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As tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) rages on, the Indian Army has asked its personnel to delete 89 apps from their smartphones including Facebook, TikTok, Tinder, PUBG and Instagram to avoid leakage of information, ANI report quoted Indian Army sources as saying.
Operation Samudra Setu, which was launched on 05 May 2020 as part of the national effort to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic has culminated after successfully bringing 3,992 Indian citizens back to their homeland by sea. Indian Naval Ships Jalashwa (Landing Platform Dock), and Airavat, Shardul and Magar (Landing Ship Tanks) participated in this operation.
President of Ex-Services League Ladakh Region, Retired Subedar Major honorary Captain Sonam Murup while recalling his days in Ladakh Scouts Regiment of the Indian Army, told IANS that Indian defence is no longer what it used to be in 1962.Disapproving the “Hindi-Chini bhai bhai” (Indian-Chinese brothers) slogan, which was popular before the 1962 war, Murup said
The Indian company Tata Motors unveiled its Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) at Defexpo 2014 in Delhi. The vehicle platform is developed jointly with the DRDO’s Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE) in Pune. The WHaP is still in the trial phase including high-altitude and floating tests. Considering the high tension between India and China over border issues, these high-altitude tests get a particular interest.
Almost two decades after it was last updated, the Policy for Design Development and Production of Military Airsystems and Airborne Stores (DDPMAS) is being revised to keep pace with contemporary technical and commercial advancements in the aviation sector.
The ‘White Tigers’, as the squadron is popularly known, has the rare distinction of operating all three fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy – Sea Hawk, Sea Harrier and MiG 29K – from all three aircraft carriers – INS Vikrant, INS Viraat and INS Vikramaditya.
The Indian Army has deployed infantry combat vehicles in the Galvan Valley as Chinese troops had deployed their armored vehicles to strengthen their position amid border dispute with India along the Line Of Actual Control (LAC). The deployment of armored vehicles or BMP 2 is to counter threat to the Darbuk–Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSDBO) road, which is very important for the Indian Army.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has made three new bridges in Ladakh’s Nimu region operational from Monday. The strategically located bridges are helping Indian Army move tanks and other heavy artillery to the Eastern Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Called the ‘sons of the soil’, the young recruits of Ladakh Scouts are well acquainted with the treacherous mountain terrain making them lethal at heights that are inhospitable. In June, 127 youth had completed their training and joined the Ladakh Scouts.
The ANI report said that disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan, Ladakh has begun. This is a result of intense diplomatic, military engagement and contacts in the past 48 hours. However, details of the disengagement process are awaited. These meetings followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Leh where a decisive and firm message was sent out to China.
