SOURCE: PIB

The Defence Acquisition Council, under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on September 03, 2024, paid tribute and condolences to late Indian Coast Guard (ICG) DG Rakesh Pal. All members of DAC attending the meeting observed two minutes silence.

The Raksha Mantri described DG Rakesh Pal as a dedicated leader & patriot who contributed immensely towards growth of ICG in terms of infrastructure & acquisition of Surface & Air Assets. His service to the nation and ICG will always be remembered.

SOURCE: AFP

Renault India has provided Renault Kwid, Kiger, and Triber vehicles to the 14 Corps, Northern Command, Indian Army to support their transportation needs. This gesture aims to boost the mobility and transportation needs of the army unit.

Sudhir Malhotra, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Renault India, expressed the company’s honor in assisting the Northern Command with these vehicles, emphasising Renault’s focus on the “Make in India” initiative. He noted that these vehicles are intended to enhance the mobility and logistical efficiency of the command.

SOURCE: IANS

Bollywood multi-hyphenate Farhan Akhtar will be next seen in ‘120 Bahadur’. The film has gone into production, with the camera starting to roll in Ladakh on Wednesday. The actor will be seen in the role of Major Shaitan Singh, a Param Vir Chakra awardee.

The film tells the story of Major Shaitan Singh and the soldiers of Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment. It is set against the backdrop of the 1962 Indo-China war, draws inspiration from the Battle of Rezang La, where our men in uniform displayed unparalleled courage, heroism, and sacrifice. The makers of the film shared two motion posters, introducing Farhan Akhtar as Major Shaitan Singh.

SOURCE: ANI

The bodies of the 9 Naxals killed in the encounter with security personnel were brought to the mortuary of Dantewada District Hospital in Chattisgarh on Wednesday. The security forces killed these 9 naxals during an encounter operation in the forest at the Dantewada-Bijapur on Tuesday. Dantewada SP Gaurav Rai said large numbers of SLR rifles, .303 Rifles and .315 Bore rifles were recovered from the Naxals. All security force personnel involved in the operation were safe.

After the encounter, Chattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday saluted the bravery of soldiers and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has been fighting with Naxalism since it came to power and soon it will be wiped out. “The BJP has been fighting with naxalism since it came to power.

SOURCE: PTI

Five Bangladesh nationals, including four women, were apprehended and pushed back from Assam’s Karimganj district on Wednesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

They were nabbed by the Assam police while trying to enter Karimganj from neighbouring Tripura. “Our @assampolice personnel are maintaining constant vigil along the Indo-Bangladesh border and alert to thwart infiltration attempts,” the chief minister posted on ‘X’.

SOURCE: PTI

Bengaluru-headquartered Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace (FWDA) on Tuesday announced the successful maiden flight of indigenous unmanned bomber aircraft, the FWD 200B.

Classified as a Medium Altitude (15,000 feet) Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the FWD 200B is equipped with optical payloads for surveillance and missile-like weapons for air strikes and bombing, the FWDA Founder and CEO Suhas Tejaskanda told reporters here.

SOURCE: ANI

Two out of three bodies have been recovered after the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) crashed in the Arabian Sea during an emergency landing when it was approaching a vessel for the evacuation of an injured crew member. One crewmember was saved earlier, when the wreckage was located.

The bodies recovered on Tuesday have been identified as Commandant Vipin Babu and P/NVK Karan Singh, as per the Porbandar Coast Guard DIG Pankaj Agarwal. The helicopter had saved the lives of 67 people during the recent cyclonic weather in Gujarat and was forced to make the emergency landing in the Arabian Sea during a rescue operation about 45 km from Porbandar.

SOURCE: ANI

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan will deliver the opening address at the Joint Commanders’ Conference which will be held at Headquarters, Central Command in Lucknow on September 4 and 5. The theme of the conference is ‘Sashakt aur Surakshit Bharat : Transforming the Armed Forces’ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will review the defence preparedness and address the apex-level military leadership on September 5.

A Defence Ministry release said that the conference will factor in the prevailing volatility in the regional and global environments to deduce plausible operational and employment scenarios, and simultaneously undertake threat and resource matching to develop a robust concept for future wars.

SOURCE: PTI

The commerce ministry’s arm DGFT on Tuesday said the Department of Defence Production has been authorised as the licensing authority for export of all items falling under the munitions category for military end-use.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the updated SCOMET (Special Chemicals Organisms Materials Equipment and Technologies) list for 2024. It said that India’s export control list (SCOMET) has been updated, incorporating the recent changes in the control lists of the multilateral export control regimes, and certain policy amendments on the basis of inputs from relevant government organisations and stakeholders.

SOURCE: IANS

 Director General of Police, Manipur, Rajiv Singh said that the state police are in touch with the Director General National Security Guard (NSG) and other experts to seek their support about the recent attacks on civilians by the militants using drones and sophisticated weapons.

Two persons – including a woman (31) – were killed and 12 others injured in the attacks by suspected Kuki militants using drones and sophisticated weapons at Sejam Chirang and nearby Koutruk villages in Imphal West and Imphal East districts on Sunday and Monday.

SOURCE: IANS

Amid the controversy surrounding the Netflix series ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’, which tells the story of the hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 by Pakistan-based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in 1999, Anil Sharma, who was present in the hijacked Airbus aircraft as chief steward, and saw the series of events unfolding in front of his eyes, said on Tuesday that some of the scenes in the web series are fictitious.

After the series was released, several social media users accused its creators — Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava — of changing the names of two hijackers to ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’, thus hurting Hindu sentiments.

SOURCE: ANI

Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir recently shared a message on his YouTube channel about the unrest in the region. Mirza, a vocal critic of the current Pakistan regime, highlighted a growing counter-revolution characterised by ruthless suppression of the voices of progressives, freedom fighters, and nationalists.

Mirza said, “As I have been continuously updating you, a counter-revolution has started in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The most significant sign of this is the ongoing attacks on progressives, freedom fighters, and nationalists. Asma Batool is still in custody, and there has been no news about her in the media. Only a few individuals have made general statements mentioning missing persons, but no specific statement regarding Asma Batool’s release has been seen in any newspaper from PoJK.”

SOURCE: IANS

 Tripura Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday formally handed over the body of a minor girl found with bullet wounds along the India-Bangladesh border in northern Tripura to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) authorities.

The body of the girl, likely 16-year-old, was found by the BSF troopers on Monday during routine patrolling from near the Laitapura Border Outpost (BOP) in Kailashahar in Tripura’s Unakoti district.

SOURCE: PIB

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on September 03, 2024, accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 10 capital acquisition proposals amounting to Rs 1,44,716 crore. Of the total cost of AoNs, 99% is from indigenous sources under Buy (Indian) and Buy (lndian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured) categories.

For modernisation of the tank fleet of the Indian Army, the proposal for procurement of Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCVs) has been cleared. The FRCV will be a futuristic Main Battle Tank with superior mobility, all terrain ability, multilayered protections, precision & lethal fires over and real-time situational awareness.

SOURCE: UNI

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the production document of 30mm High Explosive Preformed Fragmentation (HEPF) shell to Director General of Naval Armament Inspection (DGNAI) at a ceremony organised at Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pashan in Pune.

This 30mm HEPF shell, developed by ARDE, will further enhance the combat capability of the Indian Navy against drones, an official statement said on Tuesday. The features of HEPF shell are similar to the in-service ammunition (HE/I Shell) so that it can be fired from existing AK-630 Naval gun.