India, Kazakhstan explore co-production and co-development of defence products India and Central Asia’s biggest state Kazakhstan are exploring widening defence partnership including joint production as well as opening a new chapter in the heavy engineering sector. Indian companies are in talks with Kazakhstan defence industries for co-production and co-development in defence production, according to a … Read more
What is Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center? The NITI Aayog and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), the first of its kind in India. CIC is part of the AWS CIC Global Program CIC will enable government stakeholders, start-ups, and local organizations in India to … Read more
Indigenously built ASW Corvette ‘INS Kavaratti’ Commissioned at Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard The last of four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes “INS Kavaratti” under Project 28 (Kamorta class) is commissioned into the Indian Navy by General Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army Staff at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on … Read more
What are the roles and functions of International Financial Services Centres Authority? It is a statutory body established in 2020. It works under the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. Headquartered in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Function is to develop and regulate the financial products, financial services and financial institutions located/performed in the International Financial Services … Read more
VCOAS visits US Army 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen SK Saini visited US Army 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy on Tuesday and interacted with the troops there. Additional Directorate General of Public Information, Indian Army said in a tweet, “Lt Gen S K Saini visited US Army … Read more
What is Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme? Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated ‘Ghar Tak Fibre’ scheme in Bihar. The scheme aims to connect all 45,945 villages of Bihar with high-speed optical fibre internet by 31st March 2021. The scheme aims to provide optical fibre enabled internet connections to every home in the country, concentrating … Read more
India successfully test fired the Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile off the coast of Odisha SANT missile is an upgraded version of the Helicopter Launched Nag (HeliNa) missile, equipped with an advanced node-mounted seeker. Developed by DRDO for the Indian Air Force, the surface-to-air missile boasts of both, Lock-on After Launch and Lock-on Before Launch capabilities. … Read more
What is Geneva Conventions? The Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols are international treaties that are at the core of international humanitarian law. They contain the most important rules regulating the conduct of armed conflicts. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 comprise four treaties and three additional protocols that define the standards of international law for … Read more
What is Operation Green? Ministry: Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Finance Minister of India had announced Operation Greens in the Union Budget 2018-19, on the line of ‘Operation Flood’. It is a price fixation scheme. It aims to ensure farmers are given the right price for their produce. Operation Greens seeks to stabilize the supply … Read more
ONE – MONTH MARATHON NEWS REPORT (14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 – 12TH OCTOBER 2020) India’s first Coast Guard Academy to come up at Mangaluru India’s first Coast Guard Academy will be established at Mangaluru, Defence Spokesperson (PRO) Bengaluru said on 12 September 2020. Around 158 acres Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land has been taken … Read more
