INDIGNEOUS DEFENCE MANUFACTURING Why Indigenization of Defence is required: Challenges: Assessment of Degree of Indigenization: Bureaucratic delays and license issues: Measures taken so far: Source: THE HINDU.
INDIA ISRAEL DEFENCE COOPERATION INDIA ISRAEL DEFENCE COOPERATION Context: India-Israel Joint Working Group on Défense: The formation of this SWG would make it possible to: Defence cooperation between India and Israel: Background: Respective National Interests: India’s long-awaited military modernization goals: India imports the following Israeli […]
Context: Women’s legal marriage age will be raised from 18 to 21 years old, according to the Cabinet. This judgment was made following the advice of a panel led by Jaya Jaitly. About the Working Group: Last year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recommended a panel […]
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Background: Who will undergo the journey: What is Inspiration-4 Mission and how does it work: What is the significance of the journey: Source: THE HINDU.
Context: After a four-hour debate, the Rajya Sabha approved the Dam Safety Bill, 2019, which allows for the monitoring, inspection, operation, and maintenance of all defined dams across the country and has been contested for decades. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill in August of […]
WHO approves use of malaria vaccine with adjuvant tech Context The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday authorized the use of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, which was created by the Serum Institute of India and the University of Oxford using adjuvant technology from Novavax. The […]
IAF likely to induct Astra BVR air-to-air missile by year-end Context Defence sources state that the first batch of the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air Missile, for which the Indian Air Force (IAF) has placed two contracts with Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL), is […]
Medicine Nobel 2023 goes to duo who paved the way for mRNA COVID vaccines Context The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been given to American physician-scientist Drew Weissman and Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó. The discovery of successful mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 was […]
Army to rediscover ‘Indic heritage of statecraft’ from texts Context In collaboration with the United Service Institution of India (USI), a defense think tank, the Indian Army has launched a project called Project Udbhav to reexamine the “profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts” […]