The 80th Staff Course commenced on 3rd June, at the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. The course is designed to train mid-career officers from the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force to become proficient staff officers and future military leaders and equips officers with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate effectively in an integrated tri-services environment. During the course, 480 student officers including 38 officers from 26 Friendly Foreign Countries will gain a deep understanding of the functioning of each service and the warfighting philosophies at tactical and operational level over a duration of 45 weeks.

Indian Army has reviewed the Agnipath scheme and has made several recommendations to improve it, the financial Express has reported.

▪️ Increasing the service period from 4 years to 7-8 years.

▪️ Increasing the entry age for Agniveers in the technical field to 23 years.

▪️ Ex-gratia should be provided for disability during training and that exit management should be handled by a professional agency.

▪️ If an Agniveer dies in war, their family should receive a subsistence allowance.

Indian Navy's indigenous Stealth Frigate INS Shivalik participated in the 8th edition of the Japan – India Maritime Exercise 2024 (JIMEX 24).

The exercise includes both harbour and sea phases. The harbour phase will comprise professional, sports and social interactions, after which the two navies will jointly hone their war fighting skills at sea and enhance their interoperability through complex multi-discipline operations in the surface, sub-surface and air domains.

PM Modi chaired a review of the situation in J&K with NSA and other officials. PM was given a full overview of the security-related situation in J&K. PM was apprised of the counter-terror efforts being undertaken. PM asked them to deploy the full spectrum of our counter-terror capabilities.

PM spoke to HM Amit Shah and discussed the deployment of security forces and counter-terror operations. PM also spoke to J&K LG Manoj Sinha and took stock of the situation in J&K. PM was briefed on the efforts being undertaken by local administration: GoI Sources

Five army soldiers and one special police officer were injured after terrorists opened fire at the Army's Temporary Operating Base (TOB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Wednesday.

In the gunfight, a terrorist was also neutralised.

The Kashmir Tigers terror group has claimed responsibility for the ambush attack on security forces.

Constable Kabir Das Uikey of 121 Bn of CRPF made supreme sacrifice in an encounter with terrorists.