India's first manned ocean mission 'Samudrayan' launched

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched India's first manned ocean mission, "Samudrayan," in Chennai on Friday.

India's first manned ocean mission "Samudrayan" was launched in Chennai on Friday by Union Minister Jitendra Singh and with this, the nation joined an elite club of nations having such underwater vehicles for carrying out subsea activities.

The nation has made huge progress in science and technology and when an Indian goes up into space as part of the Gaganyaan programme, another would dive deep into the ocean, the minister said.