Defense

India Today TV has learnt that a blueprint to secure India’s civil airports and prevent such drone attacks is in advanced stages. Sources said an IIT Bombay alumni company, IdeaForge, has been tasked by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to come up with a solution by the year-end. op sources told India Today that “Several companies came in for the field test including Israel, German and Indian companies each promising state of the art technology.”

Handing over of drones will be done after due process and will be distributed equally between the MoD and the MHA (and their constituent organisations/agencies) after a joint inspection that will be conducted by the nodal officers of the MoD and the MHA.
The step has been taken after the drone attack on the world’s biggest oil company — Aramco — in Saudi Arabia this month. The distribution of drones will be done twice every year.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has raised the issue of disposal of drones considering auction or dismantling of drones as a threat to the nation.

Top among the discussions would be the proposal to bring Bangladesh into India’s coastal radar chain network which several countries in the region have already joined.

The two-day conference was chaired by Vice-Admiral GS Pabby, Chief of Material, integrated headquarters, ministry of defence (Navy) to assess the progress of refit of ships and submarines and infrastructure projects. The review is being attended by a high-level delegation from naval headquarters, ENC, Andaman and Nicobar Command, naval dockyards, repair yards and material organisations from Visakhapatnam and Port Blair.

Trump’s assurance that the two countries will hold a tri-service military exercise came right after Prime Minister Modi’s pledge to improve synergy between the two countries.

In 2019, until 13 September, the BSF caught 914 Bangladeshi nationals who were trying to infiltrate into India from the border areas of the southern parts of Bengal. In 2018, the BSF caught 1,677 such illegal immigrants, while in 2017, the number was 1,274.

While speaking about possible action in PoK, Rawat said: “The Army’s 15 Corps performs war games and it is not only on defending land. Some of them would involve going across. Even 14 Corps does such war games. So, there are plans.”The Srinagar-based 15 Corps, besides being largely involved in counter-terrorist operations, has operational tasks against India’s western neighbour. The 14 Corps, based in Leh, is involved in operations not only on the western front, but on the eastern one with China as well.

Underlining the need to reduce dependency on arms imports, Defence Minister said several steps have been taken under the Make in India initiative to make the country a major defence manufacturing hub and net defence exporter. The government would not hesitate to initiate more measures, if required, he added.

In a joint investigation by the Narcotics Control Bureau and the local police, it was revealed that suspicious substance in the gunny bags was ketamine, a psychotrophic substance, and there were 1,160 packets of 1 kg each worth Rs 300 crore in the international market, they said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Coast Guard for apprehending the ship.