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The application supports end-to-end secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet  From April 1, the Indian Army is likely to start using SAI (Secure Application for Internet), a messaging platform, for internal communications, Army chief General M.M. Naravane said on Wednesday.  He said the application, developed by Colonel Sai Shankar, is undergoing the process of getting cyber and security clearance and data testing.  "One of our officers has developed a software application, which is the equivalent of WhatsApp.”  "We plan to introduce that throughout the Indian Army. It is undergoing cyber clearance, security clearance and data testing. And maybe from April 1, we will only use that for our internal communications," Mr. Naravane said at a webinar organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation. The application supports end-to-end secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet....

Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will receive 100th K-Vajra artillery gun at the manufacturing facility in Gujarat. The Indian Army is going to receive its 100th K-9 Vajra artillery gun on Friday. Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will receive the 100th gun at the manufacturing facility in Gujarat, Army officials told. The gun is capable of hitting targets at more than 25 kilometre and has added strength to the corps of artillery in the force. The VAJRA variant, developed by engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro with India specific features, emerged fully compliant to Indian Army's needs during the arduous and extended field trials, the statement said. The ‘K9 VAJRA-T’ systems are being delivered with over 80% indigenous work packages and above 50% indigenisation (by value) at the program level, Larsen & Toubro said. This involves local production of over 13,000 types of components per gun system through a supply chain of about 1000 industrial partners, ...

US partnership with the Indian Army is an important part of our overall defense cooperation. Outgoing US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Tuesday said that the US partnership with the Indian Army is an important part of our overall defense cooperation. US Ambassador to India said that he had a productive meeting with Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Monday. "I had a very productive meeting yesterday with Chief of the Army Staff General Naravane.  The US partnership with the Indian Army is an increasingly important part of our overall defense cooperation."  On Monday, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster and Rear Admiral Eileen Haskins Laubacher. Defence Attache at US Embassy in India called on Indian Army chief General MM Naravane and discussed issues of mutual interest.

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane paid tributes at the National War Memorial on Infantry Day on Tuesday. Representative Image Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane paid tributes at the National War Memorial on Infantry Day on Tuesday. #WATCH | Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane pay tribute at National War Memorial on Infantry Day. pic.twitter.com/XfGvGURv2Q — ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2020 Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on the Indian soil on October 27, 1947, in the Kashmir Valley. The victory was accomplished by the personnel of the First Battalion of the Sikh Regiment.    Source