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• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 10, Nov 2021

Why in news?In order to boost domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of Rs 400 crore for creating state-of-the-art testing infrastructure in partnership with the private indus

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Nov 2021

To prepare for INTERNAL SECURITY for UPSC-IAS/UPPSC, Students have to know about Insurgency/Crisis in North-East India.It is important topic for Civil services Mains paper 3 topic Internal security.The Northeast region of India comprising of eight states – Ass

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 01, Nov 2021

Let us understand the problem in detail and tell you about age-old history of Naga Insurgency. Nagaland continues to witness one of the longest and bloodiest standing insurgencies—one that has existed longer than the Kashmir insurgency. The political dispute has sp

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Oct 2021

The term ‘Naxal’ derives from the name of the village Naxalbari in West Bengal, where the movement had its origin.Naxalbari uprising was an armed peasant revolt in 1967 in the Naxalbari block of the Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district, West Be

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

Indian Army has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as choice for its multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS). Igla-S bid around $1.47 billion from Russia’s Rosoboronexport had emerged lowest bidder for Indian Army’s Very Short R

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 18, Oct 2021

China has recently tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile.About HSTDVHSTDV is an unmanned scramjet vehicle with a capability to travel at six times the speed of sound.The scramjets are a variant of a category of jet engines called the air-breathing engines.The

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 06, Oct 2021

India and Pakistan troops are reported to have exchanged fire briefly along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.This is the first violation along the Kashmir Valley section of the de facto border since February this year.Background:

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 05, Oct 2021

Why in News?Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today, 04 November 2020.About Pinaka MissileThe Pinaka MK-II Rock

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Oct 2021

Recently, China has cited a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to question India’s missile programme amid reports of an upcoming test for the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile.UNSC Resolution 1172 was issued after India&rs

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 02, Oct 2021

Why in News?The five insurgent groups of Assam, the Centre and the State government have  recently signed to end years of violence in the Karbi Anglong region. Key points of the Agreement:Under the peace accord, more than 1,000 armed cad