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Sep 23, 2020

Indian and Australian Navies to Undertake Two-day PASSEX Exercises

The Indian and the Australian navies will undertake Passage Exercise or PASSEX exercises on September 23-24 in the Indian Ocean. From the Indian side, Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri and Karmuk will be present and Australia will be represented by HMAS Hobart.
Australia is the third country, since June, with which India will conduct the exercises. The first was with US Navy's USS Nimitz and the second was the Russian Navy.
India and Australia in the last few months have increased cooperation, especially defence engagement. An Indian Navy statement said, the exercises, "reflect the growing strength of Indo-Australian bilateral relations as comprehensive strategic partners, particularly in defence cooperation in the maritime domain.

Successful Test of ABHYAS Flight

In a major boost for Indian armed forces, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the successful flight test of ABHYAS--High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT). The flight test was done from the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called the the successful flight test of ABHYAS a milestone and said that ABHYAS can be used as a target for evaluation of various missile systems.
ABHYAS is designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO and it is launched using twin underslung booster.

Sep 22, 2020

Navy Selects 2 Women Officers for Warship

Two Indian Navy women officers have qualified to be deployed on a frontline warship as part of crew, while a woman pilot is being trained to join the Rafale fighter jet fleet.
In a historic first, the Indian Navy has selected two women officers as helicopter crew for deployment on frontline warships.
Selected to join as "observers" (airborne tacticians) in the helicopter stream, Sub-Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub-Lieutenant Riti Singh will be the first set of women airborne combatants to operate from warships.
They are part of a group of 17 officers of the Indian Navy, three officers of the Indian Coast Guard, who were awarded "wings" on graduating as "observers". Earlier, entry of women was restricted to the fixed wing aircraft that took off and landed ashore.

Sep 21, 2020

BSF and BGB to Work Together to Reduce Number of Border Killings

India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh's Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have decided to work together to ensure that incidents of deaths on the Indo-Bangladesh border can be decreased as the four-day long biannual meet between the border security forces of both the nations ended.
The BSF said that both the parties agreed to reduce instances of death at the border. The BGB officials ahead of the meeting had highlighted the rise in the number of deaths on the border, but BSF maintained that it only fires with non-lethal weapons only in self-defence when they are surrounded by a large number of armed miscreants.
BSF also stated that the death or apprehension of criminals on the border are irrespective of nationalities.
BGB Director General (DG) major general Md Shafeenul Islam also assured BSF DG Rakesh Asthana that both the forces will work together to check the rise and activities of insurgent groups of India and share realtime information on drug trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling of fake Indian currency notes and damaging of the Indo-Bangladesh border.
This was the 50th border coordination conference between both nations.

Sep 20, 2020

PLA Opens Three Fronts in South China Sea to Distract the World From Ladakh

Post the military flare-up at Galwan Valley, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has mobilised four out of five of its military theatre commands with reports suggesting that live firing drills and exercises from the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea to date were a distraction for its calculated aggression in Ladakh.
While both India and China have still to finalise the dates of military commanders' meeting with each asking for postponement once, PLA is continuing to build-up along the 1,597-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector.

Sep 18, 2020

Union Govt Approves Amendment in Foreign Direct Investment Policy in Defence Sector

The Union Government has approved the amendment in Foreign Direct Investment Policy in Defence Sector.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that for new licensees, FDI is allowed upto 74 per cent through automatic route and beyond 74 per cent to be permitted through government route.
For existing licensees, infusion of fresh foreign investment up to 49 per cent can be done by making declaration of change or transfer within 30 days.
Mr Goyal said, this will enhance ease of doing business and contribute to growth of investment, income and employment. He said, foreign investments in the defence sector shall be subject to scrutiny on grounds of national security.
The Minister said, in line with our collective vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, these amendments will enhance self-reliance in defence production, while keeping national interests and security paramount.

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