About Bongosagar
Focus: GS III- Security Challenges Why in News? The third edition of Indian Navy (IN) – Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise ‘Bongosagar’ commenced at Port Mongla, Bangladesh . About Bongosagar Exercise Bongosagar is aimed at developing a high degree of interoperability and joint operational skills through the conduct of a wide spectrum of maritime exercises […]
Project WARDEC – India’s Upcoming AI-powered Wargame Center
Context: The Army Training Command signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to develop a ‘Wargame Research and Development Centre’ in New Delhi. The project, which has been given a prototype name ‘WARDEC’, will be a first-of-its-kind simulation-based training centre in India that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to design […]
About the Pegasus Project
Context: The Supreme Court has said its technical committee had so far received and tested 29 mobile devices suspected to be infected by Pegasus malware. Relevance: GS-III: Internal Security Challenges (Basics of Cyber Security; Role of media and social-networking sites in internal security challenges; Internal security challenges through communication networks), GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional […]
Europe’s Digital Services Act
Context: Recently, The European Parliament and European Union (EU) Member States announced that they had reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark legislation to force big Internet companies to act against disinformation and illegal and harmful content, and to “provide better protection for Internet users and their fundamental rights”. Relevance: GS III- Cyber Security Dimensions […]
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Focus: GS-II: International Relations (International Groupings or Agreements affecting India’s Interests, India’s neighbors), GS-III: Internal Security Challenges (Terrorism in Hinterland & Border Areas) Why in News? Recently, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs attended the FATF Ministerial Meeting in Washington D.C., conducted along-side the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International […]
What laws govern tapping a phone; what are the checks in place?
Context A lady IPS officer is facing an FIR in Mumbai for allegedly tapping the phones of a Rajya Sabha MP in Maharashtra. Relevance GS-II: Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency and Accountability, E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; Citizens Charters, Transparency & Accountability and institutional and other measures. Dimensions of the Article How are phones tapped […]
Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)
Context: A committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry in December to study the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, from Nagaland, slated to submit a report within 45 days as claimed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, is yet to conclude its findings. The panel was formed in the wake of […]
NATPOLREX-VIII
Focus: GS III- Security Challenges Why in News? Recently, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has conducted the 8th edition of two-day National Level Pollution Response Exercise, ‘NATPOLREX-VIII’, off Mormugao harbour, Goa. Aboutt NATPOLREX-VIII The exercise was a two-day event that included a table-top exercise, a pollution response workshop on marine oil and HNS (Hazardous and Noxious Substances) spill, and […]
Towards a peaceful, stable North East
Context Progress in settling border disputes, removal of AFSPA herald positive changes in the region. Relevance GS-III: Role of External State and Non-state Actors in creating challenges to Internal Security Dimensions of the Article Significant development for restoring normalcy in the region Progress on the border disputes Significance of notification on AFSPA Way Forward Significant […]
National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise
Focus: GS III- Security Challenges Why in News? Recently, National Security Advisor inaugurated the National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise. About National Cyber Security Incident Response Exercise (NCX India) The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) of the Government of India, in collaboration with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), is implementing the programme, which […]