Garuda-VII Air Exercise: The chiefs of Indian and French Air Forces recently joined the Air Exercise Garuda-VII in Jodhpur. It is a bilateral exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF). It provides a unique opportunity for both Air Forces to learn and imbibe each other’s best practices during operations […]
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First Women Inspector Generals Of CRPF
First Women Inspector Generals Of CRPF: For the first time in the history of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), two women officers reached the rank of Inspector General (IG). Two women officers who were recently promoted to the rank of Inspector General are IG Seema Dhundiya and IG Annie Abraham. While IG Seema Dhundiya will […]
India Abstains Russia’s UNSC Resolution On Bioweapons
India Abstains Russia’s UNSC Resolution On Bioweapons: India has abstained from a UNSC resolution sponsored by Russia alleging US and Ukraine carrying out “military biological activities” violating the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Before this resolution, India recently abstained from another UNSC resolution, which sought to declare Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian territories as invalid.Biological weapons […]
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor AD-1 Missile
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Interceptor AD-1 Missile: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interception of […]
C-295 Transport Aircraft
C-295 Transport Aircraft: Prime Minister of India has laid the foundation stone for the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara to be set up by Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). This is the first time a private sector company would be manufacturing a full aircraft in the […]
Garuda VII Defense Exercise
Garuda VII Defense Exercise: Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) are participating in ‘Garuda VII’ at Air Force Station Jodhpur. It is being hosted by India for the fourth time so far. Garuda VII is the seventh edition of the bilateral air exercise between India and France that is taking […]
IMT TRILAT Exercise 2022
IMT TRILAT Exercise 2022: The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise among the Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 27 October 2022. Indian Navy is represented by the guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and MARCOS (Special Forces). The exercise has […]
Fourth Edition Of The Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) 2022
Fourth Edition Of The Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) 2022: The fourth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) is being conducted by the Naval War College (NWC) at Goa from 31 October to 01 November 2022. The theme of GMS-2022 is “Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Converting Common Maritime Priorities into Collaborative […]
HAWK Air Defence Equipment
HAWK Air Defence Equipment: The United States is considering sending older HAWK air defence equipment from storage to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks. The HAWK interceptor missiles would be an upgrade to the Stinger missile systems a smaller, shorter-range air defence system – that the United States has […]
Tiger Triumph Exercise 2022
Tiger Triumph Exercise: The Tiger Triumph exercise was jointly conducted by the United States and Indian militaries in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The “Tiger Triumph” tabletop simulation was organized at India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam from October 18 to 20 this year. It is a comprehensive endeavor of the Indian and US military and diplomatic […]
