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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: ITBP

Neither MoD nor MHA can resolve the unacceptable state of affairs on Indo-Tibetan Border

The ITBP needs to be converted into a military force that is based on a design like the Rashtriya Rifles with suitable modifications.

20 ITBP troops awarded gallantry medals for bravely fighting Chinese PLA in Ladakh last year

These medals for bravery are among the total 1,380 service medals announced by the Union government for various central and state police forces on the eve of Independence Day.

Lt Gen Hooda bats for ITBP to be under Army, says step necessary at ‘unsettled’ borders

Lt Gen D.S. Hooda, former Northern Army Commander, spoke at a webinar organised by Institute of Chinese Studies Wednesday. His comments come a year after the Galwan Valley clash.

Only one-third beds occupied in ITBP Covid care centre as oxygen supply ‘limited’

The paramilitary force said there is a huge influx of patients demanding admission and it has requested the Delhi govt to increase oxygen supply so that admissions are increased.

ITBP’s 500-bed Covid care centre starts functioning with 25 admissions in Delhi

The ITBP said it will only admit patients after approval by district surveillance officers in Delhi and will not accept walk-ins.

Drones, radars, remote cameras — Uttarakhand floods rescue effort is India’s most hi-tech yet

Radars, remote cameras and antennae have been sourced from DRDO and CSIR, and start-ups were contacted for hi-tech drones.

Four bodies recovered from hydropower plant site in Chamoli, over 50 still missing  

Two of the bodies have been identified. The bodies were retrieved by teams of NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and the Army in a multi-agency operation. 

ITBP saves 12 trapped in tunnel after Uttarakhand flood, Army, IAF, NDRF rushed for rescue op

Naval divers on standby. National Crisis Management Committee has said there is no danger of downstream flooding, and no threat to the neighbouring villages.

Meet Galwan, Rezang, Daulat, ITBP’s K9 warrior pups named after strategic locations along LAC

A video from the naming ceremony shows the pups being carried by servicemen and adorned with a red and green collar. They were knighted with a sword.

Little boy’s ‘kadak’ salute to ITBP troops in Ladakh wins internet, BJP MP pledges scholarship

Shared on Twitter by official ITBP handle, the video shows little Namgyal saluting soldiers passing by, a couple of whom stop to teach him the correct posture.

On Camera

How Saba Azad became the accidental voice of Bengal’s language protests

Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.