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Gandiv exercise
August 31 , 2021
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- The third edition of the week-long annual exercise called ‘Gandiv’ was launched by the NSG.
- The synchronised commando drills as part of a national mock exercise were carried out by the counter-terrorism force National Security Guard (NSG).
- This is to check its response time and reaction to hostage and hijack-like situations.
- Gandiv was the name of Arjuna’s bow in Mahabharata.
- The NSG was raised as a federal counter-terrorism force in 1984 to undertake surgical commando operations in order to neutralise terrorist and hijack threats.
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