First-ever arrested landing of LCA
DRDO and ADA on 13 September 2019 successfully executed the first-ever arrested landing of Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) at a shore-based facility, INS Hansa in Goa, inching closer to the goal of operating from an aircraft carrier.
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#LCA #DRDO #ADA #Navy #INSHansa #CSIRLabs


Indian to lead UNMHA
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a veteran Indian Army official as the head of the world body’s observer mission in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.
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#UNMHA #IndianArmyofficial #UNSecretary #RCC


SC/ST review plea sent to bench
The Supreme Court 13 September 2019 referred to a larger bench the Centre’s plea for review of its March 2018 verdict which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21462-sc-st-review-plea-sent-to-bench
#PreventionofAtrocities #ScheduledCastes #reviewplea


Bio-terrorism in SCO conference
Underlining the threat posed by bio-terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said new technologies in the battlefield are throwing up new challenges for the armed forces,
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21461-bio-terrorism-in-sco-conference
#SCO #bioterrorism #RajnathSingh #medicalservices


First time Gravitational waves detected from black hole
Researchers have, for the first time, detected the gravitational waves from a newly born black hole, and found that the ringing pattern of the waves predicts the cosmic body’s mass and spin, providing more evidence for Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21460-first-time-gravitational-waves-detected-from-black-hole
#Gravitationalwaves #blackhole #mass #spin #electriccharge

Today's Headlines - 26 August 2023
Indigenous ASTRA missile tested
GS Paper - 3 (Defence Technology)

LIGHT COMBAT Aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft. All the objectives of the test were met and it was a perfect text book launch.

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ASTRA is a state-of-the-art BVR air-to-air missile to engage and destroy highly maneuvering supersonic aerial targets.
It is designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and other laboratories of DRDO.
The test launch was monitored by the Test Director and scientists of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with officials from Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DG-AQA), the aircraft was also monitored by a Chase Tejas twin-seater aircraft.
The LCA programme has been the flag bearer of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) efforts towards indigenisation of its aircraft fleet.
The nature of this project of national importance, it is required that all stakeholders adopt a collaborative approach towards its success.
It was brought out that all contracted fighter variants of the LCA Mk 1 had been delivered to the IAF.
After the LCA Mk 1, 83 LCA Mk-1A aircraft have also been contracted by the IAF in 2021.

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