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Friday, May 10, 2024
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Topic: Indian Army

How Army’s artillery modernisation plan, stuck in a rut after Bofors, is picking up pace

The Army’s artillery modernisation plans have picked up pace since 2010 and have a major indigenous component in them.  

India now working on 1,500-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The Army Tuesday carried out a ‘live missile test’ of the 290-plus km range BrahMos missile, but efforts are on to extend its range to 400, 800 and 1,500 km.

China continues infrastructure build-up along LAC, amid disengagement talks with India

Many in defence and security establishment believe while there could be some progress in disengagement talks, the 'Chinese plan to come back later with more speed and numbers'.

422 women Army officers now eligible for permanent commission, 46 more have to wait

Declassified results of an Army selection board find that 422 of 615 women, in service bracket of 10-25 years, qualify for permanent commission. Results of 46 others withheld.

Chinar Corps Twitter handle has a ‘visibility’ problem, Army takes up issue

Some in the Army believe Chinar Corps Twitter account is facing a 'shadow ban', wherein everyone except the person posting cannot see the content linked to a particular handle.

Political ideology has a direct impact on Army’s leadership, and that’s a worry

Rajnath Singh doing Shastra puja looks like PR. India’s secular Army never made a big deal out of them.

Army pays floral tributes to soldiers killed in ceasefire violations along LoC in J&K

5 security forces personnel were among 11 people killed in multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC between Gurez and Uri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir Friday.

Pakistanis are wrong. Indian Army’s videos of LoC bunker hits are real, not from Syria

The Indian Army had shared several videos of shelling across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, and a screenshot has gone viral in Pakistan claiming it's fake.

Modi rides made-in-India Arjun tank, DRDO hopes Army will fast-track big order

The Army plans to place an order for 118 Arjun Mark 1-A ‘Hunter Killer’ tanks, each of which weighs 68 tonnes and features a 120mm main gun.

Top ULFA(I) leader Drishti Rajkhowa surrenders in Meghalaya

SS Col Drishti Rajkhowa, along with four accomplices SS Corporal Vedanta, Yasin Asom, Ropjyoti Asom and Mithun Asom, surrendered with a huge quantity of arms.

On Camera

Apple ad just an example of Big Tech’s inflated sense of self, not the collapse of the world

Apple iPad Pro's ad is a science-fiction film come to life. It destroys every creative instrument and artefact to show our lives can be compressed into the 'thinnest product ever created'.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.