Why in News: A year since the violent clash between the Armies of India and China in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has built additional accommodation in the depth areas along the Line …
CONTEXT Recently, India and the Philippines signed the “Implementing Arrangement” for “procurement of defence material and equipment procurement”. This agreement lays the groundwork for sales of defence systems such as the highly anticipated export of the BrahMos cruise missile, through …
UAPA Act, 2019 The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament in August 2019. It amended the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Act empowers the central government to designate an individual a “terrorist” if they …
What is the S-400 air defence missile system? The S-400 Triumf, (NATO calls it SA-21 Growler), is a mobile, surface-to-air missile system (SAM) designed by Russia. It is the most dangerous operationally deployed modern long-range SAM (MLR SAM) in the …
Why in News? With the deal for Ka-226T utility helicopters with Russia not concluded five years after it was announced and its fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters at the end of their service life, the Army is set to …
What’s in the news? After years of negotiations, India and Japan have inked a landmark agreement- Agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services– that will allow their militaries to access each other’s bases for logistics support. It is seen …
Geographically, India shares a long border with its neighbouring countries due to which border challenges have magnified constantly. India shares land borders with 7 countries which are China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. India has around 7000 km …