About NDC The National Defence College (NDC), located in New Delhi, is the highest seat of strategic learning for officers of the Indian Armed Forces and the Civil Services of India. The aim of National Defence College is to equip …
About: Mission Sagar-II, follows the first ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, and provided food aid and medicines. Mission Sagar-II, is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of …
What’s in the news? Recently, India and the U.S. signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) during the third 2+2 dialogue of defence and foreign ministers of the two countries. This is the fourth and the last of the …
About: Malabar Exercise is an annual trilateral naval exercise between the navies of India, Japan, and the USA which is held alternately in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and the USA …
China-Taiwan Relations Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island off the southern coast of China that has been governed independently from mainland China since 1949. China and Taiwan sharply disagree on the island’s status. While …
About: SLINEX series of exercises exemplifies the deep engagement between India and Sri Lanka which has strengthened mutual cooperation in the maritime domain. SLINEX-20 aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding and exchange best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime …
The grouping of four democracies India, Australia, US and Japan– known as the quadrilateral security dialogue or quad came into force on November 12, 2017 on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit at Manila. AIM– All four nations find …
About the NAM The Non-Aligned Movement was formed during the Cold War as an organization of States that did not seek to formally align themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union, but sought to remain independent or …
About: Exercise Bongosagar of Indian Navy (IN) – Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise , was first held in 2019, aimed at developing inter-operability and joint operational skills through conduct of a wide spectrum of maritime exercises and operations. In the …
What’s in the news? The Defence Ministry has removed the offset clause requirement in Inter-Governmental Agreements (IGA) in the new Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAC) 2020. New Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAC) Features: For making the process faster Project Management Unit– To …