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The Society’s highest award is bestowed in recognition of Reddy’s pioneering technological contributions over the past three decades which has enabled the country to realise frontline military systems and world class missile technologies. Reddy received the Honorary Fellowship during the Medals and Awards presentation ceremony in London.
Upon her arrival, the Commanding Officer of the vessel, Commander BK Prashant called on Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Merril Wickramasinghe. They held a cordial discussion and mementoes were also exchanged to mark the importance of the occasion. The Indian Naval Ship ‘Nireekshak’ is scheduled to leave the island on 03rd December 2019, on completion of the training visit.
IBGs are self-contained, agile, brigade-sized fighting units, which were proposed in one of four studies initiated by Army chief General Bipin Rawat on the overall restructuring of the force. They are to replace the current Cold Start Doctrine, which called for defensive corps to carry out shallow cross-border thrusts within 72 hours for limited objectives such as the capture of territory. Gen. Rawat acknowledged the existence of the doctrine for the first time in January 2017.
“We set up the defence unit in 2016, encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India call. We started making armour-plated bodies for vehicles that were delivered to the paramilitary forces in 2017, in technical partnership with an American firm. But Mithra and the American partner decided to part ways by mutual consent because the partner was a specialist only in steel armouring,” MV Srinivas, a director of Mithra, said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the proposal to extend the period of retention of government accommodation for families of battle casualties from all the three services to one year from the existing three months, a statement from the Ministry of Defence said. The government’s decision will not just boost the morale of the troops and their families but also came as a relief as shifting homes after losing a breadwinner can be extremely difficult, officials said.
The ship was given traditional welcome by Maritime Security Agency and conducted joint exercise with HMAS Bathurst prior entering Darwin. The stay at Darwin will be till November 29 during which ship will be opened for visitors to share experiences in the field of combating pollution response, anti-piracy and armed robbery with the personnel of Maritime Border Force of Australia.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Army chief would be present in the exercise. It underscores Indian Army’s resolve to implement the integrated launch of Strike Corps in developed and desert terrain in consonance with its enunciated pro-active strategy using Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) along the Western Front. Army’s para-commanding team will participate in the event where paratroopers will do para-trooping in the front of defence minister.
With its length of 260 meters, the warship would have two take-off runways and a landing strip with three arrester wires, capable of operating a STOBAR (short take off but arrested delivery) aircraft and a range of helicopters. Twenty MiG 29K fighter jets and 10 helicopters will be deployed on the aircraft carrier.
General Bipin Rawat– who is serving a rare full three year term as the Indian Army Chief after he superseded two officers in 2016 – is likely to get a term of over two years as the CDS, which will largely see the creation of a new structure to provide military advise to the government and implement joint procurement by the three services.
It is the 11th anniversary of the 26/11 attacks and one cannot not remember Takaram Omble’s sacrifice on this day. The Indian Police foundation tweeted about him with the caption, ‘Constable Tukaram Omble : Your valour will never be forgotten. Overpowering a heavily armed terrorist, even after getting seriously injured. But for you, Terrorist Kasab would not have been apprehended & brought to justice. Salutes’.
