UN report on taliban regime

Apache

• attack helicopter
• 1986 - introduced in american army
• by Boeing

Chinook choppers

• advanced multi mission helicopter
• by Boeing
• 1962 - introduced
• used in vietnam, afghanistan, iran operations
• most advanced heavy lift helicopters
• carry a payload of 9.6 tonnes

Prithvi II

• short range ballistic missile
• surface to surface
• 1000kg warhead, range 350km
• under ther INTEGRATED GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IGMDP)

Agni 4 missile

• intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)
• earlier known as agni II prime
• agni 5 - only inter continental ballistic missile (ICBM) - range - over 5000km

EX SAMPRITI - X

• india - bangladesh
• at jashore military station, bangladesh
• military

EX KHAAN QUEST 2022

• multi national peace keeping exercise
• hosted by mongolia
• 16 countries including indian army

RIMPAC 22

• US navy led - RIM OF PACIFIC EXERCISE 22
• biennial
• 27 countries
• INS SATPURA entered pearl harbour in hawaii islands

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national investigation agency

• under MHA
• nat investigating agency act, 2008 - aftermath of 26/11 mumbai attack
• offences under few acts and in some circumstances
• primary counter terrorism agency

prevention of money laundering act, 2002

• enforcement directorate (ED) - responsible to investigate
• SC - “money laundering is an offence against the sovereignty and integrity of the country and is no less a heinous offence than the offence of terrorism”
• ED can arrest without showing the enforcement case info report

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• violates the art 20(3) of the constitution

central armed police forces:

• formerly “paramilitary forces”

• MHA - march 2011 - adopted the uniform nomenclature - CAPF

• 7 central armed police org

• 1.ASSAM RIFLES

  • 1835 - oldest
  • only paramilitary with dual control
  • administrative control - MHA
  • operational control - MoD
  • headed by army chief of Lieutenant General

• 2.BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF)

  • india’s first line of defence
  • 1st dec, 1965 - aftermath of indo pak war

• 3.CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCES

  • 1969 - Central industries security force act, 1968
  • security to psu, z+,z,x,y, etc
  • compensatory cost force - protectee pays for the security
  • only force with dedicated fire wing

• 4.CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE

  • 1939 - crown representative police
  • 1949 - renamed
  • specialised units - rapid action force, commando battalion for resolute action(COBRA), mahila battalion

• 5.INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE

  • 1962 - post india sino war
  • set up under crpf act, later in 1992 - ITBPF ACT
  • personnel called as himveers
  • replaced assam rifles in sikkim and arunachal in 2004
  • secures india china border

• 6.NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD

  • 1986
  • highly trained force

• 7.SAHASTRA SEEMA BAL

  • est as special service bureau in 1963
  • deployed during elections
  • guard indo nepal and indo bhutan border

challenges faced:

• 657 committed suicides in the last 5years
• over 85000 vacancies - lot of burden for the working personnels
• inadequate medical, weaponry, infrastructure, equipment

standing committee of MHA, 2017 - harsh working conditions of capf, worked 16 - 18 hours a day with little rest and sleep

defence

ashoka chakra - 2lakh, 25bighas of land

capf

president’s police medal for gallantry - 1lah and 25bighs of land

OPERATION NARCOS

• by railway protection force in june,2022
• under the narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985
• restricting illegal trade

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March 2025

Crime Rate report among cities