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Two defense corridors changed picture of defence industry, indigenous companies giving 85% of goods to Army
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said in Ahmedabad Design Week 3.0 that as far as the army is concerned, 85% of what we buy comes from Indian companies. General Naravane said that the defence corridors in Chennai and Lucknow have helped in changing the entire picture of the defence industry. In order to make the country self-reliant in the field of defence production, great importance is being given to these defence corridors. The government intends to produce high-quality defence materials and weapons in these defence corridors. Also, due to these corridors, the development of industries in that area
PM Modi to join QUAD Virtual meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in a virtual meeting of the Quad leaders along with US President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia. The Ministry of External Affairs said the leaders will exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate along with President of USA Joseph R Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison, and Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida in a Quad Leaders’ virtual meeting on March 3,” it said in a statement. The Quad leaders held an in-person summit in Washington in
Russia assures flow of defence supplies to India
Russia has assured India that defence supplies will not be hit by the western sanctions announced against Moscow and that alternative mechanisms are in place to ensure that crucial contracts such as the S-400 air defence system are not disrupted. The Indian Air Force (IAF), which operates a variety of Russian-origin equipment, including the Su-30MKI and MiG series of fighters, has also said that there may be certain difficulties but the announced sanctions are not expected to have a major impact. “Things are still unfolding (but) I don’t think it will hit us,” said Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, vice chief of air staff. “Our position is very
BSF readies CCTV surveillance system at Indo- Bangladesh Border
Border Security Force (BSF) has come up with CCTV surveillance systems along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam. Sanjay Singh Gehlot, Inspector General of BSF Guwahati frontier visited the border outposts at Indo-Bangladesh and inaugurated CCTV surveillance system. The CCTV surveillance system is installed with command & control system to monitor all the activities going on at the border in order to enhance round the clock surveillance to control various border crimes. Gehlot, Inspector General interacted with troops and briefed them to remain extra vigilant and also maintain a high level of operational preparedness. BSF stated that keeping in view of
Russia holds drills with nuclear submarines
Russian nuclear submarines sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers roamed snow forests Tuesday in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation’s nuclear forces put on high alert over tensions with the West over the invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Northern Fleet said in a statement that several of its nuclear submarines were involved in exercises designed to “train maneuvering in stormy conditions.” It said several warships tasked with protecting northwest Russia’s Kola Peninsula, where several naval bases are located, would join the maneuvers. In the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia, units of the Strategic
Indian Naval ship ‘Nireekshak’on Diving Training in Sri Lanka
Indian Naval ship ‘Nireekshak’, an advanced diving support ship, arrived at Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee port on Monday for facilitating diving training for the Sri Lankan Navy, the Indian High Commission here said. The deployment of the naval ship for 10 days in Sri Lanka is part of the Indian government’s capacity building initiative under its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, it said. During its deployment in the island nation, the ship will facilitate “Mixed Gas Diving training for the Sri Lanka Navy,” the mission said in a press release. 4,300 Russian Troops Killed &146 Tanks Destroyed Amid Invasion Claims Ukraine The vessel
4,300 Russian Troops Killed &146 Tanks Destroyed Amid Invasion Claims Ukraine
Ukraine on Sunday released a tally of casualties and damage inflicted on the Russian invading forces by the Ukrainian army. Speaking at a session of the Security Council, Ukraine’s delegate Sergey Kiseltsya stated that Moscow’s aggression against Kyiv is based on lies and violations of international law, stressing that Russia uses in the military operation all kinds of heavy weapons, including missiles. Kiseltsya revealed that around 4,300 Russian soldiers had been killed in combat during the first three days of the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow. Separately, taking to Facebook, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar also informed that Russian troops
Decision on AFSPA extension in Assam only after Manipur polls
The call on the extension of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) in Assam may be taken soon. The state government has been “advised to rationalise its use” for another six months after February 28, official sources told ET. The order may be issued after the Manipur elections on March 5, they added. There is a growing clamour among the North Eastern states, including Manipur, for withdrawal of Afspa following the killing in Nagaland where 14 civilians were gunned down by security forces in a botched up operation last year. A senior government official told ET, “The Assam
Vladimir Putin Alerts Nuclear Deterrent Forces
Russian president Vladimir Putin overnight ordered the defence minister and the chief of the military to put nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty”, possibly referring to readying tactical nuclear forces. This could of course be a bluff, but Putin has demonstrated on numerous occasions he has a cavalier disrespect for human life and for the planet, and that he is willing to take extreme risks to achieve his strategic goals. The risk Putin would order the use of nuclear weapons in response to a US or NATO intervention is low, but it cannot be dismissed. The US has described
Trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana’s Nalgonda, Trainee Pilot Dies
Atrainer aircraft crashed in Telangana’s Nalgonda on Saturday. The trainee pilot, identified as 28-year-old G Mahima from Tamil Nadu, died in the crash. The aircraft – a Flytech Aviation Cessna 152 – had taken off from Macherla in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is believed that it hit an electric pole before crashing to the ground. It was flying across the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border and crashed in an agricultural field in Tungaturthi village of Nalgonda district in Telangana. The aircraft belonged to a private aviation academy called Flytech Aviation Academy. The victim, G Mahima, was pursuing a commercial pilot
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