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May 11, 2018

Ram Nath Kovind Visits Siachen

President Ram Nath Kovind visited Siachen Base Camp and addressed the soldiers posted there. He also visited the Kumar Post. President Kovind is the second President of India to visit Siachen. The previous visit was undertaken by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in April 2004. This makes President Kovind the first President to travel to Siachen in 14 years.

Rail Activist Bipin Passes Away

Rail activist Bipin Gandhi, the brain behind the 'Adarsh Coach' in the Panchavati Express, passed away in Nashik following a cardiac arrest.
The idea of 'Adarsh Coach' hit Gandhi in 1981 as an ordinary commuter on the Nashik-Mumbai line. Two decades later, he founded the Rail Parishad. In 2007, Gandhi planned to introduce the ideal coach, and the Railways gave him a rake for experiment.
The 'Adarsh Coach' entered the Limca Book of Records in 2012 and 2015.

South Western Railway Bags Safety Shield Award

During the year 2017-18, South Western Railway (SWR) has registered best figures and tremendous improvements in key areas of safety pertaining to train operations among all Zonal Railways. Recognizing the efforts of SWR undertaken for improving safety, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal awarded the Railway Minister's Safety Shield for 2017-18 to South Western Railway in an annual award event.

May 10, 2018

Nagaland LS Bypoll

The ruling People's Democratic Alliance decided to field former Minister Tokheho Yepthomi to take on the Opposition Naga People's Front (NPF) nominee C. Apok Jamir in May bypoll for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Nagaland.

The bypoll has been necessitated due to Neiphiu Rio becoming the Chief Minister and vacating the seat.

May 09, 2018

Meghalaya Opposes Citizenship Bill

Opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, has now come from the Meghalaya government where the BJP is in an alliance.

The BJP is pushing for the Bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

As per Meghalaya's Deputy Chief Minister, if this amendment is passed, it will pose a great threat to the people of Meghalaya who are in minority.

New Naval Launcher Unveiled

Larsen & Toubro and BrahMos Aerospace have unveiled a new quad launcher prototype, heralding another attempt to boost the performance of naval warships.

The new prototype provides superior firepower compared to the twin canister and has the capability to launch four missiles in a single or salvo (simultaneous) mode. Besides, the quad launcher is suitable for warships which have space constraints to accommodate a vertical launch module.

Exercise Vijay Prahar

Indian Army is fine-tuning its combat readiness in the face of a nuclear weapon environment during the ongoing Exercise Vijay Prahar. Over 20,000 troops from Army's South Western Command practiced fighting under a nuclear environment in the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges close to Suratgarh in Rajasthan.

The aim of Vijay Prahar is to ensure the troops can annihilate the enemy in the shortest possible time even in a battle where nukes have been used.

May 08, 2018

CJI Constitutes Bench to Hear Plea on his Removal

The Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, has constituted a bench of five judges to hear a challenge from two Congress Rajya Sabha members of Parliament against Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's rejection of a notice of a motion seeking his (the Chief Justice's) removal. The five-judge bench is led by Justice AK Sikri and has Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana, Arun Mishra and AK Goel on it.It does not include four senior-most judges who had publicly aired grievances over how the Chief Justice was running the court and allocating cases.

Defence Panel To Focus on Ammo Stock

The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) has made it clear that the priority of the military should be to have adequate ammunition inventory for a 30-day war rather than acquiring hi-tech high value weapons platforms from foreign arms makers. Headed by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the DPC, which has the three service chiefs, and the defence, foreign and expenditure secretaries as members, met on May 3. The apex committee came to the conclusion that the armed forces just about had adequate ammunition for a short 10-day war but were keen on buying high value futuristic platforms. The DPC decided that before the Indian armed forces commit to acquiring any platform in the future, the manufacturer will have to set up an ammunition factory through the joint venture route in India.

The DPC advocated that ammunition purchase should be an on-going process with 25% of inventory dedicated for training purposes. This decision was taken after it was brought to the notice of the recently created DPC that the armed forces largely bought ammunition from the revenue budget and appeared more focused on acquiring big ticket hardware such as aircraft carriers and top-end fighter planes from their capital budget.

Kathua Case Trial Shifted to Pathankot

The Supreme Court transferred the trial in the case of gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu's Kathua to Pathankot in Punjab, but ruled out a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the incident that triggered national outrage last month.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra vacated a stay order that stopped the trial court in Kathua from proceeding in the case and ordered an in-camera hearing, adding that the matter should be conducted on a day-to-day basis.

May 06, 2018

RLD and SP to Join Hands

Hoping to repeat the Gorakhpur and Phulpur feat, the Rashtriya Lok Dal has decided to join the united Opposition of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party in the upcoming bypolls to two seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The two seats are: Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur Assembly seats.

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