Improvised Explosive Device : Five Indian Army Personnel Killed Five Indian Army personnel were recently killed in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in an explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can take any form and be activated in a […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Nation’s First Indian Air Force Heritage Centre
Nation’s First Indian Air Force Heritage Centre: Defence Minister recently inaugurated the nation’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre Indian Air Force Heritage Centre located in chandigarh. This is the first heritage centre of the IAFand is spread over 17,000 square feet. The heritage centre highlights the IAF’s role in various wars, including in […]
Women Officers In Territorial Army
Women Officers In Territorial Army Raksha Mantri recently approved posting of Women Officers of the Territorial Army along the Line of Control. It aims to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949. The Territorial Army (TA) was raised by the Britishers in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act […]
MiG-21 Aircraft : Crashed
MiG-21 Aircraft : Crashed A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed recently in Rajasthan. The MiG-21 is India’s longest-serving fighter plane. It was designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (OKB) of the erstwhile Soviet Union. India got its first single-engine MiG-21 in 1963, and progressively inducted 874 variants of the Soviet-origin […]
INS Magar : Decommissioned
INS Magar : Decommissioned INS Magar, the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy, was recently decommissioned after 36 years of service. INS Magar is the oldest Landing Ship Tank (Large) of the Indian Navy. It is the lead ship of Magar-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy. The ship […]
ASEAN India Maritime Exercise 2023
ASEAN India Maritime Exercise 2023: Indian Naval Ships arrived in Singapore to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023). ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) will inaugurate in Singapore. Objective is to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the Indian Navy and ASEAN navies in the maritime domain. The Harbour Phase of the exercise is […]
Buland Bharat Exercise
Buland Bharat Exercise: Indian Army recently conducted the ‘Buland Bharat’ exercise in the longest high-altitude Artillery Ranges of the eastern theatre. Buland Bharat Exercise is an integrated surveillance and firepower training exercise conducted by the Indian Army. It was conducted in the recently operationalised longest High Altitude Artillery Ranges of Eastern Theatre located in Arunachal […]
Antonov AN-32 Aircarft
Antonov AN-32 Aircarft: India recently donated propellers of the Antonov AN-32 military transport aircraft to Sri Lanka. Antonov AN-32 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft. It is designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau of Ukraine. It was purchased by India from the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1984. Its Nato reporting name is […]
Exercise AGNI DAMAN-23
Exercise AGNI DAMAN-23: A mutual firefighting Exercise named AGNI DAMAN-23 was conducted recently. EX AGNI DAMAN-23 is a Civil–Military mutual firefighting exercise. Objectives is to emphasise the need for awareness and training of men on firefighting and to exercise the capabilities of combined forces of all agencies including military and civil. It was conducted at […]
INS Tarkash For Operation Kaveri
INS Tarkash For Operation Kaveri: INS Tarkash from the Indian Navy recently reached Port Sudan to help in the evacuation of stranded Indians as part of “Operation Kaveri”. INS Tarkash is a state-of-the-art stealth frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons. Tarkash belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile […]
