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Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS)

8th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs (CoC) ➖ Conducted by Royal Thai Navy at Bangkok, ...

Decrease In Naxalite Activities

Context As per Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, subjects of Police and Public Order are with the State ...

What is a National Security Strategy?

Context A long wait is said to be coming to an end as the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) sets ...

ATAGS: Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System

Context The Indian army has put forth a proposal to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to buy 307 ATAGS i.e. Advanced Towed ...

Voice Technology to combat cyber-fraud

Voice Technology to combat cyber-fraud Context With cyber frauds in India on the rise, voice biometrics technology can help financial ...

Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner

Context President of India recently presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President’s Bodyguard in a ceremony. Oldest ...

HAWK air defence equipment

Context The United States is considering retrieving older HAWK air defence equipment from storage to send to Ukraine which is facing ...

Carl-Gustaf M4

Context In a significant move, Swedish defence products company Saab today announced that it will manufacture its Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons ...

ATAGS: Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System

Context In a first, an indigenously developed howitzer gun, ATAG, became part of the 21-gun salute during the Independence Day ...

Hellfire R9X missile

Context The US military used its ‘secret weapon’ the Hellfire R9X missile to kill Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on ...

India joined Combined Military Forces

Context India joined the US-backed Combined Military Forces-Bahrain (CMF-B) — a counterterrorism coalition aimed at protecting international waters as an ...

ABHYAS High speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT)

Context Recently, India successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT), ABHYAS, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) ...

Agnipath Scheme

Context The government recently unveiled its new Agnipath scheme for recruiting soldiers across the three services. About Agnipath Scheme The new ...

Precision Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

Context Ukraine is set to receive the first delivery of precision multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) from the US and UK, ...

Astra Mark-1 Missile

Context The Ministry of Defence it has signed a contract with the Hyderabad-based public-sector Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) for supply ...