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India flight-tests SANT missile at Pokhran range
India flight-tests SANT missile at Pokhran range
- On December 11, 2021, India successfully flight-tested indigenously developed helicopter-launched stand-off anti-tank (SANT) missile in Pokhran firing ranges of Rajasthan.
- The missile has been launched by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- The SANT missile has been designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad with support of other DRDO labs and participation from industries.
- The weapon can neutralise targets in a range of up to 10 km.
CDS General Bipin Rawat passes away in chopper crash
CDS General Bipin Rawat passes away in chopper crash
- General Bipin Rawat, the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India, has passed away on December 08, 2021 in a helicopter crash in Ooty near upper Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, shortly after it took off from the Sulur Airforce base. He was 63.
- Gen. Rawat was accompanied by his wife Madhulika Rawat and members of his personal staff on an Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter.
- There were a total of 14 people on board out of which 13 have been confirmed dead in the incident.
- Group Captain Varun Singh is the sole survivor of the crash.
- Gen Bipin Rawat was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course.
- General Bipin Rawat (PVSM UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM ADC ) was born in Pauri of Uttarakhand on 16 March 1958. His family had been serving in the Indian Army for multiple generations.
- Gen Rawat was commissioned into the 5th battalion of 11 Gorkha Rifles on 16 December 1978.
- The Government of India appointed him as the 27th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on 17 December 2016 and he took office as 27th COAS on 31 December 2016, after retirement of General Dalbir Singh Suhag.
Border Security Force (BSF) celebrates 57th Raising Day on December 01, 2021
Border Security Force (BSF) celebrates 57th Raising Day on December 01, 2021
- The Border Security Force (BSF) is observing its 57th Raising Day on 01 December 2021.
- BSF was formed on December 1, 1965 as a unified central agency after the Indo-Pak and India-China wars for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with.
- It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India and stands as the world’s largest border guarding force.
- BSF has been termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories.
- BSF Director General –Pankaj Kumar Singh
World AIDS Day: 01 December
World AIDS Day: 01 December
- The World AIDS Day is observed across the globe on 1 December every year since 1988.
- Purpose: to raise awareness of the AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) pandemic caused by the spread of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection
- The theme for the World Aids Day 2021 is End inequalities. End AIDS and End Pandemics
Centre appoints three-member Committee to revisit criteria for determining economically weaker sections (EWS); Head – Former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhusan Pandey
Centre appoints three-member Committee to revisit criteria for determining economically weaker sections (EWS); Head – Former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhusan Pandey
- The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formed a three-member committee to review the criteria for reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category in terms of the provisions of the explanation to Article 15 of the Constitution.
- The members of the committee are former:
- Ajay Bhushan Pandey – former finance secretary, GOI (Chairman)
- Prof. V K Malhotra – Member secretary of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
- Shri Sanjay Sanyal – Principal economic advisor to GOI (Member Convenor)
