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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur has developed light weight Bullet Proof Jacket (BPJ) weighing 9.0 kilogrammes, meeting the qualitative requirements of Indian Army.
The exercise called `Shantir Ogroshena (front runner of peace) will be held in Bangladesh to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur, which comes soon after PM Narendra Modi visited Dhaka on March 26-27.
“Indian Army has gifted one lakh doses of made in India COVID – 19 vaccines to Nepal Army and it will be helpful for the force,” sources from the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said.
The sources said issues regarding multilateral and regional cooperation in the emerging regional security scenario were also discussed between Singh and Wook. It is learnt that China’s military assertiveness in the region figured in the talks.
A 5 member Indian mobile training team completed imparting 14 days special training to 50 Malagasy Special Forces in the port city of Antsiranana. The Malagasy special forces consisted from both the navy and army of Madagascar.
Terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a 25% drop in 2021 as compared to the corresponding period of last year, even as 20 Kashmiri youths joined terrorist ranks so far this year against 167 in entire 2020.
The deployment of BrahMos-armed Su-30MIKs at Thanjavur has given India the option of hitting enemy targets deep in the Indian Ocean. Taking off from Thanjavur, a Su-30MKI, equipped with an air-launched BrahMos, can go right up to the Malacca Strait, a narrow maritime chokepoint between Malaysia and Singapore, that links the Indian with the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
A state-of-the-art Unexploded Ordnance Handling Robot (UXOR) that can handle and defuse unexploded ordnance (UXOs) — bombs, motors and missiles — up to 1,000 kg remotely from 1km Line Of Sight (LOS) is ready for technology transfer to private firms.
French Naval Ships Tonnerre (Amphibious Assault Ship) and Surcouf (Frigate Class Ship) are on a two day good will visit to Kochi. The ships arrived at Cochin Port Trust on 30 Mar 21 and were received by Senior Naval Authorities in the background of fanfare by the naval band.
India will catch up with China in developing border infrastructure in three to four years, chief of defence staff General Bipin Rawat said on Friday. He discounted major threats from the Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean region.
