The Indian Navy has appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship in sync with its philosophy of ‘all roles-all ranks’ for female personnel, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday.

Addressing a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Admiral Kumar said the Indian Navy’s ships, submarines, and aircraft have sustained a high operational tempo in the strategic waters in the last one year.

On China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean, he said Indian Navy monitors all activities in the region.

“Our ships, submarines, and aircraft have sustained a high operational tempo – undertaking missions and tasks encompassing military, diplomatic, constabulary and benign roles,” he said.

“Our units were mission deployed across the Indian Ocean Region and beyond, to protect and promote our national interests,” he said.

The Navy has “remained a ‘Combat-ready, Credible, Cohesive, and Future Proof’ force enabled by what we call our ‘ships first’ outlook where every single action that we take is aimed to enable our women and men in operational units to perform their duties very well.” On the operational front, the Navy’s sheer footprint of deployments has been satisfying as its ships have been persistently present across the Indo Pacific.

Admiral Kumar said the Indian Navy has appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship.

“The overall strength of women Agniveers has now crossed the 1,000 mark. These statistics stands testament to our philosophy of ‘all roles, all ranks’ approach to deployment of women in the service.” He also said the Indian Navy is fully committed to jointness and cohesiveness.

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Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Animal.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and others, arrived in cinemas today. The action thriller unveils a father-son story. Towards the end of the revenge-fueled action, the film drops two post-credits scenes. And it looks like a sequel is in the works.

What happens in the post-credits scenes of Animal?

Animal ends with Ranbir Kapoor’s Ranvijay or Viijay Singh finding out that Bobby Deol’s Abrar Haque was the one trying to get his father – Anil Kapoor’s Balbir Singh, murdered. Vijay defeats Abrar but there is a larger scheme in motion to take the Singh family down. One of Abrar’s brothers, Aziz, has been getting surgery to look exactly like Vijay.

In the first post-credits scene, Aziz enters with two butcher knives. He looks at Triptii Dimri’s Zoya to confirm if he looks like Vijay before he proceeds to violently kill one out of two of Vijay’s men who are tied up in a bathroom. In reaction, Zoya rushes out to vomit. A blood-drenched Aziz tells Zoya that her vomiting might mean she is pregnant. He tells her that if the child doesn’t look like him (and Vijay) that means he is the father. After this exchange, Aziz returns to kill the second man. We then see text that reads, “Animal Park” appear on the screen along with a “visit soon” hinting at a sequel. It looks like Sandeep Reddy Vanga has future plans for the characters in Animal.

The next scene is a black-and-white shot that sees an aged Vijay talking to a crowd during a celebration of the Singh family business’ milestone. Gesturing at the camera he points towards his crotch, referencing a story he narrated at the start of the film. Fans who have watched the film will know what it means.

So far, news of an Animal sequel film has not been announced. But the unveiling of Animal Park hints at a return where Vijay and Aziz might go up against each other, continuing the violent family feud.

Animal is currently in theatres.

The Election Commission of India has revised the date for counting of votes in Mizoram Assembly elections. The results were earlier scheduled to be announced on December 3.

The date for results has been pushed by a day to December 4. The decision to revise the counting date comes amid protests in the state organised by Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC).

The group earlier expressed displeasure over December 3 as the counting date falls on Sunday, a sacred day for Christians, who form a majority in the state.