Defense

A news report indicates that while the defence forces were relying on interpretation of satellite imagery which had so far played a pivotal role in identifying terrorists camps, the armed forces are mulling launching a AI engine that can further analyse satellite photos and video feeds from drones to identify images and patterns in real-time.

For long, the Army has been working to modernise its Special Forces which have been very effective in counter-terrorist operations and were also used to carry out cross border raids on Pakistan two years ago.

Officials said that OFT has taken up Research and Development (R&D) projects of 12.7mm lightweight AMR (Anti Material Rifle), 40mm under barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) for AK47/Trichy assault rifle (TAR), and 30mm automatic grenade launcher (AGS30).

“The DRDO AIP is in an advanced stage of experimental trials. Once proven on shore, it has to be tested on a marine platform,” Vice-Admiral Srikanth said, speaking at the launch of a four-part series by the Discovery channel on Indian submariners to commemorate 50 years of the Navy’s underwater arm.

Last year, when six women officers from the Indian Navy left to circumnavigate the globe on INSV Tarini, little did they know that the journey would help them charter a new course in the Indian Naval history.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia in May 2018, India and Indonesia arrived at a shared vision of maritime cooperation in the strategic Indo-Pacific to deepen economic and people-to-people exchanges.

About 45 multi-skilled troops, drawn from the country’s largest Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), the CRPF, have taken charge of the embassy complex located in the Al Mansour area of the Iraqi capital, sometime ago.

The move comes amid growing concerns over the Chinese military build-up along the border areas, especially along the Eastern flank. The go-ahead for procurement of LORROS was given by the Ministry of Home Affairs just a few days ahead of March 10, when the model code of conduct came into effect.

The joint venture will enable indigenous production of high tech air defence systems, anti-tank guided missiles, new generation precision guided munitions among others

Manohar Parrikar obituary: Months before his death, ten clerics reached the BJP headquarters to read the Koran for him and the state’s archbishop Filipe Neri Ferao appealed to the Catholic community to pray for him. Such was his pull, till the end, as one of the few BJP leaders known to have secured a secular image.