India's 1st all-women Navy crew starts sail around the globe
A team of six woman officers of the Indian Navy today began their 6-month-long circumnavigation of the globe, India's first by an all-women crew. The expedition, titled Navika Sagar Parikrama, would be completed onboard the indigenously built, 55-foot sailing vessel INSV Tarini. The entire distance will be covered in five legs, and would conclude in March 2018.