It
was a random pick during a search online for something else when I came across
this - different websites of the Indian Navy - and its social media extensions
- most notably the Twitter handle and the Facebook page - the presence of which
looks totally absent-minded - if I have the liberty to use the term.
Now,
when you key in 'Indian Navy' on Google search page - the first link that the
page returns is with - www.joinindiannavy.gov.in. Since it is a 'gov.in' domain
name, we should have no doubt that it is an official page.
Screenshot
of the webpage is:
The
website here doesn't show any link to the social media extensions of the Indian
Navy.
The
second link is about its Twitter handle but clicking on it redirects to a
Twitter search page is. Its screen grab is here:
The
third link redirects us to an NIC site - www.indiannavy.nic.in. Since it is
again a government of India owned domain name (nic.in - National Informatics
Centre), we have no reasons to doubt even here. Here is its screenshot:
Here,
in the screenshot of this website, on this link (www.indiannavy.nic.in), we can
see links to social media extensions (Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus). But
clicking on them takes us to another sorry story that will come next.
Here
it is about the 'official websites of the Indian Navy'.
The
fourth link is about the Wikipedia page on the Indian Navy. Then there are some
links on news stories on the Indian Navy.
The
fifth, sixth, seventh and eight links are again 'nic.in' links - so the
officials ones only. The fifth link - www.nausena-bharti.nic.in/forthcomingOfficer.php
- says it is the official website on career and opportunities in the Indian
Navy (but poorly written here - Official Website Indian Navy Career and
Opportunity). The other links follow the suit. So, you can say it is the 'career
and opportunity' extension of the website of the Indian Navy.
Its
screenshot is:
Now
here is the first catch.
When
you simply try to open - www.nausena-bharti.nic.in - you are redirected to the
webpage on www.joinindiannavy.gov.in. Here is the screen grab.
And
the absurdities don't end here. In fact, they aggravate on digging further.
Postscript:
The screenshots of the Google Search page with search phase - Indian Navy.