Inter-Services Intelligence Current Affairs, GK & News
Govt plans to set up joint counter operation centre in Punjab
The Central government is planning to set-up a joint counter operation centre in Punjab involving National Investigation Agency (NIA), external spy agency R&AW, counter-terror unit of Intelligence Bureau and Punjab Police. Why the Centre is mulling on the idea? The intelligence report with the Union Home Ministry hints at the Inter-Services Intelligence network’s nefarious design ..
Topics: Government • India • Information sensitivity • Intelligence Bureau • Inter-Services Intelligence • Khalistan Liberation Force • Khalistan movement • National Investigation Agency • Pakistani intelligence agencies • Punjab insurgency • Punjab Police • Research and Analysis Wing
Samant Kumar Goel appointed as chief of Research & Analysis Wing
Samant Kumar Goel, a 1984 batch IPS officer from Punjab cadre, has been appointed as the new of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). He succeeded Anil Dhasmana. He is said to have been involved in the planning of the Balakot air strike and played an important role in checking militancy in Punjab. Mr. Goel, ..
Topics: Anil Dhasmana • Cabinet Secretariat • Government • Government of India • Government of Pakistan • Information sensitivity • Inter-Services Intelligence • Raw • Research and Analysis Wing • Samant Goel
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed: appointed Pakistan’s new ISI chief
Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, was appointed by Pakistan military as the new Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military-led powerful spy agency. Though by convention it is the Prime Minister of country who appoints ISI chief in consultation with Army chief per the Constitution, bout in reality it is the Army who decides who he ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Persons in News
Topics: DG ISI • Intelligence Bureau • Inter-Services Intelligence • ISI • Islamabad • Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed • Mullah-Military Alliance • Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa • Rawalpindi
Faiz Hameed named as new chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed has been appointed as the new Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the powerful spy agency of Pakistan. He succeeded Lt Gen Asim Munir. Hameed has previously served as the head of the Counter Intelligence wing of the ISI. The ISI was formed in 1948 as an independent unit to strengthen the ..
Topics: Asim Munir • Faiz Hameed • Government of Pakistan • Hamid Gul • Inter-Services Intelligence • Lieutenant generals • Military Intelligence • Military personnel • Pakistani intelligence agencies
US urged China to take strict action against Terrorists
US has urged China not to shield Pakistan and rather join the international community in calling on Islamabad to take action against terrorists operating on its soil. This came aftermath to the Beijing’s decision to block a bid in the United Nations to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. US also ..
Topics: Balakot airstrike • Crime in India • Government of Pakistan • Inter-Services Intelligence • Jaish-E-Mohammed • Jem • Kashmir Conflict • Masood Azhar • Pakistan • Pulwama attack • Punjabi people • Terrorism • United States
Current Affairs : September 23, 2011
“SLINEX 2011”: Indo-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise SLINEX 2011: Code named SLINEX 2011, it was the 5 day Joint Naval Exercise b/w India and Sri Lanka, in the seas off Trincomalee Started on September 19, 2011 it concluded on September 23, 2011 Objective: Improving interoperability of the two navies INS Shivalik, considered one of the largest ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2011
Topics: Cricket • ICC T20 World Cup • Indian Hindus • Inter-Services Intelligence • International cricket • International Cricket Council • Marathi people • Pakistan • Sachin Tendulkar • SLINEX • Team sports