Rakesh Asthana

Rakesh Asthana appointed DG of Border Security Force

The 1984 batch IPS officer, currently heading the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) with additional charge of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), will assume full time charge of the border guarding force... Read more »
BSF to use anti-drone system to protect Indo-Pak border. Fastread.in

BSF to use anti-drone system to protect Indo-Pak border.

The Border Security Force is in an advanced stage of procuring anti-drone system for the international border. In the wake of recent threat from weaponised drones at the Indo-Pakistan international border (IB),... Read more »
Bhabha Kavach

OFB Gets Requests For 2 Lakh Bhabha Kavach From Armed Forces @btvi.in

New Delhi: The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has already received requests for around two lakh ‘Bhabha Kavach’ — country’s lightest bullet-proof jackets from the armed forces. As the government promotes “Make in... Read more »

AI-Powered Robots For Border Patrol In India May Be A Reality By Dec 2019

In a move to secure Indian borders and stop jeopardising the lives of the army and the border security force (BSF), scientists from Bharat Electronics Limited’s (BEL) Central Research Laboratory (CRL) are... Read more »

Future Guard of India’s borders: upgraded T-90 ‘Bhishma’

The Indian Armed Forces are to be reinforced by more than 460 cutting-edge Russian-designed T-90 tanks in the near future. The Indian Army is expected to purchase 464 upgraded T-90 ‘Bhishma’ main... Read more »

AI robots to patrol India borders soon, prototype to come in December

The BEL robot will be equipped with sensors and programmed to communicate with the control centre. It will also be able to work in situations like the recent Easter blasts across Sri... Read more »

German police select JENETRIC fingerprint tech for biometric border security

JENETRIC announced that its LIVETOUCH QUATTRO tenprint scanner has been selected by the German Federal Police to equip the borders as part of the European Entry and Exit System. The multi-year contract for... Read more »

Singapore trials iris recognition at border checkpoints

SINGAPORE, – Singapore will scan travellers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification. It is the latest in a... Read more »

India Reportedly Hits Terror Camps Over Line Of Control Days After Pulwama

NEW DELHI: India carried out pre-dawn air strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control on Tuesday, according to reports. At around 3:30 this morning, 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the... Read more »

Illegal emigration: surveillance stepped up

Surveillance on the premises of Beypore Port has been strengthened against the backdrop of  reports of illegal emigration attempts from Munambam in Kochi. The coastal police have given new directives to the... Read more »