NIA Act 2019 Subject – Defence and Security Context – NIA gathering details of 2 Indians who were killed in Abu Dhabi attack Concept – To know about NIA and NIA (Amendment) ACT, 2019, please refer September 2021 DPN.
Naval variant of BrahMos Subject – Defence and Security Context – Naval variant of BrahMos supersonic missile test-fired from INS Visakhapatnam Concept – An extended range sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired by India from the Indian Navy’s newly commissioned INS Visakhapatnam. BrahMos, deployed by the Navy on […]
Inner Line Permit System (ILPS) Subject – Security and Defence Context – Plea in Supreme Court against ILPS in Manipur Concept – It is a concept based on the policy of exclusion drawn by colonial rulers in the form of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act (BEFR), 1873. The BEFR prohibits an outsider’s — “British subject or foreign citizen” — […]
Strategic Areas in J&K Subject – Defence and Security Context – 1.3k kanal Valley land declared strategic area; up for Army ops use Concept – The Jammu and Kashmir administration has provided its sanction to declare over a thousand kanals of land in Gulmarg and 354 kanals in Sonamarg areas of the Valley […]
Special Protection Group (SPG) Subject – Defence and Security Context – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security breach in Punjab wherein his cavalcade was stuck on a flyover for almost 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesting farmers Concept – The Prime Minister’s security is the domain of the Special Protection Group or […]
PM’s security Subject – Defence and Security Context – Prime Minister’s cavalcade stranded on a flyover in Punjab’s Ferozepur district for over 15 minutes due to a protest by farmers Concept – Planning of the PM’s security during any visit is an elaborate exercise that involves both central agencies and state police forces. […]
Multi Agency Centre (MAC) Subject – Defence and Security Context – States told to share Intel on common grid Concept – Multi Agency Centre (MAC) is a common counter-terrorism grid under the Intelligence Bureau that was made operational in 2001 following the Kargil War. As many as 28 organisations, including the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), armed forces and […]
GitHub Subject – Defence and security Context – The open-source software repository service GitHub is in the news after it was used to create and share an offensively named app that sexually harassed Muslim women in India. Concept – GitHub is the world’s largest open-source developer community platform where users upload their projects […]
Exercise MILAN Subject – Defence and Security Context – Navy gears up to hold its largest multilateral exercise ‘Milan’ at the end of February Concept – It is a biennial, multilateral naval exercise which started in 1995. Formerly, held at Port Blair and now is shifted to Visakhapatnam The Navy has held 10 […]
Attacks-as-a-Service Subject – Defence and Security Context – If in the physical world, 2022 has started off with a major Omicron scare, the cyber world stares at a year where phishing, ransomware and malware attacks will get more sophisticated Concept – Attacks-as-a-Service, Malware-as-a-Service and Fraud-as-a-Service, are all terms used to better qualify the […]