29 – 30 May 2022 Daily Defence Current Affairs And Updates [DOWNLOAD PDF]

In today’s 29 and 30 May 2022 Defence Current affairs and updates, we are going to see the latest defense-related updates national and international current affairs topics. These current affairs...

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May 30, 2022
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Daily Defence Current Affairs 30 May 2022

Indian Navy Decommissions INS Gomati After 34 Years of Service

The Indian Navy on Saturday decommissioned the INS Gomati, a Godavari class guided-missile frigate, after 34 years of service
The ship, which had been deployed in Operations Cactus, Parakram and Rainbow, was decommissioned at sunset at the Naval Dockyard.
Gomati was designed by the Indian Navy and built in an Indian shipyard, and these were initial steps towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India), said Vice Admiral, Flag Officer-in-Command, Western Naval Command Ajendra Bahadur Singh.
Gomati’s legacy will be kept alive in an open-air museum being set up on the banks of the Gomti river (from which the frigate derives her name) in Lucknow where several of her combat systems will be displayed as military and war relics.
The Uttar Pradesh government and Indian Navy have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose, Singh added.
The present INS Gomati was commissioned on April 16, 1988, by then defence minister K C Pant at the Mazgaon Dock.
The ship was twice awarded the coveted Unit Citation, once in 2007-08 and in 2019-20.
The earliest avatar of INS Gomati was decommissioned in 1979.

Navy Chief Reviews Passing Out Parade At Ezhimala Naval Academy

The passing out parade of 250 cadets of the Indian Navy and ICG was held at Ezhimala Naval Academy on Saturday. Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar reviewed the parade of the trainees comprising 30 women and seven foreign cadets.
The Navy chief awarded medals to the meritorious Midshipmen and cadets on completion of the Ceremonial Review.
The ‘President’s Gold Medal‘ for the Indian Naval Academy B Tech course was awarded to Midshipman Suseendranathan Aditya.
The successful trainees marched with their gleaming swords and rifles held in salute, past the Academy’s Quarterdeck, in slow march to the traditional notes of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ – the poignant farewell tune played by armed forces around the world when bidding adieu to colleagues and comrades, for their ‘Antim Pag’ or final step at the Indian Naval Academy.
The foreign cadets are from friendly nations including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

Convocation ceremony of NDA’s 142nd course

Following the convocation ceremony of the cadets of the 142nd course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) on Sunday, the Passing out Parade took place in Pune on Monday morning. This comes as a mark of completion of the professional training of the cadets at the academy after three years of tough training.
- The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari also reviewed the parade on the ground following which he addressed the cadets. Notably, the parade was held at the Khetrapal Ground in Pune. A proud moment for the passing cadets and their parents, the cadets were seen in their white summer uniforms displaying an immaculate parade.
- After three years of gruelling training, the cadets of the 142nd course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) are all set to pass out from the academy, following the Passing out Parade (POP) which is taking place in Pune on Monday morning.
- Notably, two batches of cadets pass every year from the military academy based at Khadakwasla in Pune and further continue with another year of re-commissioning training at the academies of their respective forces.
- Addressing the event, V R Chaudhari exuded confidence in the passing cadets and said that he is confident that all of them will bring glory to the country. Further stating that all the three services – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force – have heavily invested in technology leading to a major change in the method of warfighting.

MOD Cracks Down As Foreign Firms Default On Offsets

Notices have been sent to overseas companies bagging major military contracts but failing to undertake mandatory investments of at least 30% into the Indian defence and aerospace sector.
Data available with the defence ministry shows that in the past five years, foreign companies have failed to perform offsets worth over $2.24 billion, even in cases where multiple extensions were given on special request.
The defence ministry has already imposed fines worth $43.14 million against erring companies, with the amount expected to rise exponentially over the coming months.
Initiated in 2008, the offset policy mandates foreign companies outsourcing at least 30% of the value of large contracts to Indian manufacturers. The offsets route was estimated to bring in $11.2 billion over the 2008-2024 period but till now, just over 20% of these have been fulfilled.

Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba back with Taliban, set up 11 camps since takeover:

Pakistan-based anti-India terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed JeM and LeT have established 11 training camps in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last August, a UN Security Council-mandated monitoring team has revealed, adding that JeM runs eight camps, of which three are under direct Taliban control.
These details have emerged in the first report compiled by the monitoring team of the 1988 UNSC Taliban sanctions committee after the Taliban captured power.
At present, the group is said to have established three camps in Kunar and Nangarhar. Also, the report has noted that ex-LeT members like Aslam Farooqi and Ejaz Ahmad Ahangar, also known as Abu Usman al-Kashmiri, have joined ISIL-K, which is now targeting the Taliban.

UNSC

The Security Council was established by the UN Charter in 1945. It is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
The other 5 organs of the United Nations are—the General Assembly (UNGA), the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
Its primary responsibility is to work to maintain international peace and security.
The council is headquartered at New York.
Members:
The council has 15 members: the five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms.
The five permanent members are the United States, the Russian Federation, France, China and the United Kingdom.
India, for the eighth time, entered the UNSC as a non-permanent member last year (2021) and will stay on the council for two years i.e 2021-22.
Each year, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members (out of ten in total) for a two-year term. The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis.
The council’s presidency is a capacity that rotates every month among its 15 members.

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