13 countries join military exercise ‘Pragati 2026’ in Meghalaya

31 MAY 2026

Armies of 13 countries came together in Meghalaya’s Umroi for the maiden multilateral military exercise ‘Pragati 2026’, with a focus on countering insurgency and building mutual trust among the nations in the Indian Ocean region.
Over 400 soldiers, including around 20 women, from Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and India slithered down from helicopters, detected IEDs along routes and climbed down rocky walls during the two-week exercise.
Discussions on how to incorporate niche technologies and the effect of these on the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) were held during the two-week programme.