Induction of Women Cadets In NDA : Centre Seeks time to study impact of policy
Women Cadets In NDA : The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that induction of women cadets in National Defence Academy (NDA) has been a major policy decision and it needs at least three months for deliberating implications in the long term for induction and deployment of ex-NDA women cadets in the Indian Armed Forces. It said that in respect of the number of women to be inducted for “NDA-II 2021” and “NDA-I 2022,” it is submitted that each course at NDA has 370 vacancies for the three services out of which 208 will get commissioned in the Indian
Pakistani drone came again for spying on Indo-Pak border, BSF shot it down by 18 rounds
Pakistan’s nefarious acts have come to the fore once again in Sriganganagar district, located on the India-Pakistan International Border. Here from across the border, Pakistani drones with nefarious intentions reached the wideband for the purpose of reconnaissance of the border area. On this, the ready soldiers of the Border Security Force opened their guns. It is being told that BSF personnel fired about 18 rounds at the suspected Pakistani drone. There is a possibility that the Pakistani drone may have been damaged in the firing by BSF. The movement of a suspected Pakistani drone was seen near Tarbandi at around
First indigenous flying trainer HANSA-NG completes sea level trials
India’s first indigenous flying trainer ‘HANSA-NG’ designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, has successfully completed the sea-level trials at Puducherry from February 19 to March 5. The aircraft was flown to Puducherry covering a distance of 140 nautical miles in 1.5 hours at a cruising speed of 155 km/hr on February 19, NAL said in a release on Saturday. The objective of these trials were to evaluate handling qualities, climb/cruise performance, balked landing, structural performance including positive and negative G, power plant and other systems performance at sea level, it said. All the objectives of the sea-level trials were
After Defence Expo India Cancels Vayu Shakti Air Exercise
India has also postponed the ‘Vayu Shakti’ exercise after the Defense Expo. Government sources gave this information on Friday. News agency ANI quoted government sources as saying that the Indian Air Force (IAF) postponed its exercise ‘Vayu Shakti 2022’ to be held in Jaisalmer on March 7. Sources said the new dates for the ‘Vayu Shakti’ exercise would be announced later. 148 aircraft including Rafale aircraft were to participate in this exercise. Not only this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was going to be present in this program as the chief guest. This is the second big news related to the
Russian Armed Forces At Command For Safe Evacuation of Indians in Ukraine
The Russian defence ministry on Wednesday said its armed forces are ready to take all necessary measures for the safe evacuation of Indian citizens from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. An official of the Russian embassy in India shared the details of the Russian defence ministry’s briefing. At a media briefing in Moscow, the ministry also alleged that the Ukrainian authorities are “forcibly keeping” a group of Indian students in Kharkiv against their wishes to go to Belgorod. When asked, Ukrainian Ambassador to India Igor Polikha strongly rubbished the allegations and said Ukraine, which is “bleeding”, is helping the
PM Modi said – our indigenous weapons will surprise the world, know which foreign equipment will be banned
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that it is very important for military hardware to be customized and unique to take “surprise benefits” on India’s adversaries. And this goal can be achieved only when weapons and systems are developed in India itself. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the above things while giving his views on the topic “Atmanirbharta in the field of Defense – Call to Action” in a webinar organized by the Ministry of Defense on Friday. “If 10 countries have the same type of defence equipment, then your armed forces will not have any uniqueness. For the
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