The Army Aviation Corps (AAC), the youngest Corps of the Indian Army, celebrated its 35th Corps Day on November 1. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Corps was raised as a separate formation on November 1 in 1986. The AAC now draws its officers and men from all arms of the Army, including a […]
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The indigenously developed laser-guided version of the Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ATGMs are missile systems that can strike and neutralise armoured vehicles such as tanks. While Indian Army mainly uses various imported anti-tank guided missiles, the DRDO
Agnibaaz Division organized a joint exercise for both Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar Pune on 09 October 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The aim of the exercise was to harmonize the drills and procedures of both Army and Police for activating anti-terrorist Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) to counter any terrorist actions
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the Nechiphu Tunnel on the Balipara-Charduar-Tawang (BCT) road in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 450m-long tunnel, which will bypass the existing road, will be D-shaped and comprise two lanes of 3.5m width each. Another 1.8 km-long tunnel
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Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh dedicated 44 bridges constructed by the Border Road Organization (BRO) in five states and one union territory including Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in the North East. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Other states include Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. He also laid
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A successful flight test of the Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was conducted from Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SMART is a missile assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations far beyond Torpedo range. This launch and demonstration is
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The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract with a Nagpur-based private entity for supply of 10 lakh of units indigenously designed and developed Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG) to the Indian Army at a cost of over Rs 400 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These grenades will be replacing the World War-II vintage
Defence Ministry recently has unveiled the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) – 2020. DAP 2020 will be applicable with effect from 01 October 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The first Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was promulgated in the year 2002 and has since been revised periodically. The New Category of Buy (Global – Manufacture
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun at KK Ranges in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In these tests, the ATGM successfully defeated a target located at 3 km. Laser guided ATGMs lock and track
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India has successfully conducted the flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) vehicles from a test range in Odisha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems. ABHYAS has been designed
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