TROPEX 25
TROPEX 25 conducted over a period of three months
- Indian Navy’s premier biennial war exercise.
- Held in coordination with the Indian Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
GB Pant
GB Pant was remembered on his death anniversary
- Eminent Freedom fighter and 1st CM of UP
- Took part in Salt March, Quit India Movement, and was arrested in 1930 for planning Civil Disobedience Movement.
- Played important role in the establishment of Hindi as an official language of the central government and a few states.
- Received Bharat Ratna (1957).
Mission Gandiva
DRDO has officially designated “Gandiva.”
- Air-to-air missile technology
- Also known as – Astra MK-3 (precedes the Astra MK-1 and MK-2)
- Powered by a Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet propulsion system which utilizes atmospheric oxygen as an oxidizer
- Sustain supersonic speeds
Right to Livelihood
SC permits Ranveer Allahbadia to air programs as it is only source of livelihood” for him.
- Supreme Court held that Article 21 includes the right to life and right to livelihood.
- Besides, Article 39 (DPSP) ensures that the State shall ensure that all citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate livelihood.
- In Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (Pavement Dwellers Case) – SC held Right to livelihood is part of the right to life, as no one can live without a means of livelihood.
Scheme for Cooperative Sugar Mills
Recently, Union Government has notified a scheme for Cooperative Sugar Mills under modified Ethanol Interest Subvention Scheme.
- Ministry – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Department of Food & Public Distribution
- Aim – Conversion of existing sugarcane-based feedstock ethanol plants into multi-feedstock based plants to use grains like Maize and Damaged Food Grains (DFG).