Daily Defence Current Affairs And Updates 22 April 2023 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Divyanshu Pandey
April 22, 2023
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In Daily Defence current affairs for 22nd April 2023, we will see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be beneficial for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air Force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF, and SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air Force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

Defence Current Affairs 22 April 2023

Solar Industries to supply UAV ‘Nagastra’ to Indian Army

Solar Industries Nagpur said it has bagged an order to supply an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ‘Nagastra’ to the Indian Army, beating competitors from Israel and Poland.
A Solar Industries official said with the government’s initiative to bring Atmanirbharta in ammunition and defence systems, the first indigenous Loiter Munition, Nagastra-1, has been designed and developed by Economics Explosives Ltd, a 100 % subsidiary of Solar Industries Nagpur, in association with Z-Motion, Bangalore.
A model of ‘Nagastra -1’ loitering munition was recently displayed in the Army Commanders conference held in New Delhi.
The company said that Nagastra -1 having an indigenous content of more than 75 percent has many world-class features.
It said that in a ‘Kamikaze mode’ it can neutralise any hostile threat with GPS enabled precision strike with an accuracy of 2 m. The fixed wing electric UAV has an endurance of 60 min with a man-in-loop range of 15 km and autonomous mode range of 30 km.

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PM Modi Chairs High-level Meeting To Review Security Of Indians In Sudan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation of Indians stranded in Sudan, where fighting between its army and a paramilitary force has left over 300 people dead.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra were among those who attended the meeting with the Prime Minister conducted through video conferencing.
According to reports, over 350 people, including an Indian have been killed in the fighting so far.
Fighting has been raging between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The conflict began when a coup in 2021 between Sudan’s military leader and his deputy on the ruling council erupted derailing a plan for a transition to a civilian democracy after the fall of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Elections were supposed to be held by the end of 2023.

37^th Anniversary Of INS Ranvir

INS Ranvir (D54), the fourth ship of the Rajput Class of Destroyers celebrates her 37th anniversary.
Commissioned on 21 April 1986 at Poti in the erstwhile USSR, this formidable destroyer has distinguished herself in numerous operations undertaken by the Indian Navy.
Builder: Mykolayiv Shipyard
Length: 147 m
Launched: 12 March 1983
Aircraft carried: 1 × Ka-28 helicopter
Commissioned: 28 October 1986
Displacement: 3,950 tons standard, 4,974 tons full load
Propulsion: 4 × gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)

Rajnath Singh Stresses On Need For Comprehensive Health Including Physical, Mental & Spiritual

Rajnath Singh stressed the need for comprehensive health including physical, mental, and Spiritual domains to fully realize the benefits of demographic dividend. Virtually addressing the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) on its 63rd Foundation Day in New Delhi on April 21, 2023.
NAMS is a nodal agency under the Government of India, which acts as an advisory body to the Government in matters related to National Health Policy and Planning and as a promoting agency for continuing medical education for medical and health professionals.

Russia’s Air Force Accidentally Bombs It’s Own City

When a powerful blast shook a Russian city near the border of Ukraine residents thought it was a Ukrainian attack. But the Russian military quickly acknowledged that it was a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its own warplanes.
Belgorod, a city of 340,000 about 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the border, has faced regular drone attacks that Russian authorities blame on the Ukrainian military, but the explosion late Thursday was far more powerful than anything its residents had heard before.
The explosion in Belgorod followed the next to a residential building in the port city of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov that killed 15 people. Yeysk hosts a big Russian air base with warplanes flying missions over Ukraine.