Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts

.Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (Ministry of Defence) WHAT Ministry of Defence has awarded Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE)contract to build eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASWSWCs) for Indian Navy. The 1st ship is to be delivered within 42 months from contract signing date. The subsequent balance ships delivery schedule will be two ships per year. The project completion time is 84 months from today. The GRSE is currently handling major projects.…

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Use of Technical Textiles in Water Resources Works

Use of Technical Textiles in Water Resources Works (Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) WHAT One day Technical Seminar was organized on “Use of Technical Textiles in Water Resources Works” in New Delhi. The seminar was organised by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation WHY The speakers from various fields discussed issues of Standards, Benchmarking & Testing, Technical-textiles for Water Resources Conservation, Advanced methods in use of Technical…

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Cyber Exercise on Scenario Building & Response

Cyber Exercise on Scenario Building & Response (Ministry of Defence) WHAT Directorate of Indian Defence University is organising a two day Cyber Exercise on Scenario Building & Response on 29-30 April 2019 at Purple Bay, Jodhpur Officers’ Hostel, New Delhi. Workshop on “Cyber Warfare & Technology”. This exercise shall incorporate response, based on the assessment of situation and own capability. SCOPE OF EXERCISE Incident reporting & response framework Procedures for information exchange Attribution…

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Differently Abled Persons

Total annihilation of discriminatory tendencies against differently abled persons (Vice President’s Secretariat) WHAT While addressing ‘Miracle on Wheels’, a cultural performance in New Delhi, Vice-President of India said that the empowerment of differently abled persons should start with the complete and total annihilation of discriminatory tendencies against them. He emphasized that differently-abled people need is empathy, encouragement, facilitation and empowerment. He stated that Eliminating discriminatory tendencies against Divyaangjan should be the first step in empowering…

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PIB updates (26-april-19)

Heavy rainfall warning (Ministry of Earth Science) WHAT Latest satellite imageries & surface observations indicate that a depression has formed over East Equatorial Indian Ocean & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression during next 24 hours and into a Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 12 hours. It is very likely to move northwestwards off Srilanka coast during next 96 hours and reach near north…

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PIB updates – Press information Bureau (25 april 19)

Naval Commanders’ Conference Concludes (Ministry of Defence) WHAT The first edition of this years’ bi-annual Naval Commanders’ Conference concluded successfully on 25 April 2019. The Hon’ble Raksha Mantri (Mrs.Nirmala Seetharaman) addressed Naval Commanders on 23 Apr 19 and complimented the Indian Navy for maintaining a high operational tempo and its ability to safeguard India’s interest in the maritime domain. She appreciated Navy’s efforts in the area of indigenisation, self-reliance and support to the ‘Make in…

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PIB Updates (24 April 2019)

Indian Coast Guard Vessel C-441 (Ministry of Defence) WHAT A new Coast Guard vessel ICGS C-441 is commissioned into service. ICGS C-441 is seventh Interceptor vessel amongst the series. FEATURES The vessel is fitted with state-of-the-art communication, navigational equipment and with light, medium and heavy automatic machine gun. The vessel is also provided with infra-red-survelliance and capable of operating in deep seas and shallow waters. ADVANTAGES Indian Coast Guard Ship C-441 is…

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Press Information Bureau – PIB

Take a pledge to preserve & promote mother tongue (Vice President’s Secretariat) WHAT The Vice President of India, has called upon to people to take a pledge to preserve and promote their mother tongue. Stressing that there was a need to strengthen the campaign for preserving mother tongue. He urged upon State governments to make mother tongue mandatory up to primary school level. In order to make students become responsible citizenry, the Vice President…

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Press Information Bureau (22 april 2019)

Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (Election Commission) WHAT Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in Jammu & Kashmir would be going to polls in 3 parts in Phase III, Phase IV & Phase V of General Elections 2019, the only such PC in the country. The Four Districts to be covered in the Anantnag are Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama. Source: PIB MOU : Ministry of AYUSH and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (AYUSH)…

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Project 15B – PIB Updates

Project 15B (Ministry of Defence) WHAT Chief of the Naval Staff launched the third ship of Project 15B, Guided Missile Destroyer Imphal, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. PROJECT 15B Project 15B ships feature cutting edge advanced technology and are comparable to the best ships of similar class anywhere in the world. These ships have been designed indigenously by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi. The P15B destroyers incorporate new…

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