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‘INS Dweeprakshak’: Navy commissions full-fledged naval base station in Lakshadweep
As part of its efforts to augment the security of the strategically significant Lakshadweep archipelago, on Monday. The Navy commissioned a full-fledged naval base, INS Dweeprakshak, at Kavaratti. Objective: To maintain effective coastal surveillance and defence capability. Indian warships on ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Current Affairs : February 6, 2012
Conforming to India’s steady stand on the Syria issue, support for UNSC draft resolution on Syria India gave its support for a UNSC draft resolution on Syria thus backing an AL (Arab League) peace plan for a Syrian-led political resolution. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Indian Navy Boeing P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft completes first flight
Boeing’s first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I for the Indian Navy recently completed its initial flight at the Boeing Field in Seattle, USA. Its worth note that India had awarded a $2.1 bn contract to Boeing in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
INS Karuva commissioned
INS Karuva is the 10th indigenously built Fast Attack Craft (FAC) of the Indian Navy, which was recently commissioned by Air Marshal K J Mathews, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command at the Naval Base in Visakhapatnam. “Karuva” is named after an ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Russia to give 5 MiG-29K fighters to India
The India-Russia 2004 contract of 16 MiG-29K/ KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian Navy is going to be completed by the end of this year. The contract, a part of USD 1.5 billion Gorshkov aircraft carrier deal inked in January ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
India to get Nerpa by 2011 End
As per a recent statement of Russian Naval Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, Russia will transfer the Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine to India on a 10-year lease by the end of 2011. India had funded the completion of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Admiral Vladimir S Vysotskiy Visits India
Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky is the commander in chief of the Russian Navy. He recently visited India on the invitation of Admiral Nirmal Verma. There was a discussion on issues of common interest ranging from maritime environment in the IOR, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2011
Current Affairs : April 2, 2010
Appointments / Elections:New Members of Jawahar Bhavan TrustCongress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi along with AICC Treasurer Motilal Vora and party General Secretary and Union Minister Mukul Wasnik are the new trustees of Jawahar Bhavan Trust. New Maharashtra BJP chief: Sudhir ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs Current Affairs : January 7, 2010
Awards / HonorsFirst Sports Inventor of IndiaSports Inventor was an event organized by NEO cricket and Intel, in Mumbai to make available a platform to innovative minds to present their ideas on a technology that would change the face of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs National October 27-28, 2009
October 27, 2009: 2009 India-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Agreement of Cooperation to Control Unauthorized Trade2009 India-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Agreement of Cooperation to Control Unauthorized Trade was signed in Kathmandu by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and ..