Lifting gender barriers, Army plans to induct women into military police

The Indian Army has finalised a plan to induct women into the army military police, a senior officer said. The move come just two months after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat had said in...

India gets its own sniper rifle from West Bengal’s Ishapore

The Kolkata Police has now decided that to protect VIPs, handle terror attacks or hostage situations, they need sniper rifles too. The good news is that they will no longer need to import the...

Perimeter security market driven by threat of increased terrorism

The perimeter security market is expected to grow from USD 110.64 Billion in 2017 to USD 196.60 Billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.2% between 2017 and 2022. This...

In India’s first army overhaul, 57,000 soldiers to be redeployed in combat roles

India has announced an extensive restructuring of its army, an exercise that will see 57,000 soldiers being re-deployed in combat roles to sharpen the force’s fighting edge. Announcing the government’s decision to usher in...

SA Private Security Sector to receive 6.4% wage increase

South Africa's Private Security Sector's minimum wage is to increase from 1 September 2017 by an average increase of 6.4%.The new Sectoral Determination (SD) will be applicable until 31 August 2018. The minimum wage...

Rajiv Mehrishi retires, Gauba is home secretary

Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba has taken charge as the Union Home Secretary after superannuation of incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi. A 1982-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, 58-year-old Gauba will have a fixed two-year tenure...

Irish Schools will face random selection audits amid fire safety concerns

Twenty-five schools in Ireland to be audited for fire safety checks across the country will be randomly selected and include constructions by several developers, the Irish Independent has learned. Remedial work to address fire...

Real-time satellite info to help border forces check intruders

With tensions rising on India's borders in recent years, first with Pakistan in 2016, following the attack on an Army camp in Uri, and now with China in Doklam, the government is mulling a...

FLIR re-structures business and COO resigns

FLIR Systems, Inc. has confirmed it will be realigning its business operations into three principal business units: Government and Defense, Industrial, and Commercial. With this realignment Tom Surran, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating...

Dahua opens subsidiary in Moscow

Dahua Technology has established its first subsidiary in the CIS market, Dahua Technology Rus, in Moscow, and it is from these offices that all future activities regarding sales, marketing and other services within the...