5 RAFALES HEAD TO INDIA
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Challenges Why in news? Five Rafale fighter jets of the 36 ordered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) took off from France and are homebound to India. Benefits This move of inducting Rafales to the IAF will boost rapid deployment of the jets to upgrade India’s ageing air power amid tensions […]
SECURITY AGENCIES RED-FLAG FIRMS WITH CONNECTION TO CHINESE GOVT.
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Challenges Why in news? Faced with a belligerent People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in East Ladakh, Indian security agencies have red-flagged the penetration of companies believed to have ties with the Chinese government in critical sectors, particularly telecommunications, higher education, and power supply and distribution. Details It is understood that the recent […]
PERMANENT COMMISSION TO WOMEN OFFICERS IN ARMY
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Challenges Why in news? Ministry of Defence has issued the formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in the Indian Army, paving the way for empowering Women Officers to shoulder larger roles in the organisation. Details The order specifies grant of PC to Short Service […]
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS TO GET INDIAN JETS BY 2032
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Challenges Why in news? The Navy is expected to get the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)-built twin-engine carrier aircraft by 2032. It will replace the MiG-29Ks in service which are scheduled to start going out by 2034. The Navy currently operates Russian-origin carrier INS Vikramaditya and expects to have the first Indigenous […]
Opium seizures
Focus: GS3: Internal Security and Challenges Why in news? The fourth highest seizure of opium in 2018 was reported from India, after Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) More about news The maximum of 644 tonnes of opium was seized […]
DAC APPROVES PURCHASE OF JETS AND UPGRADES
Focus: GS-III Internal security Why in news? The defence ministry approved several capital procurement projects that include more than 30 new fighter jets, 300 long-range land-attack cruise missiles and 250 air-to-air missiles. Details The projects will take at least two to three years, if not more, to translate into actual inductions into the armed forces […]
DEFENCE ACQUISITION COUNCIL (DAC)
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Why in news? Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded approval for capital acquisition of various platforms and equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces. Details Focused on indigenous design and development these approvals include acquisitions from Indian industry of Rs 31,130 crore. The equipments are going to be manufactured in India involving […]
SWISS CHEESE MODEL AND DEFENCE REFORMS
Focus: GS-III Internal Security Understanding Swiss Cheese model in simple terms The Swiss cheese model is associated with accident investigation in an organisation or a system A system consists of multiple domains or layers, each having some shortcomings. These layers are visualised in the model as slices of Swiss cheese, with the holes in them […]
TERROR AND PUNISHMENT
The Pakistani government, which for years tried to protect Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, finally got a conviction and a jail term for the cleric in two terror financing cases The Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and his close aide Malik Zafar Iqbal have been sentenced to five-and-a-half years by an anti-terrorism court, vindicating India’s […]
MANAGING PERCEPTIONS
Why in news? Group of envoys on a guided tour of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), has triggered the debate over sovereignty of India. Clearly, the government, which has been under considerable international pressure to lift restrictions in the former State, has managed to arrange these three visits without any incident. The delegations have been taken […]