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DEFENCE - February 2020

Feb 2020

Jun 20, 2025

Indian Army Establishes Drone Training Facility at Madras Regimental Centre

The Indian Army's Dakshin Bharat Area (DBA) established a drone training facility at the Madras Regimental Centre (MRC) in Wellington, Ooty, Tamil Nadu. The core purpose of this newly established facility is to train personnel on the basic operation of drones and help them understand the technical details and hardware of the drones and enable troops to identify technical faults in the drones and troubleshoot them themselves.

Jun 19, 2025

Indian Army Participates in Exercise Shakti in France

A 90-member Indian Army contingent, led by troops from the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, is taking part in the eighth edition of the India-France joint military exercise 'Shakti', scheduled from June 18 to July 1, 2025, at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie.
This biennial engagement between the two nations focuses on enhancing counter-terror cooperation, sub-conventional operations, and military interoperability in semi-urban terrain, under the UN Charter's Chapter VII mandate.
The French Contingent: 90 troops from the 13th Foreign Legion Half-Brigade (13th DBLE) – an elite unit known for overseas operations.

Jun 18, 2025

Defence Cyber Agency Begins Exercise to Bolster Cyber Resilience at National Level

A comprehensive cyber security exercise designed to simulate 'real-world cyber threats' and with an aim to bolster resilience in the domain at the national level kicked off.
'Cyber Suraksha' is organised by Defence Cyber Agency under the aegis of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff.
This multi-phased exercise, which concludes on June 27, is a proactive step towards bolstering cyber resilience at national level, and encompasses the conduct of targeted training sessions, evaluation and an engaging capsule for leadership.
Over 100 participants from national-level agencies and stakeholders from defence domains are taking part in the event.

Jun 17, 2025

Fifth FPV 'Achal' Built by Goa Shipyard Ltd Launched for ICG

The Indian Coast Guard's fleet received a significant boost with the launch of 'Achal', the fifth in a series of eight Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) under a Rs. 473 crore contract.
The vessel was launched at the GSL facility in Goa in the presence of Additional Director General Anil Kumar Harbola, Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard). The event was attended by top officials from the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, and GSL, including GSL Chairman and Managing Director Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay.

Operation Rising Lion: Israel Targets Iranian Nuclear Sites in Escalated Strikes

In pre-dawn strikes termed Operation Rising Lion, dozens of Israeli jets launched a sweeping aerial assault across Iranian territory, hitting multiple high-value nuclear and military targets. Chief among them was Iran's principal uranium enrichment site at Natanz.
In a sudden escalation of hostilities between the two countries, Iranan also confirmed the death of Major General Hossein Salami, chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in what it called "a direct assassination by Zionist forces."

Jun 16, 2025

Sunil Kumar Jha New Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards

Senior IPS officer Sunil Kumar Jha, currently serving as Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre.
Jha will assume charge on July 1, succeeding incumbent DG Vivek Srivastava, a 1989-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, who retires on June 30.

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