The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is staging SAREX-2026, the 12th edition of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise. This year the drill is being held in the waters off the Paradip coast in Odisha. SAREX is the national-level exercise through which the Coast Guard tests maritime search and rescue at sea, and the 2026 round is its twelfth. Key facts to note: the organiser (Indian Coast Guard), the edition (12th), the name (SAREX-2026) and the location (off Paradip, Odisha).