PM MODI TO CHAIR UNSC HIGH-LEVEL OPEN DEBATE ON MARITIME SECURITY

August 9, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the High-level Open Debate on ‘Enhancing Maritime Security - A Case for International Cooperation’ today at 5.30 pm IST via video conferencing.The meeting is expected to be attended by several Heads of State & Government of member states of the United Nations Security Council,...

ARMY CHIEF VISTS SOUTHERN COMMAND

August 7, 2021

General MM Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is on a two day visit to Southern Command, touching base at Pune and Goa. During his Pune visit, the COAS visited Tata Motors at Pimpri where he observed the operations of the assembly lines of Passenger and Commercial Vehicles and...

ARMY COLUMNS MOBILISED IN FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS OF MADHYA PRADESH

August 7, 2021

Recent spell of heavy rain in Madhya Pradesh has flooded Gwalior – Chambal region affecting many villages in Gwalior, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Datia and Bhind districts. The flooding in many prominent rivers in the area submerged swathes of area and washed away critical road links and bridges connecting these areas. The...

IAF CHIEF CONCLUDES HIS UAE, ISRAEL VISITS

August 7, 2021

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria yesterday concluded his visit to Israel. During the visit, he called on Maj Gen Amikam Norkin, Commander Israeli Air Force and held wide-ranging discussions on all bilateral Air Force interactions. He flew a sortie there in an F-15 fighter...

KEEL LAYING CEREMONY FOR 1ST WARSHIP OF ASW SWC PROJECT AND 3RD WARSHIP OF SVL PROJECT ORGANISED

August 7, 2021

Keels of the first warship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) project and the third warship of Survey Vessel Large (SVL) project for the Indian Navy were laid virtually on Friday by Vice Admiral (VAdm) SN Ghormade, Vice Chief of Naval Staff. The ships are being built...

FIRST DEPUTY NSA LEVEL MEETING HELD UNDER COLOMBO SECURITY CONCLAVE

August 7, 2021

The first Deputy National Security Adviser level Meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave was hosted virtually on earlier this week by Sri Lanka under the Chairmanship of General LHSC Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of Army of Sri Lanka and the participation of Mr. Pankaj Saran, Deputy National...

SECOND IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RANGE TECHNOLOGY

August 6, 2021

The 2nd Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Range Technology (ICORT-2021) is being held virtually starting Thursday. The conference has been organised by Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur, a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It was inaugurated by Secretary, Department of Defence R&D...

AIRBORNE TACTICIANS JOIN NAVAL AIR ARM

August 6, 2021

16 officers of the Indian Navy and three officers of Coast Guard graduated as Observers and were awarded wings at a ceremony held on Thursday at INS Garuda, Kochi. Two officers graduated as Qualified Navigation Instructors (QNIs) and were awarded instructional torches. Rear Admiral AN Pramod, Deputy Commandant, Indian Naval...

INDIAN NAVY TO CONDUCT A DIGITAL SYMPOSIUM AS PART OF ‘AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV’

August 6, 2021

The year 2021 marks the 75th year of India’s independence. The occasion is commemorated with the launch of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. Towards this, the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy would be conducting an online symposium with the theme “Navy and 75 years of Nation building” on 09...

SWARNIM VIJAY VARSH VICTORY FLAME AT CELLULAR JAIL, BOSE ISLAND AND ZERO ISLAND

August 6, 2021

The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame was taken to Cellular Jail at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mark the 50th anniversary celebrations of India’s victory in the 1971 war. The Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) organised various events at the Cellular Jail. The events included a band...