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- - - -  The jawans can get personal information and information related to accommodation, Ayushmann-CAPF and leaves on their mobiles.
      -  Be it GPF, Bio Data or grievance redressal on “Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System” (CP-GRAMS) or information on various welfare schemes, now Jawans can get all this information through the app and this app will also connect them with the portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
      -  A “BSF Drone/UAV and Cyber Forensic Lab” has been set up in Noida, through which captured drones have been thoroughly mapped for their linkages and locations across the border
      - Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III squadron commissioned in Chennai
  - - - Arnala is the first of the 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) that are currently being built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).
      -  The vessel made its first contact with the water of the Bay of Bengal during a recently-held launch ceremony in Chennai. The launch ceremony is one of the four important ceremonial occasions associated with a ship’s life. The other three are keel laying, commissioning and decommissioning.
      -  The ship has been named Arnala to highlight the maritime significance of the Arnala island, which is situated some 13 km north of Maharashtra’s Vasai. Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bestowed strategic importance on this island during his reign
      -  The ‘Arnala’ class ships are being built to replace the Indian Navy’s ‘Abhay’ class ASW ships.
      -  The ASW-SWC ship is 77.6-metre-long and has a displacement of 900 tonnes.
      -  The vessel can reach a maximum speed of 25 knots and can travel up to 1,800 nautical miles. The ship is powered by three diesel-powered water jets. It is made of some 80 percent of indigenous content
      - The ship has been named ‘Arnala’ to signify the strategic maritime importance accorded to the island of Arnala, located about 13 kilometres north of Vasai, Maharashtra, by Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji
      -  The island belonged Sultan Mahmud Begda of Gujarat.
      -  The Portuguese conquered the island in 1530. They used it to control shipping and navigation along the northern Konkan coast.
      -  In 1737, the island was captured by the Marathas.
      -  It remained under the control of Marathas until 1817, when the British successfully captured it as the result of the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
      - INSV Tarini
        
        Indian Navy’s sailboat INSV Tarini has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa for participating in the 50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023
        
        The Cape Town – Rio de Janeiro is one of the most prestigious Trans-Atlantic ocean races
        
        During the expedition while transiting from Goa to Rio de Janeiro via Cape Town and back, INSV Tarini would be covering a distance of almost 17000 nautical miles.
        
         INSV Tarini is known for circumnavigating the globe with an all women officer crew in the historic expedition titled ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’ in 2017.
        
         In the present expedition, the vessel is being skippered by Capt Atool Sinha with Lt Cdr Ashutosh Sharma, Lt
        
        India’s third Survey Vehicle ship ‘Ikshak’ is launched
        
        ‘Ikshak’, which means “Guide”. The name signifies the contribution of survey vessels towards facilitating safe passage for Mariners at Sea
        
        The remaining three ships are being constructed (upto outfitting stage) by the subcontractor L&T Shipbuilding. The first SVL under this contract, ‘Sandhayak’, was delivered in December 2021 at GRSE in Kolkata.
        
         The vessels developed under this project will replace the existing Sandhayak Class survey ships.
        
         Their propulsion system of the SVL has two Main Engines in twin shaft configuration, designed to reach a maximum speed of 18 knots.
        
         It has new-generation hydrographic equipment capable of collecting accurate oceanographic data.
        
        INS Mormugao"
        
         The second ship of Project 15B has been delivered to the Indian Navy.
        
         The indigenously built "INS Mormugao" warship gives more teeth to the warriors of the sea.
        
         It is among the most technologically advanced guided missile destroyers in the world.
        
         The warship is equipped with BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine rocket launchers, indigenous torpedo tube launchers, and a 76mm super rapid gun mount.
        
        Indian Navy launches stealth frigate 'Taragiri
        
        Taragiri', the third stealth-guided missile frigate of Project 17A was launched into the Arabian Sea recently- marking a major step in India’s defence indigenisation programme.
        
         The keel of 'Taragiri' was laid on September 10, 2020. The ship is expected to be delivered by August 2025.
        
         The vessel is being launched with an approximate launch weight of 3,510 tons. The frigate is designed by the Indian Navy's in-house design organization, the Bureau of Naval Design.
        
         The MDL has undertaken the detailed design and construction of the ship which is also overseen by the Warship Overseeing Team (Mumbai).
        
         This ship has been built using an integrated construction methodology which involves hull block construction in different geographical locations and integration/erection on the slipway at MD
        
         The Ship s named after himalayan range of Uttrakhand.
- - - - The 18th edition of Indo - US joint training exercise “YUDH ABHYAS 22” is scheduled to be conducted in Uttarakhand
      -  Exercise Yudh Abhyas is conducted annually between India and USA with the aim of exchanging best practices, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures between the Armies of the two nations
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      -  The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (USA) 2021
      -  It is the largest running joint military training and defence cooperation endeavor between India and the US.
      -  The exercise was started in 2004 under the US Army Pacific Partnership Program. The exercise is hosted alternately between both countries.
      - OTHER INDO US EX
        
         Exercise Tiger Triumph (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise)
        
         Exercise Vajra Prahar (Special Forces’ Exercise)
        
         Cope India (Air Force).
        
         Malabar Exercise (Quadrilateral naval exercise of India, USA, Japan and Australia).
        
         Red Flag (US’ multilateral air exercise)
      - Tiger Triumph exercise
        
        The Indian and US militaries carried out a three-day joint humanitarian assistance exercise in Vishakhapatnam in line with the growing strategic cooperation between the two countries.
        
         The first exercise took place over the course of nine days in November 2019 and featured more than 500 US Marines and sailors. The first exercise included 1200 Indian sailors, soldiers, and Airmen.
        
         This year, the military exercise involved fifty combined participants, and it focused on staff planning, with an emphasis on processes for streamlining diplomatic, operational, and logistical coordination.
        
         Tiger Triumph marked the third time in 2022 that Indian and US militaries have worked together in Vishakhapatnam.
        
         The US joined India and more than thirty other nations for India’s bi-annual exercise Milan in February.
        
         It is a comprehensive endeavor of the Indian and US military and diplomatic representatives to provide coordinated disaster relief to a notional third country hit by a super-cyclone
        
        Garuda VII air exercise
        
         Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) are participating in 'Garuda VII' at Air Force Station Jodhpur.
        
         It is being hosted by India for the fourth time so far.
        
         Garuda VII is the seventh edition of the bilateral air exercise between India and France that is taking place after a gap of two years.
        
         The first, third and fifth editions were conducted in India in 2003, 2006 and 2014 at Air Force Stations Gwalior, Kalaikunda and Jodhpur, respectively.
        
         In this exercise, FASF will participate with four Rafale fighter aircraft, one A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport(MRTT) aircraft and a contingent of 220 personnel
        
        Exercise Parvat Prahar
        
        Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande, who is on a two-day visit to Ladakh, reviewed exercise Parvat Prahar recently. He was briefed on operational preparedness by commanders on the ground
        
         This exercise named Parvat Prahar is being conducted by the One Strike Corps of the Indian Army.
        
         The strike corps means that if China or Pakistan act anywhere, they will first enter and eliminate it.
        
         Parvat Prahar is a 20-day long exercise of the Indian Army.
        
         The exercise comes as India and China are separating from the Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15) in eastern Ladakh.
        
        Multinational Naval Ex Kakadu
        
        INS Satpura and a P8 I Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the Indian Navy reached Darwin in Australia, for participation in the multinational Exercise Kakadu – 2022, hosted by the Royal Australian Navy.
        
         Exercise KAKADU, which started in 1993, is a multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
        
         It is a multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force.
        
         It is held biennially in Darwin and the Northern Australian Exercise Areas (NAXA).
        
         It would see participation from 25 different countries.
        
         Exercise derives its name from Kakadu National Park, which is a protected area in the northern territory of Australia.
        
        Eastern Naval Command conducts offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’
        
        Offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’ was conducted in the Krishna Godavari Basin Offshore Development Area (ODA) recently under the aegis of Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command.
        
         Prasthan is an offshore security exercise that is held every six months.
        
         Its main purpose is to integrate the efforts of all stakeholders involved in the offshore defence.
        
         It was recently conducted under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
        
         The exercise witnessed the participation of various oil operators like ONGC, Reliance Ltd, Vedanta and others involved in the Maritime Security.
        
         Its objective is to assess the overall security and preparedness during the emergency situations at the Offshore Development Area.
        
         It enables the oil operators to validate their standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid out for the various
        
        ODA contingencies.
        
         The two-day offshore security exercise had enabled the refining of the standard operating procedures (SOPs)
        
        and response actions to several contingencies in the Offshore Defence Area (ODA) situated 40 nautical miles
        
        south of Kakinada – a city in Andhra Pradesh.
        
         The exercise focused on terrorist intrusion, bomb explosion, major fire, casualty excavation, search and
        
        rescue, man overboard, mass evacuation and oil spill.
  - - - The 7th edition of Exercise Sangam, a joint Naval Special Forces exercise between Indian Navy MARCOs and US Navy SEALs commenced in Goa.
      -  Exercise Sangam was first conducted in 1994 and is an important military and diplomatic initiative .
      -  A joint exercise among US SEALs, Indian Navy MARCOs and other participating nations’ Naval Special Forces is held annually as part of Exercise Malabar. The Sangam exercise is a bilateral exercise purely between the US and Indian Special Forces
      - Joint Exercise Agni Warrior
        
        The 12th Edition of Exercise Agni Warrior, a bilateral exercise between the Singapore & Indian Army, which concluded at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali (Maharashtra)
        
         Exercise Agni Warrior, involved showcasing joint firepower planning, execution and use of New Generation Equipment by the Artillery arm of both armies.
        
         Exercise also included participation by both sides in a joint computer war-game as part of joint planning process.
        
        Austra Hind 2022
        
         The Austra Hind 22 is a bilateral training exercise between the Indian Army and the Australian Army.
        
         The Australian Army is represented by soldiers from the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Division.
        
         The Indian side is represented by the troops belonging to the Dogra Regiment.
        
         This is the inaugural edition of the Austra Hind series. This joint exercise will involve all arms and services contingents of both countries’ armies. It will be hosted alternatively by India and Australia.
        
        Naseem Al Bahr-2022
        
        The 13th edition of bilateral exercise between the Indian and the Royal Oman navies, Naseem Al Bahr-2022,commenced off the coast of Oman
        
         Naseem Al Bahr naval exercise was started in 1993.
        
         The last edition was conducted off Goa in 2019.
        
         India has ancient maritime tradition and maritime interaction with Oman dates back to over 4000 years BC.
        
        Bilateral relations between both countries were formally established with signing of 1953 Indo-Oman Treaty of friendship, Navigation and Commerce.
        
         The Indian Navy’s guided missile frigate Trikand and Offshore Patrol Vessel Sumitra, with their integral helicopters, and the maritime patrol aircraft, Dornier, are participating in the exercise.
        
         It was first between India and Arab country.
        
        Sea Vigil’ coastal defence exercise
        
        The third edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’
        
         This National Level Coastal Defence Exercise was conceptualised in 2018 to validate various measures that have been instituted towards enhancing maritime security since ‘26/11.
        
         The concept of ‘Sea Vigil’ is to activate the Coastal Security apparatus across India and assess the overarching Coastal Defence mechanism.
        
         The exercise will be undertaken along the entire 7516 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and will involve all the Coastal States and Union territories along with other maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities.
        
        Ex Vajra Prahar 2022
        
        The 13th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise “Ex Vajra Prahar 2022” commenced at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS), Bakloh (HP).
        
        • The Vajra Prahar series of joint exercise aims to share best practices and experiences in areas such as joint mission planning and operational tactics as also to improve inter-operability between the Special Forces of both the Nations.
        
        • This annual exercise is hosted alternatively between India and the United States. The 12th edition was conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mcchord, Washington (USA) in October 2021.
        
        Multilateral Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2022
        
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