YEARLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2019

JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES - ARMY, NAVY & AIR FORCE

 IMBEX 2019 - -Myanmar bilateral army exercise held at Chandimandir, Chandigarh in January 2019.  IAFTX - India Africa Field Training Exercise held in Pune, Maharasthra from 18th - 27th March 2019.  Exercise Rahat - Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise () held in Jaipur, Rajasthan in February 2019.  Exercise Topchi - Indian army demonstrated its artillery firepower, aviation and surveillance capacity, held in Nashik,Maharashtra in February 2019.  Exercise Vayu Shakti - conducted mega exercise. Advanced Light Helicopter (ALP) and the Akash surface-to-air missile were deployed in military exercise for the first time at Pokhran, Rajasthan  Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019 - India’s BSF and Bangladesh’s Border Guards Bangladesh, held in Agartala, Tripura in March 2019.  Sampriti-2019 - India and Bangladesh military exercise held at Tangail, Bangladesh in March 2019.  Red Flag 2019 - Air forces from , the United Arab Emirates, Belgium, the Netherlands, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, held in United States.  Exercise Al Nagah III - India and Oman military exercise held at Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman in March 2019.  AFINDEX-19 - Indian Army and 16 African nations military exercise held in Pune, Maharashtra in March 2019.  MITRASHAKTI – VI - Indian and Sri Lanka Army exercise held in Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka in March 2019.  AUSINDEX 19 - India and Australia military exercise held in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra pradesh in April 2019.  African Lion 2019 - Morocco and US military exercise held in Marcco in April 2019.  Bold Kurukshetra 2019 - India and Singapore military exercise held at Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh in April 2019.  Varuna 19.1 - First part of India and France joint naval exercise held in Goa in May 2019.  Varuna 19.2 - Second part of India and France joint naval exercise held in Djibouti, Africa in May 2019.  Bull Strike - Indian Army, and Indian Air Force joint exercise held in Teressa Island in Andaman and Nicobar in May 2019.  SIMBEX 2019 - Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise held in Singapore in May 2019.  Garuda VI - Indian Air Force and French Air Force joint exercise held at Mont de Marsan in France in July 2019.  ISALEX19 - 1st edition of the joint security exercise of International Security Alliance, participating countries UAE, France, the Italian Republic, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, Senegal, Singapore, and the Slovak Republic military exercise held in Abu Dhabi, USA in July 2019.  Exercise Hand-in-Hand - India and China Military exercise held in Shillong, Meghalaya in July 2019.  Exercise Tsentr (centre) 2019 - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member countries including India military exercise held in Orenburg, Russia in August 2019.  KONKAN-19 - India and Britain Bilateral Naval Exercise held in South Coast of the United Kingdom in August 2019.  Shaheen VIII - China and Pakistan air forces exercise held in Holton, China in August 2019.

YEARLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2019

 SLINEX 2019 - India and Srilanka naval execrcise held in , Andhra Pradesh in September 2019.  Yudh Abhyas - Indian and the United States joint military exercise held at Lewis McChord Joint Air force Base, Washington.  Maitree 2019 - India and Thailand military exercise held at Umroi, Meghalaya in September 2019.  SITMEX - Singapore India and Thailand Maritime Exercise held in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar islands in September 2019.  Exercise Tiger Triumph - India and the United States first ever tri-services exercise held in Visakhapatnam and Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh in September 2019.  Malabar 2019 - India, US, Japan trilateral maritime exercise held in Sasebo, Japan in September 2019.  Nomadic Elephant XIV - India and Mongolian joint military exercise held at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh in October 2019.  Dharma Guardian 2019 - India and Japan joint military exercise held at Vairengte , Mizoram in October 2019.  Ekuverin 2019 - India and Maldives joint military exercise held at Pune ,Maharastra in October 2019.  Vajra Prahar 2019 - India and USA joint military exercise held at Seattle, USA in October 2019.  Shinyuu Maitri 2019 - India and Japan joint Air Force exercise held at Panagarh, West Bengal in October 2019.  IMNEX 2019 - India and Myanmar joint naval exercise held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in October 2019.  Ex Eastern Bridge V - India and Oman joint Air Force Exercise held in Oman in October 2019.  Ex Shakti 2019 - India and France joint military exercise held in Rajasthan in October 2019.  KAZIND-2019 - India and Kazakhstan joint military exercise held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand in October 2019.  Samudra Shakti 2019 - India and Indonesia joint naval exercise held in Bay of Bengal in November 2019.  Dustlik-2019 - India and Uzbekistan joint military exercise held in Uzbekistan in November 2019.  Za’ir-Al-Bahr” (Roar of the Sea) - India and Qatar joint naval exercise held in Doha, Qatar in November 2019.  INDRA 2019 - India and Russia first tri-service exercise held in Babina, Jhansi in December 2019.  MITRA SHAKTI VII - India-Sri Lanka joint Military & Army Exercise held in Pune, Maharashtra in December 2019.  HAND-IN-HAND - 8th edition of the joint training exercise between India and China held at Umroi, Meghalaya in December 2019.  Apharan 2019 - Indian Navy (IN), Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Cochin Port Trust conducted large scale anti-hijacking exercise in Kochi coast of Kerala in December 2019.

JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES - INDIAN ARMY JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES - INDIAN NAVY  Australia : Ex AUSTRA HIND  Australia : AUSINDEX and KAKADU  Bangladesh : Ex SAMPRITI  Brazil & South Africa : IBSAMAR  China : Ex HAND IN HAND  Brunei : ADMM Plus Exercise (Multilateral)  France : Ex SHAKTI  France : VARUNA  Indonesia : Ex GARUDA SHAKTI  Indonesia : IND-INDO CORPAT (Bi-annual), IND-  Kazakhstan : Ex PRABALDOSTYK INDO BILAT and Ex KOMODO (HADR)  Kyrgyzstan : Ex KHANJAR (Multilateral)  Maldives : Ex EKUVERIN  Myanmar : IMCOR

YEARLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2019

 Mongolia : Ex NOMADIC ELEPHANT and Ex  Oman : Naseem-al-Bahr KHAN QUEST  Russia : INDRA NAVY  Nepal : Ex SURYA KIRAN (BIANNUAL)  Singapore : SIMBEX  Oman : AL NAGAH (SUCCESS)  Sri Lanka : SLINEX and IN-SLN SF Exercise  Russia : Ex INDRA  Thailand : INDO-THAI CORPAT (Bi-annual)  Seychelles : Ex LAMITIYE  United Kingdom : KONKAN  Singapore : Ex AGNI WARRIOR and Ex BOLD  United States and 25 countries(Multilateral) : KURUKHESTRA RIMPAC(The world’s largest international  Sri Lanka : Ex MITRA SHAKTI maritime warfare exercise Rim of the Pacific  Thailand : Ex MAITREE and Ex COBRA GOLD (RIMPAC-2018) (Observer Plus)  United States and Japan : MALABAR  United Kingdom : Ex AJEYA WARRIOR  United States : Ex YUDHABHAYAS and Ex VAJRAPRAHAR JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES - INDIAN AIR FORCE  France : Ex GARUDA-V  Oman : Ex EASTERN BRIDGE-IV  Russia : Ex AVIAINDRA-14  Singapore : JOINT MILITARY TRAINING  Thailand : SIAM BHARAT  United Arab Emirates : Ex DESERT EAGLE-II  United Kingdom: Ex INDRADHANUSH-IV  United States : Ex RED FLAG and Ex Cope India

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