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MoD approves procurement of military platforms worth Rs 22,800 crore The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Current Affairs News :The protection service on Thursday endorsed acquisition of six P 8I hostile to submarine fighting plane, indigenous advancement of airborne notice and control frameworks (AWACS) flying machine and other military stages at an expense of Rs 22,800 crore. The choices were taken at a gathering of the Defense Acquisition Council led by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. Authorities said the DAC affirmed acquisition of six P 8I flying machine from aviation major Boeing to support the Indian Navy’s enemy of submarine battle ability. “These airplane would significantly reinforce the Navy’s abilities for oceanic seaside observation, against submarine fighting (ASW) and hostile to surface vessel (ASV) strike,” the guard service said in an announcement. At present, the Indian Na...

Air India unions oppose privatisation bid, demand meeting with govt After the budget announcement on Friday, Air India chairman Ashwani Lohani had called a meeting of all the 13 unions of the airline Monday to discuss the privatisation plan Current Affairs :- Over dozens union of Air India Monday turned out firmly against the administration’s subsequent offer to sell the monetarily injured national bearer, association sources said after a gathering with the carrier’s administration. After the spending declaration on Friday, Air India administrator Ashwani Lohani had assembled a conference of all the 13 associations of the carrier Monday to talk about the privatization plan. “The gathering of 13 associations have chosen to restrict the privatization move,” an association functionary told PTI over telephone from New Delhi after the gathering with the administration. During the gathering, which went on for around two hours, association agents told the administration that ...

Goods delivery by drones gets closer to reality, updated policy unveiled   In August, govt released the first version of drone policy Current Affairs News  : The legislature has proposed permitting conveyance of products by automatons, preparing for business applications in the field. In Drone Policy 2.0, divulged on Tuesday, the administration has proposed allowing their tasks past the visual viewable pathway. “Business UAS (unmanned aerial system ) tasks will encourage different new types of airship cargo abilities, for example, making of inventory network hand-off systems for conveyance of payload, transport of temperature-delicate items like substantial organs, crisis or in the nick of time conveyances of life-sparing drugs or safe blood for transfusions and gathering of patient examples for conveyance to research facility for time-touchy testing,” the archive said. The refreshed form of drone policy was uncovered by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jay...