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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - December 2016

Dec 2016

Oct 31, 2018

INS Tarangini Returns

The sail training ship of Indian Navy INS Tarangini returned to its base at the Southern Naval Command after a seven-month-long voyage, covering 15 ports in 13 countries across the world.

The voyage named "Lokayan 18" was flagged off on April 10.

INS Tarangini, the first sail training ship of the navy, was commissioned on November 11, 1997 and in the 21 years of its glorious service till date, the ship has sailed over 2,20,000 nautical miles across the world's oceans.

Hanuman Beniwal Floats New Party

Independent MLA and Jat leader Hanuman Beniwal launched his Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), saying the outfit would work for a third front government in Rajasthan as an alternative to the BJP and the Congress.

Beniwal was elected on a BJP ticket in 2008 from Khinwsar and later as an independent in 2013.

Night Trial of Agni-I Missile

India successfully conducted the night trial of the indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile.

The night trial of the ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km was first conducted in April 2014.

India Invites Italian Firms

India invited Italy to participate in the defence sector under the "Make in India" scheme. The invitation was extended during the high level discussion between visiting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which also included an agreement to counter terror financing and state sponsors of terrorism.

Statehood Sought for Barak Valley

A students' organisation has advocated statehood for southern Assam's Barak Valley because of a "sharp division" between linguistic groups created by the National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

Barak Valley comprising three districts, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj, is Bengali-dominated. The relationship between the people of this valley and the Assamese-dominated Brahmaputra Valley has been ambivalent.

Oct 30, 2018

Indian Army to Induct M-777 and K-9 Vajra Guns

The Indian Army is set to get two new artillery guns - Ultralight Howitzer M-777 and Self-Propelled K-9 Vajra. The guns will help the forces target the enemy even in hilly regions.

A contract has been inked with the US for as many as 145 ultralight Howitzer M-777, of which 25 will be brought to India in combat-ready condition. The remaining 125 guns will be made in India with the help of Mahindra Defence. The supply of the guns is expected to begin March 2019.

The self-propelled K-9 Vajra is being built with the help of South Korea.

'Train 18' Rolled Out

India's first engine-less semi-high speed train, Train 18, was rolled out by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and will eventually replace the Shatabdi Express for inter-city travel.

The 16-coach semi-high speed 'trainset' has been designed for a maximum operating speed of 160 kmph.

It would undergo trials in coming months.

Five more units of the train would be produced by the ICF by the end of 2019-20.

President of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

Prominent Pune-based Marathi author, Aruna Dhere, has been unanimously elected as the president for the 92nd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, the prestigious Marathi literary meet, which will take place at Yavatmal in January 2019.

The four women in the past who have become president of Marathi literary meet are: Durga Bhagwat , Kusumawati Deshpande, Shanta Shelke and Vijaya Rajyadhyaskha.

Supreme Court Cleared Four Names for Elevation

The Supreme Court collegium cleared the names of justice R. Subhash Reddy, justice Hemant Gupta, justice M. R. Shah, and justice Ajay Rastogi for elevation as Supreme Court judges.

The collegium is a body of the five top judges, which is responsible for all appointments to the top court. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi heads it and also includes justice M. B. Lokur, justice Kurien Joseph, justice A. K. Sikri and justice S. A. Bobde.

Oct 29, 2018

G. Madhavan Nair Joins BJP

Former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G. Madhavan Nair joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Nair was blacklisted by the UPA government in 2012 over a suspect contract signed between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia Private Limited in 2005, when Nair was the space organisation's chairman.

Oct 28, 2018

S. K. Mishra Gets Additional Charge

The government appointed 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra as the new chief of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the next three months as incumbent Karnal Singh's tenure comes to an end.

Devyani Khobragade Promoted

IFS officer Devyani Khobragade, who was stripped searched in the US in 2013, has been promoted to Grade-III (joint secretary) of the Indian Foreign Service in on notional basis with effect from November 1, 2016.

India Contributes to UN Programme

India has donated $300,000 to a programme to train commanders for UN peacekeeping.

India's contribution will be used with "a specific focus on issues of conduct and discipline.

The Pipeline to Peacekeeping Command Programme the first of its kind with a focus on issues of conduct and sexual exploitation and abuse, and we are grateful for the lead of India on such a significant new initiative," said Atul Khare.

Oct 27, 2018

Disaster Management System Launched

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched TN-SMART, a system for multi-hazard potential impact and emergency response tracking.

The system would assess potential impact of hazards using weather forecast information and would act as a data management system for managing and processing weather, assessing disaster risk and allocating emergency response resources data.

IAF Gets First Overhauled Sukhoi

In a major step towards improving the availability rate of the backbone of the Indian Air Force fighter fleet, the IAF's Base Repair Depot (BRD), Ojhar in Maharashtra has successfully overhauled a Su-30 MKI aircraft.

The first overhauled aircraft was handed over to Air Marshal HS Arora, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South Western Air Command.

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