Wednesday, 31 January 2024

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.

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