SAREX-24: The 11th edition of Indian Coast Guard’s National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise & Workshop (SAREX-24) will be in Kochi, Kerala on November 28-29, 2024. SAREX-24 is conducted under the aegis of National Maritime Search and Rescue Board. The theme of the exercise is ‘Enhancing Search and Rescue capabilities through Regional collaboration’. It signifies […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
President’s Colours
President’s Colours: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) presented the prestigious President’s Colours to four battalions of the Mechanised Infantry during a solemn ceremony held recently. It is the highest honour that can be awarded to any military unit, military training establishments, or State/Union Territory Police Forces of India. It is bestowed upon a […]
Coast Guard to Hold ‘SAREX 24’ in Kochi
Coast Guard to Hold ‘SAREX 24’ in Kochi: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is set to conduct the 11th edition of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercises & Workshop (SAREX-24) in Kochi from November 27 to 30. The event, organized under the aegis of the National Maritime Search and Rescue (NMSAR) Board, aims to […]
Dongfeng-100
Dongfeng-100: China increased the range of its supersonic cruise missile DF-100, i.e., Dongfeng-100. Dongfeng-100, also known as Changjian-100 (CJ-100), is a Chinese supersonic cruise missile. It was publicly introduced during China’s 70th National Day parade on October 1, 2019. It is designed for precision strikes and features capabilities aimed at engaging a wide variety of […]
Navika Sagar Parikrama-II INSV Tarini Begins Second Leg of Global Voyage
Navika Sagar Parikrama-II INSV Tarini Begins Second Leg of Global Voyage: The Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini embarked on the second leg of the Navika Sagar Parikrama-II (NSP-II) on November 24, 2024. The expedition, which was flagged off by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, on October 2, 2024, aims to […]
Honorary Army General
Honorary Army General: The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi, has been conferred the rank of Honorary General of the Nepal Army by President Ramchandra Paudel during a ceremony at Sheetal Niwas, Nepal. The tradition of exchanging honorary generalships between the Indian and Nepali armies began in the 1950s to […]
Army Tactical Missile System
Army Tactical Missile System: Russia’s Defence Ministry said that Ukraine fired six US-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at Russia’s Bryansk region. Army Tactical Missile System is a conventional surface-to-surface artillery weapon system capable of striking targets well beyond the range of existing Army cannons, rockets, and other missiles. It is manufactured by the US […]
Exercise Sanyukt Vimochan
Exercise Sanyukt Vimochan: The Indian Army successfully conducted the Exercise, ‘Sanyukt Vimochan 2024’ at Ahmedabad and Porbandar on 18-19 November 2024. Exercise Sanyukt Vimochan is a multilateral annual joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise. The exercise, conducted by the Konark Corps of Southern Command of Indian Army, was conducted at Ahmedabad and Porbandar, […]
Russian Ballistic Missile With Cluster Munitions
Russian Ballistic Missile With Cluster Munitions: A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area in northern Ukraine’s Sumy, killing 11 persons including two children, and injuring 84 others recently. Cluster munitions, or cluster bombs, are weapons which, as the name suggests, deliver clusters of smaller explosive submunitions onto a target. Depending on […]
Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise 2024
Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise 2024: The Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise (Bharat NCX 2024) was inaugurated to fortify India’s cybersecurity resilience.It is a 12-day exercise to prepare India’s cybersecurity professionals to tackle evolving threats with advanced cyber defence capabilities.
