Indian Defence Forces

The order worth over Rs 37,000 crore for 83 Tejas Mark-A1 jets from PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is going to be the biggest deal ever in India's military aviation sector. The 83 Tejas Mark-A1 fighter jets will have 43 improvements as compared with the 40 Tejas Mark-1 that are already ordered by the Indian Air Force. The deliveries will begin after three years from the time the deal is inked.

Defence ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand said at about 3.30 p.m. on Friday Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Defence sources said Naib Subedar Ravinder Kumar was injured and later succumbed to the critical injuries sustained in the Pakistani firing.

Ever since it was raised on October 24, 1962 under the CRPF Act in the wake of the India-China war of 1962, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) headquarters was located in various government office structures, but the force was not yet to get its own dedicated land or building so far.

Findings regarding "counter drone solutions" are under the process to get rid of the illegal activity that intelligence agencies warned has potential to harm internal and external security. An anti-radio frequency (RF) transmission system is being developed to help the Border Security Force (BSF) in controlling the ongoing menace by breaking the link of drones flown by their handlers sitting somewhere in Pakistan, a source privy to the development said.

After the 51st DG level talks (DLT) in Guwahati with the BGB, BSF Director General Rakesh Asthana said that since September this year, the BSF has handed over 60 Bangladeshi nationals to its counterpart.

Sahil Goyal, Deputy Chief of Defence Accounts, along with two other officers visited the veteran at his residence here on December 11 and presented the revised pension orders and a plaque to the veteran on behalf of the CGDA, a statement issued by the Defence PRO said.

Public sector units have doubled the value of production in all sectors—from shipbuilding to aviation and armament. Data available with the defence ministry shows that the value of production jumped from Rs 6,716 to Rs 12,268 crore in second quarter.

Four 'Victory Mashaals' lit from the Eternal Flame of the National War Memorial will now be carried to various parts of the country, including to villages of Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra awardees of the war. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was also present at the venue, unveiled the logo for 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' to mark the anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

The new enhanced level will help the armed forces to increase the size of reserves as well as also balance the requirement for stocks on both the fronts(China and Pakistan), which have become equally active.