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

Operation Desert Chase

The Rajasthan Police recently arrested two civil defence employees in Jaipur based on Military Intelligence inputs. They were arrested upon the input that they were passing sensitive information to Pakistan spy agency ISI (Inter Service Intelligence). The information was passed under Operation Desert Chase. Operation Desert Chase The Operation is an anti-espionage operation that was ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: India- Pakistan • India-Pakistan 1947 war • Inter Service Intelligence • Kashmir Issues • Military Intelligence • Official Secrets Act • Operation Tupac • Right to Information Act

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

Natarajan Chandrasekaran task force constituted by Union government to study use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in military

The Department of Defence Production (DDP) has constituted the multi-stakeholder task force task force to study use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in military. The 17-member task force will be headed by Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran. The task force will study the whole gamut of issues surrounding strategic implications of AI in national security perspective.

Topics: Academic disciplines • Artificial intelligence • Chandrasekaran • Computational neuroscience • Cybernetics • Military Intelligence • Technology