18 Mar 2024: PIB Summary for UPSC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Exercise Tiger Triumph – 24
2. Mission Life

1. Exercise Tiger Triumph – 24

Syllabus: GS-2, International Relations

Prelims: Exercise Tiger Triumph – 24

Mains: India – US relations

Context:

Exercise Tiger Triumph conducted from 18 to 31 March 2024.

About Ex Tiger Triumph:

• It is a bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise between India and the USA.
• Indian Navy Ships with integral helicopters and landing crafts embarked, Indian Navy aircraft, Indian Army personnel and vehicles and Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters along with the Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) would be participating in the exercise. 
• The US would be represented by US Navy Ships with embarked US Marine Corps and US Army troops. 
• The exercise aims to develop interoperability for conducting HADR operations and refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enable rapid and smooth coordination between forces of both countries.
• Personnel from both navies would participate in Training Visits, Subject Matter Expert Exchanges, Sports Events and Social interactions during the harbour phase.
• On completion of the Harbour Phase, the ships, with the troops embarked, would sail for the Sea Phase and undertake Maritime, Amphibious and HADR operations.

Also read: India – US relations

2. Mission Life

Syllabus: GS-2, Govt schemes

Prelims: Mission Life

Context:

Marathon, awareness cum exhibition and extension lecture on Mission Life organised by EIACP centres of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Kurukshetra University, Haryana.

Details:

• In 2021, India gave the mantra of environmental lifestyle to the world from the platform of the United Nations.
• Mission Life is an India-led global mass movement to protect & preserve the environment.

Read more on the LiFE Movement.

Read previous PIB articles here.