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Lt Gen KJS Dhillon appointed as DG DIA and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) under CDS
Lt Gen KJS Dhillon has been appointed as the Director-General of the tri-services organisation Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) under the Chief of Defence Staff. He was a former 15 Corps Commander and with his recent appointment, he will replace Lt Gen AS Bedi. The new role as ..
Topics: Chief of Defence Staff • Defence • Intelligence agencies
Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Advisor (NSA)
Ajit Doval, a 1968-batch IPS officer & a former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief, has been reappointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) for a five-year tenure. He has also been given a cabinet rank in recognition of his contribution in the national security domain. This is for the first time that an NSA has been ..
Topics: Ajit Doval • Balakot • Doklam • Doval • Government of India • Indian Airlines Flight 814 • Intelligence agencies • Intelligence Bureau • National Security Advisor • National Security Agency • Politics by country • Uri: The Surgical Strike
Prince Williams goes undercover with spies
Prince Williams spent three weeks on undercover with British intelligence agencies. HE gained first ”hand understanding of the role played in combating terrorism. The second in line to the Britain throne worked with the MI5 and MI6 and also with the government communication headquarters as an intern learning the security processes. The Mission Impossible is ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: British intelligence agencies • Counter Terrorism Command • Counter-terrorism • Government • Intelligence agencies • Law enforcement • MI5 • National security • Prevention • Prince • Secret Intelligence Service • Security • Security agency • United Kingdom
Pankaj Saran appointed as new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)
Pankaj Saran, the 1982-batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). He will at post for a period of two years, on deputation basis initially till the date of his superannuation, i.e., November 30, 2018, then on re-employment on contract basis. Currently, he is India’s ..
Topics: Ajit Doval • Government • Government of India • Intelligence agencies • Mass surveillance • National Security Adviser • National Security Advisor • National Security Agency • Pankaj Saran • Prime Minister's Office • Rajinder Khanna • Research and Analysis Wing
Rajinder Khanna appointed as new Deputy NSA
Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna, a 1978-batch Research and Analysis Wing Service (RAS) officer, has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) on January 2, 2018 without a fixed tenure and would remain at the post until further orders. He will assist NSA Ajit Doval, who too is a former RAW chief. ..
Topics: Ajit Doval • Global surveillance disclosures • Government • Intelligence agencies • Mass surveillance • National security • National Security Advisor • National Security Agency • Rajinder Khanna • Research and Analysis Wing