DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2024

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Vice Admiral V Srinivasan Takes Over As The Flag Officer Commanding In Chief (FOCINC) Southern Naval Command, Kochi.

* Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh Has Been Appointed As Chief Of Material Indian Navy.

* Lt General Navin Sachdeva Takes Over The Command Of Indian Army's White Knight Corps.

* Vice Admiral B Sivkumar Has Assumed Charge As New Controller Warships Production And Acquisition.

* Vice Admiral Sanjay S Singh Has Been Assume As Flag Officer Commanding In Chief, Western Naval.

* Rear Admiral R Adhisrinivasan Took Over As CSO Of Western Naval Command.

* SSB Chief Rashmi Shukla (1998 Batch IPS Officer)  Has Been Appointed As The DGP Of Maharashtra. ( FIRST FEMALE ) 

*  Lt General Vipul Shinghal Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Staff (DOT) At IDS.

* Samir Kumar Sinha Has Been Appointed As The Director General In The Ministry Of Defense. 

* Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty Took Over As The 10th Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy ( INA). 

* Vice Admiral AN Pramod Has Been Assumed As The Director General Naval Operation, Indian Navy.

* Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha NM Has Assumed Charge As Chief Staff Officer Of Eastern Naval Command.

* Cmde Asutosh Bhat Took Charge As Commanding Officer Of INS EKSILA, Vishakapatanam.

* Rear Admiral Satish Shenahi Has Took Charge As Chief Staff Officer Of Southern Naval Command.

* IPS Officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) Up to November 2025.

* Major Pankaj P Rao Assumed As The Senior Consultant Surgery In DGAFMS.

*  Asian Games Silver Medalist In Trap Shooting Event, Preeti Rajak Became The First Subedar (Woman) Of INDIAN Army.

RENAME - 

*  Indian Army's MR-SAM Is Now Named As ABHRA Weapon System. 

REPUBLIC DAY PARADE - 

* 2024 Republic Day Women Centric Parade At Kartavya Path 

* Major Srishti Khullar & Captain Amba Samant ( Army Dental Corps) Led Armed Forces Medical Services 

* Surg Lt Kanchana From Indian Navy 

* Flt Lt Dhivya Priya From Indian Air Force 

INAUGURATION - 

*  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Know Your Army Festival In Lucknow.

*  Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Inaugurated The State Of The Art Auditorium ABHIGYAAN At Central Research Laboratory Of BEL Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

*  Admiral R Hari kumar, Chief Of The Naval Staff Flagged Off The Indian Navy CHADAR Trek ( Frozen Zanskar River, Ladakh) At INS SHIVAJI On 16th January 2024. 

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated The 9th Chapter Of CAPSULE ON Science And Technology And Apply Research ( CAPSTAR) At Pune.

* Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 19, (Yard 129) Built By MSME Shipyard Launched By Indian Navy, Thane Mumbai.

DECOMMISIONED - 

* INDIAN Navy Ship CHEETAH, GULDAR And KUMBHIR Have Decommissioned After 40 Years Of Service.

* A British Oil Tanker, MV MARLIN LUANDA, Was Attached By Houthi Militants By Iran, INS Vishakapatanam Was Rescued The Tanker.

* Indian Navy's INS SUMITRA Has Saved Hijacked Iranian Vessels, Hijacked By Few Somalia Pirates In The Arabian Sea.

* C-130 Super Hercules Tactical Transport Aircraft Of The Indian Airforce Made a Night Landing At The Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) In Kargil.

*  Indian Army To Observe 2024 As Year Of Technology Absorption. 

*  Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Has Taken Over The Security Of Indian Council Of Medical Research, National Institute Of Virology Pune, Maharashtra. 

* President To Award 277 Gallantry Medal This Year On The Republic Day. 

DEVELOPED - 

* DRDO Has Developed An Extended Range Anti Submarine Rocket ( ER-ASR) For The Indian Navy Whose Ranges Up to 8km.

*  DRDO & BEL  Have  Developed Indigenous SARVATRA Bridge For The Indian Army. 

( It Is a Multi Span Mobile Bridge With a High Mobility Launch Platform And Multi Span Capability Up To 75 meter ) This Can Be Used In Plain, Desert, Semi Desert Terrain During Day And Night Condition. 

* Defense Food Research Lab Of DRDO Has Developed India's FIRST Ever Biodegradable Water Bottles.

* Indian Navy Successfully Carries Out Successful Trial Of BRAHMOS Extended Range Supersonic Cruise Missile (800+ km Range).

APP DEVELOPED - 

*  Indian Army Has Indigenously Developed SECURE ARMY MOBILE BHARAT VERSION (SAMBHAV) Ecosystem in Collaboration With National Center For Excellence Of Academia And Industry.

NEW LAUNCHED /WEAPONS - 

* DRDO Launched Indigenous Assault Rifle UGRAM For Armed Forces. 

* Indian Navy Chief R Hari Kumar Has Unveiled ( Medium Alt Long Endurance MALE) DRISHTI 10, Starliner Indigenous Drone Manufactured By Adani Defense In Hyderabad.

* INDIAN Army Launched OPERATION SARVASHSKTI To Counter Pakistan's Attempt To Revive Terrorism In Jammu and Kashmir.

*  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and INDIAN Coast Guard Have Launched The 2nd Generation DISTRESS ALERT TRANSMITTER For Fisherman With Two Way Communication Including NAVIC Compatibility.

APPROVAL - 

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved Four New NCC Units In Jammu and Kashmir.

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved a Proposal To Launch a Group (Term) Insurance Scheme For Casual Paid Labourers (CPL) For Border Road Organisation (BRO) / General Reserves Engineers Force.

MOU SIGNED - 

* Mazagon Dock shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Has Been Awarded Patent By Indian Patent Office For Adopting Procedure For Final Alignment Of Propeller Shaft On A Destroyer Class Vessels In Dry Dock.

*  Indian Coast Guard (ICG) And Steel Authority Of India (SAIL) Signed MoU For Supply Of Indigenous Marine Grade Steel.

* India's Garuda Aerospace And Greek Spirit Aeronautical System ( GSAS) Signed a Strategic Agreement On Focusing On Drone Manufacturing.

* Armed Forces Medical Services And AIIMS New Delhi Have Signed MoU For Collaboration In Research And Academic In Technology.

*  Indian Navy Has Signed MoU With Ahmedabad Based Arvind Limited For The Supply Of Advanced Antifungal Uniform Fabric 

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Signed MoU With IIT Madras At WINGS INDIA 2024 For Virtual Augmented Reality  Aircraft Training Module For Hindustan-228 Aircraft.

* Indian Coast Guard Has Signed a Contract With BEL For The Procurement Of 267 Portable Software Defined Radios ( SDR) Worth Rs 90 Crores. 

*  India And France Have Signed A Letter Of Intent (LOI) On Defense Space Agreement.

*  Rolls Royce Have Signed Agreement With Hyderabad Based Azad Engineering For Supplying Of Military Aircraft Engine Components For Next 7 Years.

HOST - 

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh To Lead The 8th Armed Forces Veteran Day At Air Force Station, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.