2 Pig's Hoorified in Sopore Encounter.

Huge Cache of Arms and Ammunitions recovered.

The opening ceremony of the 3rd edition of Exercise Austra Hind 2024, a joint military exercise between India and Australia, was held today at the Foreign Training Node, Pune, Maharashtra.

The exercise is scheduled from 08 to 21 November 2024. The objective of the exercise is to strengthen interoperability between the Indian Army and the Australian Army in conducting Sub-Conventional Operations under the UN Mandate.

The Hon'ble President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, witnessed the operational demonstration by the Indian Navy at sea on 07 November 2024. The Hon'ble President arrived at INS Hansa, Naval Air Station at Goa on 07 November 2024 and was received by Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, CNS, and Vice Admiral Sanjay J Singh, FOCINC, WNC. A 150-men ceremonial Guard of Honour was paraded on her arrival.

ENC conducted a comprehensive anti-hijack exercise on 06 November 2024 at Visakhapatnam Airport, simulating a hijack scenario to test and validate response procedures. This exercise, co-ordinated by INS Dega aimed to assess the effectiveness of the airport's contingency plan, safeguard passenger safety, and ensure seamless inter-agency coordination in the event of an actual hijack situation. The responses demonstrated adequate readiness and coordination among INS Dega, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the National Security Guard (NSG), the Airport Authority of India, and State Government agencies to handle any contingencies.

The third edition of the high-level virtual interaction MAHASAGAR was conducted by the Indian Navy on 05 Nov 24, during which Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff interacted with Heads of Navies/ Maritime Agencies and Senior Leadership from Indian Ocean Region littorals viz., Bangladesh, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. The interaction’s theme was ‘Training Cooperation to Mitigate Common Maritime Security Challenges in IOR’, which highlights the present and necessary imperatives for Training Corporation towards mitigation of common maritime challenges in the IOR.

MAHASAGAR which stands for vast ocean in Hindi, is the Indian Navy’s flagship outreach for high-level virtual interaction between Maritime Heads for Active Security And Growth for All in the Region. The initiative, started by the Indian Navy, is conducted bi-annually and has garnered wide acceptance among the participating nations ever since its inception in 2023.