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INS Viraat: Key Facts
INS Viraat is an aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy that is currently being broken apart at Alang ship-breaking yard, Gujarat. It is noted for its participation in Operation Jupiter and Operation Parakram. It was decommissioned in 2017. There have been offers to convert it into a maritime museum. But the warship has been sold ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carriers • HMS Hermes • India-Pakistan war • Indian Navy Warships • INS Viraat • malabar exercise • Naseem-Al-Bahr • Royal Navy • varuna exercise
Maharashtra Police: Operation Blackface, TRACE and Crawler
Context in Current Affairs: The cyber wing of Maharashtra police has recently acquired a software called the “Crawler” from the INTERPOL that will help to track down child pornography. A core unit of 12 officers has been formed to implement a mission involving the software. These twelve officers went for training to the South Asian ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Child Pornography • Internal Secuirty • Interpol • Maharashtra • National Crime Records Bureau • NCRB • TRACE
Akash Missiles
Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defence system. It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by Bharat Electronics Limited. 10 of these missiles were recently test fired by the Indian Air Force as a part of the Combined Guided Weapons Firing 2020 exercise in the Suryalanka testfiring range ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Akash missile • Akash missile system • DRDO • Missiles
PASSEX: India-Russia
On Indian Navy Day (December 4), India and Russia held a two-day Passage Exercise in the Eastern Indian Ocean. The exercise aimed to enhance interoperability, imbibing best practices and improving understandabilities between the navies. During the exercise, the navies held weapon firing, advanced surface warfare exercise and advanced anti-submarine exercise, helicopter operations, seamanship exercises. Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: India-Russia • Indian ocean region • Indo-Pacific • INDRA • Joint military exercise • Joint Naval Exercise • Military Exercses • PASSEX • TSENTR
Deputy Chief for Military Operations and Strategic Planning
The Defence Ministry has approved the creation of a new post in the Army- Deputy Chief for Military Operations and Strategic Planning. The Deputy Chief will deal with strategic planning, military operations, intelligence and operational logistics. This is the 3rd post of deputy chief in the Army. In addition to this, another new post, the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Army Chief • Army Reforms • Deputy Chief for Military Operations and Strategic Planning • Director General of Information Wafare • Doklam • Doklam Standoff • Military Intelligence
