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May 08, 2020

Rajnath Singh Approves Abolition of 9,304 Posts in Military Engineer Services

More than 9,300 posts in the Military Engineer Services (MES) are set to be abolished, after defence minister Rajnath Singh approved a proposal made by the army's Engineer-in-Chief. The MES is a construction and maintenance agency of the armed forces and has annual budget of around Rs 13,000 crore.
The abolition of the posts is one of the direct outcomes of the recommendations made by the Lt Gen DB Shekatkar committee report on enhancing the army's combat potential and trimming its revenue expenditure.

World Athletics Day is Celebrated on 7 May

The World Athletics Day was introduced by the IAAF to increase awareness about athletics and to encourage the youth to take up sports.
Although this day is celebrated in the month of May every year, in 2020, the IAAF marked May 7 as the World Athletics Day.

May 06, 2020

Indian Navy launches Operation Samudra Setu

Indian Navy has launched Operation Samudra Setu - meaning Sea Bridge, as a part of national effort to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas. Indian Naval Ships Jalashwa and Magar are presently enroute to Malè in Maldives to commence evacuation operations as part of Phase-1.
Indian Mission in Maldives is preparing a list of Indian nationals to be evacuated by Naval ships and will facilitate their embarkation after requisite medical screening.

May 04, 2020

Colonel, Major, 5 Others Killed in Handwara Terrorist Attack

In one of the deadliest operations for the security forces in the Valley, an Indian army colonel, a major and two soldiers, along with a Jammu and Kashmir Police sub-inspector, were killed in a counter-terrorist operation in Kashmir.
The 12-hour operation, which took place at Handwara in Kupwara district, also resulted in the killing of two terrorist.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh paid tributes to the martyrs.

Apr 28, 2020

Global military expenditure sees largest annual increase in 2019 decade, US tops, India in 3rd p...

According to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the total global military expenditure rose to USD 1,917 billion in 2019, which represents an annual growth of 3.6% compared to 2018 & it is the largest annual growth in spending since 2010.
For the 1st time two Asian countries- China (2nd), India (3rd) have featured among the top military spenders after the United States- US(1st).
The global military spending in 2019 represents 2.2% of the global gross domestic product (GDP) which equates to about USD 249 per person & the spending is 7.2% higher in 2019 than it was in 2010, which shows a trend that the military spending growth has accelerated in recent years.

Apr 26, 2020

Pakistan's Navy Successfully Test-Fires Anti-Ship Missiles

The Pakistani Navy successfully test-fired a series of anti-ship missiles in the North Arabian Sea on April 25, 2020. The announcement was made by Pakistan Navy spokesperson Rear Admiral Arshid Javed.
The anti-ship missiles were fired successfully at the sea level by warships and aircraft. The Pakistan Navy did not provide any further details about the test.

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