UEFA European Championship or Euro-2024
⦿ The 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, fondly known as Euro 2024, took place in Germany.
⦿ The UEFA European Football Championship organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is a men’s international football tournament exclusive to European teams. Founded in 1958, the competition began in 1960.
⦿ Spain is the winner after defeating England.
Additional Facts :
FIFA
🖊 Fédération Internationale de Football Association is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
🖊 Established in 1904.
🖊 Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, total members 211 national.
🖊 These members must also be members of one of the six regional confederations :
CAF (Africa)
AFC (Asia and Australia)
UEFA (Europe)
CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean)
OFC (Oceania)
CONMEBOL (South America).
Exercise MAITREE
⦿ The 13th edition of Exercise MAITREE is scheduled to be conducted in July 2024 at Fort Vachiraprakan in Tak Province, Thailand.
⦿ The last edition of this exercise was conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya, in September 2019.
⦿ Battalion of the LADAKH SCOUTS along with personnel from other arms and services of Indian Army participated in this exercise.
⦿ Main focus of this exercise involve the employment of drones and counter-drone systems.