Daily Defence Current Affairs With Video Lecture 19-20 May 2023 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Divyanshu Pandey
May 20, 2023
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In Daily Defence Current Affairs for 19-20th May 2023, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be very helpful for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air Force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF, and SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air Force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

Defence Current Affairs 19-20 May 2023

Quad Summit On G7 Side-lines; Agenda Intact

PM Modi will be part of three outreach sessions — Working Together to Address Multiple Crises (including food, health, development, and Gender); Common Endeavour for a Sustainable Planet (including Climate, energy, and Environment) and Towards a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous World –– key concerns for the Global South.
“There’s a change only in the venue but not in the main agenda. Leaders will go ahead with the agenda decided for the meeting at Canberra,” said Kwatra.
The G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the USA) held their first summit as the G6 in France in 1975 after the first oil crisis; Canada joined the following year. From 2010-2014, Russia was a member of the group, and it was called the G8.

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Russia and China Sending Deadly Aid To Myanmar’s Military

Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and other material since it staged a coup in February 2021, a UN expert said in a new report that calls out Russia and China for aiding the junta’s deadly campaign to crush its opposition
Russian-made Mi-35 helicopter, MiG-29 fighter jets and Yak-130 light aircraft, and Chinese K-8 jets, have been most frequently used to conduct air strikes that have hit schools, medical facilities, homes and other civilian sites, said the report by Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur.
A single attack on a village gathering organized by the military’s opponents in the Sagaing region on April 11 killed at least 160 people, reportedly including nearly 40 children, the report said.

Russia and China Sending Deadly Aid To Myanmar’s Military

A single attack on a village gathering organized by the military’s opponents in the Sagaing region on April 11 killed at least 160 people, reportedly including nearly 40 children, the report said.
Russia launched cruise missiles at Ukraine’s capital and the Odesa region early Thursday, officials said, in an escalation ahead of a much-anticipated counteroffensive. Most of the missiles were shot down, and one death was reported from the attacks.
It was the ninth Russian air raid that targeted the capital this month, a clear escalation after weeks of lull and ahead of a much-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive using newly supplied advanced Western weapons.

Defence Production Crosses Rs 1 Lakh Crore Mark For The First Time Ever

As a result of the consistent efforts of the Ministry of Defence, the value of defence production in the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 has crossed the figure of Rs one lakh crore for the first time ever.
The value currently stands at Rs 1,06,800 crore and it will go further up once the data is received from the remaining private defence industries. The current value of defence production in FY 2022-23 is a rise of more than 12 % over FY 2021-22, when the figure was Rs 95,000 crore.
The Government is continuously working with defence industries and their associations to remove the challenges faced by them and promote defence production in the country.

VISIT OF ACM VR CHAUDHARI CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff visited Air Force Station Tughlakabad, a premier Base Repair Depot (BRD) and its lodger units, on 19 May 2023. He was received by Air Cmde Rishi Seth VSM, Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Air Force Station Tughlakabad.
The Air Chief Marshal met key personnel of the Depot and its lodger units. He visited various production wings, sites and the newly created Station Historical Cell depicting the evolution of 7 BRD and its contributions.
During the visit, he appreciated the role played by the Depot in providing repair and overhaul facilities to a plethora of Guided Weapon systems and allied radar systems pan Indian Air Force.
He inspected various indigenisation efforts of the unit in the field of Guided Weapons namely Surface Air Missile with Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) and Missile Supply Vehicles, Poly Urethane Foam Panel based Combat Cabins, Pilot Rescue Cradle and Foreign Object Damage Barrier.

DRDO Light Tank ‘Zorawar’ To Be Ready For Trials By Year-end Along China Border

The light tank Zorawar being jointly developed jointly by the DRDO and private sector firm L&T is expected to be ready for trials in the high-altitude mountainous border with China by the end of this year.
“The tank is expected to be ready for trials by the end of this year and would be immediately sent to the Ladakh sector for our own trials. Once we are ready, we will hand it over to the Army for user trials,” senior DRDO.
“The present order is for 59 of these tanks but the order can go up to 600 tanks. There is also a need being felt for using these tanks for operations in the Rann of Kutch area and the desert terrain where they can travel at high speeds,” the officials added.