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Topic: drills

Ducking under desks & making stretchers out of bedsheets, Delhi students learn the mock drill ropes

About 550 schools across New Delhi took part in drills as tension with Pakistan soars. The drill was conducted on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

‘Operation Abhyaas’—in Delhi schools, students learn what to do after hearing air raid sirens

In the national capital, mock drills were being held across 55 locations & air raid sirens were set to sound at 4 pm. Nearly 500 schools were also carrying out their own drills.

Delhi Police, NSG conduct mock drills days after 200 schools received hoax bomb threats

Other agencies like fire department and Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) also joined the drill, which went on for at least half an hour.

Kim Jong Un orders military to intensify drills in case of ‘real war,’ says KCNA news agency

KCNA said North Korean unit trained for ‘strike missions’ fired a ‘powerful volley at the targeted waters’ on Thursday and demonstrated its capability to ‘counter an actual war.’

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?