INDIAN NAVY'S FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON ARRIVES AT CHANGI NAVAL BASE, SINGAPORE

• First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy made a port call at Changi Naval Base, Singapore on 15 Jan 2026 as part of a training deployment to the South East Indian Ocean Region.
• Squadron composition: INS Tir, INS Shardul, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi (Indian Coast Guard ship integrated).
• Significance: dovetails with "ASEAN–India Year of Maritime Cooperation 2026" and India's chairmanship of IONS — a live example of Act East + SAGAR/MAHASAGAR vision in action.