Category: Defence Current Affairs

Krivak Class Stealth Frigates: The first of two additional Krivak class stealth frigates being built by Russia is expected to be delivered to India in the middle of 2023, Alexey Rakhmanov, chief executive officer of United Shipbuilding Corporation, said. In October 2016, India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for four Krivak or Talwar […]

Exercise Konkan 2021: Indo-UK Naval Exercise, ‘Konkan 2021’ was recently held between INS Tabar and HMS Westminster in the English Channel. The English Channel is located between the Isle of Great Britain’s southern coast and France’s northern coast and separated from the North Sea on the north by the Strait of Dover. The Bilateral Konkan […]

Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS): In order to boost domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of Rs 400 crore for creating state-of-the-art testing infrastructure in partnership with the private industry. The scheme was launched by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on May […]

Southeast Asia Cooperation And Training (SEACAT): The Indian Navy demonstrated its maritime maneuvers in U.S. Navy-led Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercise in Singapore. The military exercise also included navies of 20 other partner nations as well. The maritime exercise aimed to foster enhanced cooperation between Southeast Asian countries by incorporating tactics, standardized […]

Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021 Exercise.: India and Saudi Arabia are conducting their first-ever naval exercise, in reflection of their growing defence and military cooperation. Indian Navy’s guided-missile destroyer INS Kochi reached the Jubail port in Saudi Arabia for the “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021” exercise. The harbour phase of the “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021” exercise began with the sea-based […]

Open Debate On ‘Enhancing Maritime Security:   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the High-level Open Debate on ‘Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International Cooperation’ on 9th August via video conferencing. Narendra Modi, would be the first Indian Prime Minister to preside over a UN Security Council Open Debate. The Open Debate will […]

Defence Exports Over the years various reforms have been taken to enhance Defence exports. These reforms have ramped the defence exports to new heights. As per the details provided by the government in the Lok Sabha recently, India exported military hardware and systems worth Rs 38,500 crore in the last seven years. Further, the value […]

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force: ITBP has commissioned its first two women officers (Prakriti and Deeksha) in combat recently. The ITBP started recruiting women combat officers in its cadre from 2016 through an all-India examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Before this, it had combat women only in the constabulary ranks. Indo-Tibetan […]

Trial Of India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian Navy and Cochin Shipyard Limited for the maiden sea trial of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant. With a planned induction of Vikrant in less than a year, India is set to join a select group of countries […]