Recent Defence Updates-Month of [April - May 2020]


Last Updated on 29 May 2020

India to go ahead with infra development in key areas along LAC notwithstanding stiff resistance by China

It is learnt that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has conveyed to top military brass that there was no need for reviewing the implementation of any of the key projects along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand or in Arunachal Pradesh in view of the aggressive behaviour by Chinese troops in several sensitive areas.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissions Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sachet’, two interceptor boats

The ICGS Sachet, the first in the series of five offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) has been designed & built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) and is fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment.

Mission Sagar: India’s helping hand across Indian Ocean amid COVID-19 outbreak

The operation is being progressed in close coordination with the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs, and other agencies of the Government of India.

Defence Ministry abolishes 9,304 posts to make Military Engineering Service an effective organisation

The move is stated to be aimed at making MES an effective organisation with a leaner workforce, well equipped to handle complex issues in the emerging scenario in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Major Suman Gawani: All about the Indian Army officer awarded 2019 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award

Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer and a Military Observer formerly deployed with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), will receive the 2019 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award along with Brazilian Navy officer Commander Monteiro de Castro Araujo. Major Suman Gawani is also the first Indian peacekeeper to win the prestigious award.

Locust army enters Maharahstra, 4-5 villages in Vidarbha region come under attack

Primary reports indicated that in the last couple of days, four to five villages in the Vidarbha region have come under attack from the locusts, known for feasting on all sorts of plants and standing crops.


3-km long army of locusts reach Jhansi, fire brigade remain on standby

The Jhansi district administration has directed the fire brigades to remain on standby with chemicals following a sudden movement by a swarm of locusts.

Kalapani is an issue between India and Nepal: China

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a media briefing here while replying to questions on India-Nepal differences over the border and Indian Army chief Gen. MM Naravane's remarks that Kathmandu was objecting to the newly built road by India at the behest of "someone else".

Defence Ministry abolishes 9,304 posts to make Military Engineering Service an effective organisation

The move is stated to be aimed at making MES an effective organisation with a leaner workforce, well equipped to handle complex issues in the emerging scenario in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Defence Ministry signs nearly Rs 1200 crore contract for modernisation of airfield infrastructure

The MAFI Phase-II is a follow-on programme based on MAFI Phase-I that included up-gradation of 30 airfields of IAF.

Coronavirus COVID-19: Three ships sent to evacuate Indians from the Maldives and UAE

INS Jalashwa deployed off Mumbai coast, along with INS Magar, diverted for Maldives on Monday. 

Operation Samudra Setu underway, Indian Navy ship reaches Male to evacuate stranded citizens

Indian Navy's INA Jalashwa entered Male port in Maldives on Thursday morning for evacuating Indian nationals as part of Samudra Setu programme. The ship will leave for Kochi from Maldives on Friday carrying nearly 1,000 Indian nationals onboard who were left stranded due to lockdown imposed to contain the deadly coronavirus COVID-19.






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