General Robert Kibochi, Chief of Defence Forces of Kenya is visiting India from 02 – 06 Nov 2020 on the invitation by the Ministry of Defence. India is the first country that the CDF Kenya is visiting outside of Africa, after he assumed Command in May earlier this year.
As India is fast-tracking the construction of its border infrastructure in view of increasing threats from hostile neighbours, the 1,751 km long Indo-Nepal border will soon have ‘laser walls’ or infrared fencing to maintain effective vigil.
The schemes are SERB – POWER Fellowship and SERB – POWER Research Grants. These schemes are aimed to promote women researchers in regular service in academic and research institutions to take up research and development (R&D) at the highest level through these two categories of research support.
Russia has fulfilled requirements related to India’s defence equipment list handed over in the month of June. Sources confirming the development said that India’s defence requirements included light guns, projectiles, bombs.
The doctors of the Indian Army have achieved a new feat as they successfully removed a soldier’s appendix in a dug-in at a forward surgical centre in Eastern Ladakh at 16,000 feet.
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite being developed by the US Space Agency NASA and the Indian Space Agency ISRO is expected to be launched in the year 2022. This will be the first such radar imaging satellite in the world to use two frequencies simultaneously. Not only this, it will also be the world’s most expensive Earth Imaging Satellite. In this sense, it will also be special in many ways. The countries had reached an agreement in 2014 for this joint mission.
The geospatial information, which BECA will generate for Indian agencies, will be useful both against China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and against the state-supported terror groups functioning from inside Pakistan. It will also lead to training of Indian officials at the US National Geospatial Intelligence College.
The government is looking to set up 14 more water aerodromes across the country after the successful launch of maiden seaplane service by Prime Minister Narendra Modi between the Statue of Unity near Kevadiya in Gujarat’s Narmada district and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad.
Kibithoo is India is easternmost inhabited place which stands on the line of control (LAC). It is uniquely located on the tri- junction, with China to the north and Myanmar to the east. A small village in the Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district, it is located on the last road head of extreme northeast of north eastern India and the very place that the Lohit River enters India.
According to HMI Group Captain Jai Kishan, the cycle rally commenced at 8.30 am from Jan Maidan in Mangpoo and will conclude at Tiger Hill via Chatakpur and 3rd Mile. A total of 55 participants from Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Dooars, Siliguri and neighbouring country Nepal participated in the bicycle rally.
