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DEFENCE - January 2020

Jan 2020

Mar 19, 2022

M. A. Ganapathy is NSG Chief, Kuldiep Singh to Head CRPF

Senior IPS officer M. A. Ganapathy, who hails from Karnataka, was appointed as the Director General of the elite National Security Guard (NSG).
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared Ganapathy's appointment.
The ACC also appointed Kuldiep Singh, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre, as the Director General of CRPF. He is presently the Special DG in CRPF.
Ganapathy was appointed as the head of NSG "from the date of joining the post and up to February 29, 2024, i.e. date of his superannuation, or till further orders, whichever is earlier.
Ganapathy is also a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2010.

Mar 18, 2022

BRO Signs MoU with GRSE for Construction of 70 Modular Bridges in Border Areas

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of 27 carriageway double-lane class 70 modular bridges in border areas.
The MoU includes fabrication, supply, erection, and launching of 27 double-lane bridges of carriageway 7.5 meters of load class 70 along with the Northern and North Eastern border states.
The two-year contract, worth around Rs. 60 crore, was inked by Director General BR Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry and Officiating Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE Commodore P.R. Hari.

Mar 17, 2022

M. A. Ganapathy is NSG Cchief, Kuldiep Singh to Head CRPF

Mar 16, 2022

Army Carries Out Airborne Insertion Exercise

The Army carried out a two-day airborne insertion and rapid response exercise in the country's peninsular region in sync with its overall approach to maintain operational readiness.
The exercise involved advanced aerial insertion techniques, or air dropping of soldiers, combat free fall and integrated battle drills by airborne and special forces troops.
The exercise involved advanced aerial insertion techniques, including combat free fall and integrated battle drills by airborne and special forces troops.

Mar 15, 2022

India Emerges as the Largest Importer of Arms in 2017-21

The latest report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2021, released in March 2022, revealed that India and Saudi Arabia had emerged as the largest arms importers of arms between 2017-21, each accounting for 11% of all global arms sales. The report placed India at the top of the list. Egypt, Australia and China were the next three largest importers with respective shares of 5.7%, 5.4% and 4.8%.
Paradoxically, India was the only country among the top five whose imports had declined during the said period. The 21% decline in India's imports in 2017-21 compared with 2012-16 were possibly because of the growing emphasis on the indigenous design and manufacture of defence equipment by state-owned and private sector companies.

Germany to Buy US-made F-35s to Replace Aging Bombers

Germany said that it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets for electronic warfare - a capability that's also currently fulfilled by the Tornado jets. The Eurofighter will be replaced from 2040 with the Future Combat Air System, or FCAS, that's being jointly developed with France and Spain.
The German military does not have nuclear weapons of its own, but as part of the system of nuclear deterrence developed during the Cold War it maintained bombers capable of carrying U.S. atomic bombs, some of which are stationed in Germany.

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