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India test-fires BrahMos successfully from INS Tarkash
India has successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa as part of Navy’s Acceptance Test Firing (ATF) . INS Tarkash: Russian built Advanced ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2013
Rs 1,500 crore proposal clearance for Pinaka rockets and indigenisation plans to avoid furture scams
Rs 1,500 crore proposal clearance by Govt for production of more than 2,000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons system. As per the proposal, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), under the Department of Defence Production, will upgrade facilities at 9 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
One lakh Eco-friendly bio-toilets for 300 backward Gram Panchayats
The Government has planned to install 1 lakh eco-friendly bio-toilets in about 300 backward Gram Panchayats in the country in next 2 years. This will alleviate the problem of open defecation in villages. The project will cost Rs 150 crore ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Indian Army and DRDO collaborate to develop tank-killer Nag missile
Despite differences running b/w the Army and DRDO, the two are trying cooperate in the development of world-class tank-killer missile. What are the problems? The problem with the DRDO’s anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), Nag (Hindi for cobra), is its range ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Telemedicine technology to be commercialized by DRDO
Soon experts’ diagnosis and advises will be available for people living in rural and remote areas in India. They will not need to go to hospitals located in urban centers. The DRDO will soon commercialize its telemedicine technology which was ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Process begins to amend Works of Defence Act, 1903
The Ministry of Defence has started the process of bringing about amendments to The Works of Defence Act, 1903 to meet the requirements of the changed scenario. About Work of Defence Act, 1903: Works of Defence act is a 109 ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Defence Ministry bars some firms for 10 years over irregularities
The Defence Ministry has barred 2 Indian and 4 foreign firms for 10 years from all business dealings due to their engagement in abnormalities in the recent past. The debarred foreign companies are from Singapore, Israel, Switzerland and Russia. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Brahmos Cruise Missile: Second Unit Inducted into Indian Army
Second BrahMos cruise missile unit inducted into Indian Army close to Pakistan border The second BrahMos supersonic cruise missile regiment was inducted into the Indian Army in the western sector bordering Pakistan. A successful test of the 290 Km range ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2012
Defence Ministry alleges that ‘No U.S. special forces are present in India’
The Defence Ministry abnegated reports which held that the US Special Forces are positioned in India. This was alleged over the remarks attributed of a U.S. Armed Forces official that U.S. Special Forces teams are positioned in five South Asian ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 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