Day: 3 July 2024

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an MoU to set up three state-of-the-art test facilities in Chennai under the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor – one each in the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electro Optics (EO) domains Under the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS), the MoD and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TNIDC) Limited signed the MoU on Tuesday. With an outlay of Rs 400 crore, DTIS was launched in May 2020 by the Union Defence Minister to establish state-of-the-art testing facilities in collaboration with…

Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhary on Tuesday inaugurated the newly established Weapon Systems School (WSS) at Begumpet Air Force Station in Hyderabad. This comes after the approval of creation of a new Weapon Systems (WS) branch in 2022. He said in a statement, “The new branch will have four streams; flight stream to operate weapons and systems in aerial platforms such as Sukhoi-30 MKI and C-130J; remote stream to operate remotely piloted aircraft; mission commanders and operators for surface-to-air and surface-to-surface weapon systems, and intelligence stream…

During the month of June 2024, freight loading of 135.46 MT has been achieved as against 123.06 MT in June 2023, which is an improvement of about 10.07 per cent over the previous year. As against freight earnings of Rs 13,316.81 crore in June 2023, freight revenue of Rs 14,798.11 crore has been achieved in June 2024, which shows an improvement of about 11.12 per cent over the previous year. Indian Railways achieved freight loading of 60.27 MT in Coal (excluding imported coal), 8.82 MT in Imported Coal, 15.07 MT…

A new metal oxide nanocomposite has been developed that can aid in photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants such as dyes and pharmaceuticals and hence can be used as sustainable technologies for environmental cleanup. This metal oxide photocatalysis offers a sustainable solution for the removal of organic pollutants from water bodies. Titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and tungsten trioxide (WO3) are remarkable catalysts due to their high surface area and stability. When exposed to light, they generate electron-hole pairs that convert pollutants into harmless by-products. Factors affecting efficiency include the…

Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff today (July 1, 2024). He was serving as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Lucknow-based Central Command. He was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in December 1985. He is a graduate of the prestigious National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. He is an alumnus of the Joint Services Command Staff College, Bracknell (UK) and the National Defence College, New Delhi. Shri Subramani holds a postgraduate degree from King's College London and an M.Phil. in…