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NSA also asked to tighten the counter-infiltration grid at the Line of Control (LoC) in the wake of the latest report suggesting Pakistan has again reactivated launch pads and is pushing terrorists to infiltrate India. The meeting was attended by Army Chief General Manoj Mukund, Research and Analysis Wing Chief Samant Goel, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding of the Army’s Srinagar-headquartered 15 Corps (GoC) Lt Gen BS Raju and the Nagrota-based 16 Corps Commander Lt Gen Harsha Gupta and Jammu and Kashmir police DGP Dilbag Singh.

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Sunday (May 10, 2020) informed that his force plans to introduce the Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) along the borders with China and Pakistan for swift strikes in case of a war situation. Speaking to news agency PTI, the General stated that a “test-bedding” for the same had been completed but the rollout has been delayed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

The announcement came to mark the 75th Victory Day today. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Russia on the 75the Victory day. The Russian Ministry of Defence will be setting up a section to commemorate the event and role of the Indians.

Troops of India and China were involved in a fierce face-off near Naku La Pass in the Sikkim sector of the Sino-India border, official sources said on Sunday.
A number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches, they said, adding the troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local level.

he NIA said that the agency along with Punjab and Haryana police arrested Ranjit Singh, allegedly a notorious narco-terrorist, from Sirsa on Saturday as he was acting as a conduit for Pakistan-based groups to push drugs into India and the money generated was used for terror activities.

Construction of military warships at Goa Shipyard Limited has picked up pace with lockdown restrictions being lifted even though raw material supply and key equipment deliveries remain hampered due to a breakdown in global supply chain, said GSL chairman and managing director Bharat Bhushan Nagpal.

In a major breakthrough, Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters on Friday executed a daring rescue and evacuation of a stranded crew of the IAF helicopters and air dispatch crew at an altitude of 15,500 feet above sea level amidst inclement weather.

Ministry of Defence signed contract for Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure (MAFI) of 37 airfields for Indian Air Force(IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with M/s Tata Power SED (TPSED) at a cost of nearly Rs 1,200 crore here today. The proposal has been duly approved by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh.

The Border Road Organisation (BRO) completed the 80 km stretch connecting Ghatiabgarh and Lipulekh on April 17. After the trials were successful, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh opened the road by video conferencing on Friday. The road ends at the 17,000 feet high Lipulekh pass. From there, Mount Kailash is located around 97 km north of the pass in Tibet. The Lipulekh pass, close to the Tri-junction of India-China-Nepal, is the lowest point in this section of the high Himalayas.

Once again Indian security forces after intense fire exchanges killed four terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighting the need for higher automation in activities like Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) especially for a real-time tactical operation. Aerial systems like UAVs or drones are known to be most cost effective solutions and have potent lethality, when weaponized.