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Ahir Regiment
Context: Members of the Ahir community have been on an indefinite protest in Gurgaon, demanding the formation of an Ahir ...
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Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful flight tests of the Army version of MRSAM at ...
MANPADS
Context: The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are shipping weapons into Ukraine, including highly sensitive items such as shoulder-fired missiles ...
Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention
Context: Recently, the US said that Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapons attack in Ukraine. Chemical Weapons Definition ...
Exercise-MILAN-2022
Context: The Indian Navy’s multilateral Exercise MILAN 2022 is scheduled Theme: ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration’   About Exercise MILAN 2022: The ...
P-8I-Patrol-Aircraft
Context: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has delivered the 12th P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the Indian Navy. This completes the follow-on clause ...
Darkathon
Context: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) launched a ‘Darkathon’ for cyber experts to find effective solutions to unravel the anonymity of markets in the dark web ...
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About Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) : The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) scheme was authorised for two ...
PASCHIM LEHAR (XPL-2022)
Context: WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND CONDUCTS JOINT MARITIME EXERCISE: PASCHIM LEHAR (XPL-2022) PASCHIM LEHAR (XPL-2022): A joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar ...
Amar Jawan Jyoti
Context: Recently, in a historic move, the flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate in Delhi was ...
INS VIKRANT
Context: Recently, the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) 1, which will be called INS Vikrant once it enters service with the Indian Navy, began another ...
SPG ACT : Special Protection Group Act
Context: Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs formed a separate committee to probe Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security breach in ...
AFSPA- Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Context: The Konyak Civil Society Organizations, the guardian umbrella of organizations of the Konyaks, has slammed the extension of the Armed ...
Pralay: Surface-to-Surface missile
Context: DRDO successfully conducts second flight-test of indigenously developed conventional Surface-to-Surface missile ‘Pralay’ Key Highlights of Pralay: Pralay is a canisterised surface-to-surface tactical short-range ...
BIMSTEC
Context: Raksha Mantri witnesses multi-agency HADR exercise PANEX 21 in Pune PANEX 21: It is  a Multi-Agency multi national disaster relief ...
MIG 21 Aircraft
Context: Tejas is not being inducted as a replacement of MIG-21 fighter aircraft, but as a part of modernisation of ...
BrahMos Missile System
Context: The Philippines government recently allocated 2.8 billion pesos ($55.5 million) for initial funding for the BrahMos Missile System (Cruise) ...
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Context: DEVELOPMENT OF KAVERI ENGINE About KAVERI ENGINE: The GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri is an afterburning turbofan project developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a lab ...
Exercise Dosti
Context: The 15th edition of the biennial trilateral coast guard exercise Dosti involving India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka is underway in the ...
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Context: Recently, group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded Vir Chakra which is a wartime gallantry award, by the President of India. The ...
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Context: The Prime Minister handed over the Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) System Shakti to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held as ...
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Context: Recently, Russia has fired its Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile from a warship in the north of the country. Earlier, it was reported ...
INS Visakhapatnam (P15B)
Context: INS Visakhapatnam commissioned into Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai ...
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Context: INS Trikand is currently deployed in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman as part of Operation Sankalp About ...
SITMEX 2021
Context: Recently, the third edition of the trilateral naval exercise Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX 2021) has been conducted in the Andaman Sea of the ...
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Context: The Indian Navy (IN) would be participating in the Second Phase of Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar along with the ...
Akash Prime Missile
Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the Akash Prime missile from the Integrated Test Range at ...
SURYA KIRAN EXERCISE
Context: 15th Edition of Indo - Nepal Joint Military Training, Exercise Surya Kiran between Indian Army and Nepali Army About ...
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Context: CURTAIN RAISER INDIAN ARMY TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTI-LATERAL EXERCISE ZAPAD 2021 IN RUSSIA Key Highlights ZAPAD 2021: A 200 ...
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A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the ...
Kazind-21
Context: As part of military diplomacy and to strengthen the growing strategic relations with Kazakhstan, the fifth edition of India-Kazakhstan ...
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Ministry of Defence Context: Recently Exercise Konkan 2021 was held between INS Tabar and HMS Westminster Key Highlights: Exercise Konkan ...
Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme
Context: In order to boost domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme ...
IAC-1
Context:  Indigenously developed aircraft carrier for Indian Navy, INC-1, has started its trial runs before induction into service. Background  INC-1 ...
EXERCISE INDRA-21
Ministry of Defence Context: OPENING CEREMONY EXERCISE INDRA-21 Key Highlights of EXERCISE INDRA-21: The Indo - Russia joint training Exercise ...
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
Ministry of Defence Context: The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has approved a central sector scheme viz. Innovations ...
Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology About Personal Data Protection Bill: The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in ...
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Context: Grene Robotics, a Hyderabad based company has developed an indigenous autonomous drone defence dome called Indrajaal. Indrajaal is an autonomous defence ...
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Context: Indian naval ship (INS) Sarvekshak departs Colombo on completion of survey assistance Key Highlights: Indian Navy’s Hydrographic Survey Ship ...
Indian Ocean
Context: 7th INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (IONS) Key Highlights: The 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), a biennial event, ...
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The criminal justice system is an instrument of state and a key index of the state of democracy. Every punishment ...
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Context:  Indian Navy’s frontline frigate, INS Tabar arrived at Alexandria on 27 Jun 21 for two days as part of ...
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Context: DRDO is all set for the trails of their new missile ‘Agni Prime’ in the coming days.  About Agni ...
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Context: DRDO successfully test fires Enhanced Pinaka Rocket Key Highlight Pinaka Rocket: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test ...
Navy
Context: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews development works at Karwar Naval Base under ‘Project Seabird’. RM says it will ...
Context: Chief of Defence Staff to chair important meeting to sort out issues on theatre command. About: The Chief of Defence Staff ...
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Context: According to some media reports, Twitter has lost its intermediary status in India over non-compliance of the new IT rules that came into ...
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Context: Maiden Indian Navy - European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Exercise in Gulf Of Aden Key Highlights: Indian Naval Ship ...
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About NSG: The National Security Guard (NSG) is an elite counter-terrorism unit under the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). It was founded on 22 September ...
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Context: The US airline United has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and "return supersonic speeds to aviation" in the ...
India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT)
Ministry of Defence Context: The 31stedition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai ...
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Ministry of Defence Context: The induction ceremony of ‘322 Dega Flight’ was held with three indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopters ...
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Context: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against hoarding, profiteering, adulteration and black-marketing ...
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Context: Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability ...
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Context: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its report on trends in global military expenditure in 2020. Key Highlights: ...
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Context: Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973 has been imposed in Gurugram, owing to the rising number ...
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Ministry of Defence Context: Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) Announces Winners of National Level field Marshal Manekshaw Essay Competition ...
EXERCISE VARUNA – 2021
Ministry of Defence Context: The 19th edition of exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ is scheduled to be conducted in the Arabian Sea from 25th to 27th April ...
spf
Context: The J&K government has constituted a Special Task Force (STF) for identifying and scrutinizing the government employees who are involved in ...
Civil defence
Context: The Delhi Police recently issued a statement, pointing out that civil defence personnel, also known as Delhi Civil Defence (DCD) volunteers, have no ...
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Context: Exercise Desert Flag –VI successfully culminated today with de-induction of the Indian contingent from UAE. Key Highlights: Desert Flag ...
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Ministry of Defence Context: As part of Mission Sagar-IV, Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa arrived at Port Anjouan, Comoros on 14 ...
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Why in News? ISRO has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of producing high-resolution images for a joint ...
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Context: INS Karanj - third Kalvari class Submarine commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai Major milestone for Indian Navy’s Project 75 ...
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Context: Indo-Uzbekistan Field Training Exercise 'DUSTLIK ' commences in Ranikhet (Uttarakhand) About: The India – Uzbekistan joint military exercise “DUSTLIK ...
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Context: In its new Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), China has proposed to build first dams on the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo ...
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Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday virtually inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge (Maitri Setu) Key Highlights: Friendship Bridge (Maitri ...
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Ministry of Defence Key Highlights: Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid ...
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Context: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful launches of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile ...
Quad
About: The forum was initiated as a dialogue in August 2007 by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on "seas of ...
Indian Navy exercise
Context: TROPEX 21 Debrief Naval Commanders at Kochi for OP Discussions Theme: ‘Combat Ready, Credible and Cohesive force’. Key Highlights: ...
Helina
Context: Joint User Trials for Helina (Army Version) and Dhruvastra (Air Force Version) Missile Systems have been carried out from ...
joint maritime
Context: Indian Navy conducts/participates in bilateral/multilateral maritime exercises and coordinated patrols (CORPATS) with friendly foreign countries on a regular basis ...
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Why in news? Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi based DRDO laboratory, handed over Rakshita, a bike-based ...
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Why in news? The Cabinet met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister in New Delhi on 13 January and has ...
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Why in News A large-scale Tri service Military ‘Exercise Kavach’ will be conducted in January 2021 under the aegis of ...
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Context: Indian Navy conducted the second edition of the biennial pan-India coastal defence exercise 'Sea Vigil 21' on January 12 ...