Sagar Maitri Mission-2
Oceanographic research vessel of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), INS Sagardhwani, embarked on a two-month long SAGAR MAITRI (SM) Mission-2 from South Jetty, Southern Naval Command (SNC) in Kochi. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has extended his warm wishes for the success of the Mission.
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#Mission2 #SagarMaitri #SNC #DRDO #IORA #IIOE #NPOL #RajnathSingh

ARLS with Russia
India is close to inking a key defence logistics sharing pact which will place it as a rare nation that has such a strategic agreement with both of the old cold war rivals – the US and Russia.
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#ARLS #Russia #LEMOA #GSOMIA #India #CISMOA #BECA

Moon as a way station for Mars
Unlike the Apollo program that put astronauts on the moon 50 years ago, NASA is gearing up for a long term presence on Earth’s satellite that the agency says will eventually enable humans to reach Mars.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20961-moon-as-a-way-station-for-mars
#Moon #Mars #RedPlanet #NASA #SpaceX #satellite #Earth

NHRC amendment bill passed
The Lok Sabha on 19 July 2019 passed a bill to expedite the process of appointment of chairperson and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the government assured steps were being taken "round-the-clock" to protect human rights.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20960-nhrc-amendment-bill-passed
#NHRC #amendment #GANHRI #LokSabha #NityanandRai #SupremeCourt

India's 64th Grandmaster
Delhi's Prithu Gupta has become India's 64th Grandmaster, crossing the Elo threshold of 2500 points after beating IM Lev Yankelevich in the fifth round of the Portuguese League 2019. Gupta, who picked up the sport as a nine-year-old, has achieved the sensational feat at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 10 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20959-india-s-64th-grandmaster
#India #Grandmaster #PrithuGupta #ELO #Delhi #DGukesh #IM

Vikram goes silent
ISRO has lost contact with Chandrayaan 2’s lander Vikram and rover Pragyan on 7 September 2019. Earlier in the day, ground stations lost contact with the lander during its powered descent to the lunar surface minutes before the planned touch-down.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21417-vikram-goes-silent
#Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #LOI #PSLVC11 #KSivan #Pragyan

Disturbed Area tag in Assam extended
Despite demand from several quarters to remove, Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 Assam government as per Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has declared the entire State of Assam as “Disturbed Area for another six month.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21416-disturbed-area-tag-in-assam-extended
#Assam #CAPF #AFSPA #ULFA #SupremeCourt #ArmedForces

India, South Korea ink deal for Navy
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeongdoo. They comprehensively reviewed bilateral defence cooperation and signed two agreements to expand defence educational exchanges and extend logistical support to each other’s navies.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21415-india-south-korea-ink-deal-for-navy
#India #Navy #RajnathSingh #ROK #SouthKorea

Subsea science observatory vanishes
A German research organization is searching, so far in vain, for an underwater environmental monitoring station that was moored on the sea bed and went missing last month.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21414-subsea-science-observatory-vanishes
#German #CH4 #observatory #organization #science #greenhouse #gas

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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21464-first-ever-arrested-landing-of-lca
#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

Constitution bench for Article 370
A five-judge Bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana is learnt to have been formed to start hearing from October 1 petitions challenging the Centre's move render Article 370 inoperative that stripped Jammu and Kashmir people of their special privileges, which led to the bifurcation of the State to two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21583-constitution-bench-for-article-370.html
#Article370 #CJI #NVRamana #JawaharlalNehru #JammuandKashmir

India’s second scorpene-class submarine
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2019 commissioned the indigenously-built second scorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi into the Indian Navy. The INS Khanderi is the second Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine after INS Kalvari.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21582-india-s-second-scorpene-class-submarine.html
#India #RajnathSingh #INSKalvari #IndianNavy #DCNS

ICGS Varaha
The Coast Guard ship 'Varaha' launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Chennai was the 51st such vessel built by Larsen and Toubro. Larsen and Toubro Shipyard Ltd had been mandated by the Ministry of Defence for design and construction of seven offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in 2014.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21581-icgs-varaha.html
#ICGS #Varaha #OPVs #OPVVarad #RajnathSingh #Chennai #Vikram

Nobel Physics Prize 2019Scientists James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for ground-breaking work in astronomy, the award-giving body said on 8 October 2019.Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21656-nobel-physics-prize-2019.html#NobelPhysicsPrize #MichelMayor #DidierQueloz #ScientistsJamesPeebles

High-level panel to check money laundering
The government set up a high-level inter-ministerial committee chaired by the revenue secretary for better coordination among various departments and law enforcement agencies to prevent money laundering activities.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21655-high-level-panel-to-check-money-laundering.html
#money #IMCC #Highlevelpanel #moneylaundering #revenuesecretary


IAF receives its first Rafale fighter jet
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on 8 October 2019 formally received the Indian Air Force's first Rafale fighter jet from a series of 36 such aircraft purchased from France.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21654-iaf-receives-its-first-rafale-fighter-jet.html
#IAF #Rafalefighterjet #RajnathSingh #IndianAirForces

Swiss FTA submits first set of data to India
Over a year after signing the pact for automatic exchange of information, India has received the first set of data about the account details of its nationals in Swiss banks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21653-swiss-fta-submits-first-set-of-data-to-india.html
#SwissFTA #FTA #AEOI #Swissbanks #Switzerland

Curiosity Rover finds lake on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has collected more evidence that the 150 km wide Gale crater on Mars once hosted a lake and stream system in the past. Researchers say that dating back to around 3.5 billion years ago, not only the groundwater must have enriched the crater but water streams might have laced the crater’s walls, running towards its base, as well.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21652-curiosity-rover-finds-lake-on-mars.html
#CuriosityRover #lake #Mars #Galecrater

India’s rising role in Indo-Pacific region
In a significant indication of India’s rising profile, the 10-nation ASEAN on 3 November 2019 clearly appreciated New Delhi’s growing role in the Indo-Pacific region as the two sides, with a combined GDP of USD 5 trillion, vowed to further broadbase strategic ties and deal with major challenges like of terrorism collectively.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21879-india-s-rising-role-in-indo-pacific-region.html
#IndoPacificregion #nationASEAN #ASEANOutlook #NarendraModi

India, Uzbekistan sign three defence MoUs
India and Uzbekistan on November 3 signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in military medicine and military education during the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21878-india-uzbekistan-sign-three-defence-mous.html
#Uzbekistansign #MoUs #RajnathSingh #BNKurbanov

IMF research for South Asia
Led by India, South Asia is moving towards becoming center of global growth and could contribute about one-third of the world's growth by 2040, according to a latest research by the International Monetary Fund.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21877-imf-research-for-south-asia.html
#IMFresearch #SouthAsia #FDI #globalgrowth #IMF


New map of J&K
Following the official bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the two Union Territories (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Survey of India has come out with new maps of India and Jammu and Kashmir region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21876-new-map-of-j-k.html
#Newmap #UT #UnionTerritories #RemovalofDifficulties

UN warning over climate crisis
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 November 2019 in the latest warning over climate crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22051-un-warning-over-climate-crisis.html
#UN #UNEP #CICERO #gas #crisis #SEI #emissionsgap

Trilateral maritime exercise
Defence minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on 20 November 2019 during which the two sides agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India and Thailand annually from next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22050-trilateral-maritime-exercise.html
#Trilateral #RajnathSingh #SITMEX #HADR #DMD

New forest policy on anvil
More than 30 years after it was last launched, a new national forest policy that would deal with issues such as climate change and human-wildlife conflict is now on the anvil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22049-new-forest-policy-on-anvil.html
#Newforestpolicy #anvil #ICFRE #Dehradun #SureshGairola

India appeals WTO Appellate body
India on 19 November 2019 appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel's ruling that had recommended withdrawal of its key export subsidy schemes, including the one for special economic zones in the next 90-180 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22048-india-appeals-wto-appellate-body.html
#India #WTO #Appellatebody #SCM #GNI #EOU #MEIS

Extraterrestrial sugar found in space rocks
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites - supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids can make some of life's ingredients.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22047-extraterrestrial-sugar-found-in-space-rocks.html
#NASA #Extraterrestrial #DNA #RNA #OSIRIS #Hayabusa2

PETA India's 2019 Person of the Year
Team India skipper Virat Kohli has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Person of the Year for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22046-peta-india-s-2019-person-of-the-year.html
#PETA #India #ViratKohli #AmerFort #PCAA #KSPanickerRadhakrishnan

Code on IR Bill approved
The Centre approved the Code on Industrial Relations (IR) Bill, 2019 — considered to be the most contentious labour law amendments. The central government has withdrawn its proposal to give flexibility to big companies, in terms of manpower, to retrench or lay off workers and shut shop without seeking official consent, a government official said, requesting anonymity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22065-code-on-ir-bill-approved.html
#IR #Bill #UttarPradesh #IndustrialRelationsBill #DignityofLabour #amendment

Unified regulator for IFSC
The government will set up a unified regulator for International Financial Services Centres. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. The International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 will be introduced in the Lok Sabha after withdrawal from the Rajya Sabha.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22064-unified-regulator-for-ifsc.html
#Unified #IFSC #CCEA #Irdai #RajyaSabha #IFSCAB

National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa
The Union Cabinet approved setting up of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization. Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in the Himalayan belt of India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22063-national-institute-for-sowa-rigpa.html
#NationalInstitute #SowaRigpa #NISR #AYUSH #NarendraModi #UnionCabinet

TOT model for national highways
The government approved amendments proposed to the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model for national highways. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to the amendments proposed in the TOT model by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22062-tot-model-for-national-highways.html
#TOT #CCEA #COD #NHAI #EPC #BOT #NirmalaSitharaman

Singapore to use ITR at Chandipur
The armed forces of Singapore, which already use Indian military facilities for training of their mechanized forces, artillery and F-16 fighter jets, will soon also begin to use the integrated test range (ITR) for firing of missiles at Chandipur in Odisha as well.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22061-singapore-to-use-itr-at-chandipur.html
#ITR #Chandipur #RajnathSingh #Singapore #SITMEX

India is seventh-most affected by terror
India is at seventh place in a global think tank’s list of countries most affected by terrorism. The annual report by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace states that the country most affected by terrorism in 2018 was Afghanistan (7,379 killed), displacing Iraq (1,054 killed) as the deadliest country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22060-india-is-seventh-most-affected-by-terror.html
#India #Iraq #Afghanistan #JeM #GTI #TerrorFactfile

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister
Sri Lanka’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on 21 November 2019 took oath as the new prime minister of the island nation after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe formally stepped down from his post.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22059-sri-lanka-s-new-prime-minister.html
#SriLanka #MahindaRajapaksa #PGR #LTTE #illegal

International children's peace prize
The Hague: Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize on 20 November 2019, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22058-international-children-s-peace-prize.html
#Internationalchildren #DivinaMaloum #PeacePrize #DKR

Plans to amend IBC 2016
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India chairman M S Sahoo on 30 November 2019 said work is on to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 that will address cross-border insolvency.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22247-plans-to-amend-ibc-2016.html
#IBC #MSSahoo #CII #DewanHousingFinance #GreenChannel


'Point of no return' on climate change
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said 1 December 2019 that the world's efforts to stop climate change have been "utterly inadequate" so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the "point of no return."
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22246-point-of-no-return-on-climate-change.html
#COP25 #UNchief #UNSecretary #UNFCCC

Satellite mechanism to monitor forestation
A satellite-based mechanism to monitor areas under green cover and the growth of saplings planted there is being developed by the government, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22245-satellite-mechanism-to-monitor-forestation.html
#Satellitemechanism #monitorforestation #PrakashJavadekar

Concrete action against terror infrastructure
In their inaugural foreign and defence ministerial dialogue, India and Japan deliberated on the threat posed to regional peace by terror networks operating from Pakistan and asked it to take "resolute and irreversible" against them.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22244-concrete-action-against-terror-infrastructure.html
#FATF #RajnathSingh #TaroKono #NarendraModi

Negative imports list for defence announced
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 9 August 2020 announced a list of 101 items that the Defence Ministry will stop importing. It essentially means that the Armed Forces—Army, Navy and Air Force—will only procure all of these 101 items from domestic manufacturers.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24921-negative-imports-list-for-defence-announced.html
#RajnathSingh #Negativeimportslist #AirForce #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Rafale inducted in IAF
The operational deployment of Rafale into the Indian Air Force (IAF) is an “important step” in the wake of the border tensions, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said 10 September 2020 in a reference to the ongoing crisis at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25603-rafale-inducted-in-iaf.html
#Rafale #IAF #LAC #RajnathSingh #Rafalefighterjets #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

DAP 2020 unveiled
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2020 unveiled the new Defence Acquisition Procedure of 2020 (DAP 2020), which will govern the procurement of defence equipment from the capital budget.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26178-dap-2020-unveiled.html
#DAP2020 #capitalbudget #RajnathSingh #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

BECS in 2+2 dialogue
A meeting between visiting US secretary of defence Mark T Esper and India's defence minister Rajnath Singh started in Delhi on 26 October 2020 to discuss various issues.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26770-becs-in-2-2-dialogue.html
#BECS #22dialogue #MarkTEsper #RajnathSingh #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

A-SAT missile model unveiled
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 9 November 2020 unveiled a model of Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile at the DRDO Bhawan premises.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/27011-a-sat-missile-model-unveiled.html
#ASAT #MissionShakti #RajnathSingh #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClasses #IASOnlineclasses

India's 1st HWT Facility
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility in Hyderabad, making India the third country after the US and Russia to have such a facility.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/27622-india-s-1st-hwt-facility.html
#1stHWTFacility #RajnathSingh #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses #ksgnews

Today's Headlines - 25 July 2023
India hands over missile corvette INS Kirpan
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India on 22 July 2023 "gifted" its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam in reflection of growing strategic partnership between the two sides, especially in the maritime domain. It is for the first time that India gifted a fully operational corvette to any friendly foreign country.

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The Indian Navy said the ship has been handed over to Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) with complete "weapon complement".
On completing 32 years of illustrious service to the nation, Indian naval ship Kirpan has been decommissioned from the Indian Navy and handed over to VPN.
INS Kirpan, since its commissioning in 1991, has been an integral part of Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet and has participated in many operations over the last 32 years.
Manned by about 12 officers and 100 sailors, the ship is 90 metres long and 10.45 metres in width with maximum displacement of 1,450 tons.
The transfer of INS Kirpan from Indian Navy to Vietnam People's Navy symbolises the status of Indian Navy of being the 'preferred security partner in the Indian Ocean Region.
INS Kirpan, an indigenously built Khukri-class missile corvette, was handed over to Vietnam in line with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's announcement last month that India will gift an in-service missile corvette to the country.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #india #missile #corvette #INS #kirpan #vietnam #indiannavy #illustrious #weaponcomplement #khukriclass #defenceminister #Rajnathsingh #country #partnership