"2018-02-05T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=20965"},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:15:48","slug":"all-woman-insv-tarini-heads-to-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/all-woman-insv-tarini-heads-to-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"All-woman INSV Tarini heads to Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini left Port Stanley on 4 February for its onward journey to Cape Town (South Africa).<\/p>\n<p>INSV Tarini had arrived at Port Stanley on 21 January this year after the completion of the third leg of it\u2019s maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Philips, CBE, Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands welcomed Tarini into Port Stanley.<\/p>\n<p>This historic circumnavigation attempt by an all-women crew is being led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, and the crew comprises Lieutenant<\/p>\n<p>Commanders Pratibha Jamwal, P Swathi, and Lieutenants S Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their stay in harbour, Team Tarini interacted with students from Falkland Islands Community School for Secondary Education, Brownies and Girl<\/p>\n<p>Guides, Beavers and Boy Scouts and young adults from the Hockey Club. The crew also visited sites related with the 1982 conflict and paid respects at the 2<\/p>\n<p>Para memorial.<\/p>\n<p>They also visited the Argentine Military Cemetery at Darwin.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Philips and his wife Emma Philips visited INSV Tarini. The Falkland Islands Hockey Team and local populace also visited the vessel while she was open<\/p>\n<p>for onboard visits.<\/p>\n<p>Team Tarini visited Infant, Junior and Mount Pleasant Schools and interacted with the children and also with Falkland Women\u2019s Association and the Women\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Network. The Skipper Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi along with Lieutenant Commander Pratibha Jamwal gave a talk and presentation at the Falkland<\/p>\n<p>Islands Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The crew also visited various military facilities including HMS Protector and interacted with British Forces in South Atlantic Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The crew also experienced the vast ecological and biological diversity of the Islands which is particularly rich in wildlife. This is in consonance with the theme to<\/p>\n<p>promote awareness about marine pollution and contribute to their efforts towards environmental consciousness.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini left Port Stanley on 4 February for its onward journey to Cape Town (South Africa). INSV Tarini had arrived at Port Stanley on 21 January this year after the completion of the third leg of it\u2019s maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe. Nigel Philips, CBE, Governor of the Falkland [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20967,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions\/20967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}