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Topic: Territorial Army

Territorial Army inducts Mandarin experts, in ‘advanced stage’ to rope in cyber experts

Unit of Indian Army, TA is taking help of Mandarin experts to act as interpreters during India-China border personnel meetings, also plans to appoint ‘at least six cyber experts’.

A look at the Territorial Army — The Indian military’s task force hit by the Manipur landslide

The Territorial Army, a part-time military organisation for Indians who may have other jobs, is essentially a volunteer force that can be quickly mobilised in the defence of a state.

Territorial Army set for overhaul as voluntary force gets its first director general

Lt Gen D.P. Pandey takes over as the first director general as plans are afoot to engage the Territorial Army in better operational and intelligence roles.  

Army veterans upset with MoS Anurag Thakur’s speech as he’s a TA officer, one of their own

During Delhi election campaign, BJP's Anurag Thakur had said 'desh ke gaddaron ko...' while referring to anti-CAA protestors. The crowd had yelled back 'goli maaro saalon ko'.

Dhoni to patrol, perform guard duty & stay with his battalion in Kashmir from 31 July

Dhoni had announced his unavailability for the Indian team's tour to the West Indies, informing BCCI about his training with the Army.

This is the Spl Forces battalion Dhoni is headed for in J&K, here’s how Territorial Army works

TA consists of volunteers who commit two months a year to military service & is trained & armed just like regular Army regiments.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.