SOURCE: ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the previous UPA government accusing it of giving “dossiers” to terrorists while alleging a partnership between Congress and Pakistan. Calling it a “coincidence”, the Prime Minister said that the Congress party is weakening in India adding that Pakistan leaders are offering “dua” (prayers) for the party to return to power.

“The weak Congress government used to give dossiers to the masters of terror. But, Modi’s strong government elimanates terrorists on their soil. It is a coincidence, today Congress is getting weaker in India and as Congress is dying, Pakistan is crying,” PM Modi said.

SOURCE: ANI

Amid the diplomatic row between the two countries, the Indian High Commissioner to the Maldives, Manu Mahawar held a meeting with the Maldivian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Mohamed Saeed to discuss potential areas of trade and economic cooperation.

Maldives Ministry of Economic Development and Trade shared details about the meeting on X saying, “Minister @em_saeed met with Indian High Commissioner to Maldives, H. E. Munu Mahawar, and discussed potential areas for trade & economic cooperation.”

SOURCE: UNI

Security forces on Wednesday have arrested two Terrorist associates in Aragam area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Police said. In a post on X, Bandipora Police said, In a joint operation with Indian Army, Bandipora Police and CRPF arrested two terrorist associates in Aragam.”

“There names are Hilal Ahmad Gojer Guriyal S/O Kareem Ullah Gojer and Mohmad Iqbal Gojer Guriyal S/o Kareem Ullah Gojer,both residents of Chittibandy Aragam Bandipora”, it reads.

SOURCE: AFI

In a significant stride towards bolstering bilateral defense cooperation, the Indo-US joint working group convened in New Delhi on April 29th and 30th, 2024, under the ambit of the Defence Tech & Trade Initiative (DTTI). This two-day meet, facilitated by esteemed representatives including Brig Gen Joel W Safranek, Director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate (AFSAC), and Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), heralded innovative discussions aimed at enhancing defense collaboration and co-production efforts between the two nations.

At the helm of the deliberations were Brig Gen Joel W Safranek and Air Vice Marshal George Thomas, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans), who jointly led the discussion on leveraging the respective strengths and capabilities of the United States and India to foster deeper defense ties. The collaborative agenda emphasized the importance of partnership and cooperative research in overcoming mutual challenges and advancing shared security objectives.

SOURCE: IANS

India’s strategy of continuing to buy cheap oil from Russia despite Western pressures against these purchases has resulted in the saving of around $7. 9 billion in the country’s oil import bill during the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2022-23 and also helped the country to lower its current account deficit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has stood firm in maintaining its ties with Russia despite the Western sanctions against Moscow.

SOURCE: ANI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Wednesday that earlier when terrorists attacked, the weak government used to send dossiers, but the New India today gives a dose to terrorists. He said that the Tricolour was hoisted at the Lal Chowk with full glory after the abrogation of Article 370. Addressing a public rally in Sabarkantha’s Himatnagar, PM Modi said, “The Congress used to scare people that if the Ram Mandir is constructed, then there would be chaos in the country… There was no chaos in the country but there is chaos in the heart of the Congress.

“They said that if Article 370 is abrogated, then the country will break and there would be rivers of blood… But this is Modi. Now Article 370 is abrogated and the Tricolour is hoisted at the Lal Chowk with full glory,” PM Modi added. PM Modi also lashed out at the Congress for not pursuing terrorists when they were in power.

SOURCE: PTI

A total of 125 security posts, including 18 in 2024, have been set up by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in states affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the last four years, providing a significant advantage to the security forces in the fight against the Naxals, officials said on Wednesday.

Most of the posts, known as forward operating bases (FOBs), were set up deep inside forest areas, which were out of bound for government officials and security forces till their establishment. The CRPF has set up 18 FOBs so far in 2024.

SOURCE: PTI

The Israeli embassy said on Wednesday that it collaborated with Indian security forces in conducting a joint security drill with an objective to counter potential future security threats. The drill was conducted in Delhi last week. The exercise witnessed the involvement of various agencies, including the Delhi Police, the National Security Guard and local emergency services, the embassy said.

Israeli envoy Naor Gilon said the joint security drill marked a significant milestone.

SOURCE: ANI

Pakistani Hindu leader and member of the Senate, Danesh Kumar Palyani on Tuesday raised concern over the grave human rights crisis in the Sindh province of the country and said that the girls of the Hindu community are being forcibly converted to Islam. “You see in Sindh, bandits are forcefully converting our Hindu girls to Islam. Bandits in mud forts areas kidnap people but Bandits in settled areas are forcing girls to convert their religion. However, Pakistan gives us the right that no one should force anyone else to convert,” the leader in the ongoing 337th session of the Pakistan Senate.

“Even in Quran, it says ‘La ikraha fiddin’, [there be no compulsion in religion], where in ‘Surah Al-Kafirun’, it says Your religion for you and mine for me. These oppressive people dont even believe in Pakistan’s constitution nor in Quran sharif.

SOURCE: PTI

In a bomb scare of unprecedented scale, over 130 schools in Delhi-NCR received an identical threat email on Wednesday claiming that explosives had been planted on their premises, triggering massive evacuations and searches as panic-stricken parents rushed to pick up their children.

“Nothing objectionable” was found during searches by authorities which later declared it a hoax.

SOURCE: ANI

The troops of the Border Security Forces (BSF) recovered a damaged China-made drone in Punjab’s Tarn Taran District, officials said on Wednesday. According to the officials, the BSF recovered the drone from a farming field nearby Dal village in district Tarn Taran on Wednesday.

“On Tuesday, during the morning hours, while BSF troups were carrying out area domination patrolling in the area ahead of the border fence in district Tarn Taran, at about 11:20 am, a crushing sound was heard under a reaper machine that was making straw in a wheat field ahead of the border fence,” the official statement said.

SOURCE: IANS

Despite the Centre’s peace efforts, Manipur’s two warring ethnic communities – the non-tribal Meitei and Kuki-Zomi tribals – are still sharply divided and there is no sign of reconciliation among them even after one year of the strife that began on May 3 last year. Incidents of violence continued despite the Central government’s all-out support to the northeastern state, and in fact, intensified in the past two weeks as “Village Volunteer” groups of both Meiteis and the Kuki-Zomi communities, possessing sophisticated arms and ammunition, engaged in several fierce exchanges of fire, leaving at least one “Village Volunteer” dead and many injured.

On April 27, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including a sub-inspector, were killed while two others were injured after armed groups attacked a security force camp in Bishnupur district, and days before, on April 24, a vital bridge on National Highway-2 in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district was badly damaged in a powerful IED blast, disrupting traffic between Manipur and the rest of the country via Nagaland.

SOURCE: ANI

The Border Security Forces on Wednesday gunned down one intruder in the Samba sector, officials said.
According to the BSF, the intruder was killed near the international border.

SOURCE: PIB

Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight-tested at around 0830 hrs on May 01, 2024 from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. SMART is a next-generation missile-based light-weight torpedo delivery system, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to enhance the anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedo.

This canister-based missile system consists of several advanced sub-systems, namely two-stage solid propulsion system, electromechanical actuator system, precision inertial navigation system etc. The system carries advanced light-weight torpedo as payload along with parachute-based release system. 

SOURCE: ISRO

A recent study reveals evidence for enhanced possibility of water ice occurrence in the polar craters of the Moon. The study is carried out by the scientists of Space Applications Centre (SAC)/ISRO, in collaboration with researchers at IIT Kanpur, University of Southern California, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (Chakraborty et al., 2024). It suggests that the amount of subsurface ice in the first couple of meters is about 5 to 8 times larger than the one at the surface in both poles.

As such, drilling on the moon to sample or excavate that ice will be primordial for future missions and long-term human presence. Moreover, the study also suggests that the extent of water ice in the northern polar region is twice that in the southern polar region. As for the origin of this ice, the study confirms the hypothesis that the primary source of subsurface water ice in the lunar poles is outgassing during volcanism in the Imbrian period. The results also conclude that the distribution of water ice is likely governed by Mare volcanism and preferential impact cratering.