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SP's MAI Issue No. 3 | February 01-15, 2013 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Coast Guard station Mayabunder commissioned

  Indian Coast Guard station Mayabunder, the first coast guard station in the North Andaman Islands, was commissioned by the Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma in the presence of Air Marshal P.K. Roy, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman & Nicobar Command...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Intelligence Bureau completes 125 years

  The Intelligence Bureau completed 100 years of its existence in 1987 and celebrated 1988 as its Centenary Year. The Centenary Year culminated with Dr Shankar Dyal Sharma, then Vice President of India...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  President Obama nominates Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary

  President Barack Obama announced two key nominations for his national security team. He tapped John Brennan to serve as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and has asked Senator Chuck Hagel to serve as Secretary of Defence.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Gayle's room 'guests' arrested for security breach

  In 2012, Chris Gayle made news, but not for his big hits or quirky celebrations. Security officials at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Sri Lanka arrested three British women in the wee hours for socialising with Gayle in his room along with teammates Andre Russell...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Security breach at Mumbai airport

  A cargo jet belonging to logistics firm UPS was forced to return 45 minutes after take-off from the airport recently for lack of mandatory custom clearances of a consignment.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Darwin naval base goes into lockdown

  A Darwin naval base went into lockdown recently after an armed intruder stole military-issue weapons and tied up a sailor during a raid on a navy patrol...

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  After US school shooting, teachers keen on receiving firearms training

  In the wake of the mass shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School, US which had over a score killed, including children, about 200 teachers in Utah will receive special firearms training — with a plastic gun — in order to carry concealed weapons in their classrooms in the future.

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  DHS determines 13 states meet REAL ID standards

  On December 20, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determined that 13 US states have met the standards of the REAL ID Act of 2005 for driver’s licences and identification cards and has granted a temporary deferment for all other states and territories.

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  Internal Security appointments

  Ajay Chadha, Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

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  John Kerry next US Secretary of State

  President Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry to serve as Secretary of State. “Over these many years, John has earned the respect and confidence of leaders around the world,” the President said.

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  To meet girlfriend, techie poses as army captain

  Umesh Kumar, a computer engineer from Rajasthan, was arrested recently for impersonating as army captain to meet his girlfriend in Jammu.