National Alexander Dalrymple Award ⇒ Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, AVSM, NM, Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India received the Alexander Dalrymple award from the British High Commissioner, Mr Alex Ellis on 23 July 2021 in New Delhi. The Admiral has been awarded the Alexander Dalrymple award in recognition of his unparalleled dedication, professionalism and

National National Red Cross Gold Medal ⇒ The prestigious National Red Cross Gold Medal was presented by Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Nizamabad unit chief Dr Neeli Ramchander on 14 July 2021. At a programme organised at Raj Bhavan, Dr. Ramchander received the Gold Medal awarded to the Nizamabad unit

National DRDO successfully flight-tested MPATGM for Minimum Range ⇒ The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously developed low weight, fire and forget Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) on July 21, 2021.  The missile was launched from a man portable launcher integrated with thermal site and the target was mimicking a tank.

National Surface-to-air missile Akash-NG ⇒ Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on July 21, 2021. During the test, the missile demonstrated high manoeuvrability required for neutralising fast and agile aerial threats. Developed by: The

Launch of National Logistics Excellence Awards ⇒ With a view to turn the spotlight on the logistics sector, recently, the government announced the launch of National Logistics Excellence Awards. Category: The awards are in two categories, the first group includes logistics infrastructure/service providers and second one is for various user industries. Objective: The awards will

National Kala Vishwa-2021, a Special Campaign ⇒ Indian Council for Cultural Relations has launched a new series of programmes “Kala Vishwa”, a special campaign under Horizon Series for a duration of six months in Mumbai. Inauguration: Dr.Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President, ICCR and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children and Youth & Sports

National 9th Integrated Ratings for State Power Distribution Utilities ⇒ Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh released 9th Integrated Ratings for State Power Distribution Utilities on 16 July 2021. The 9th Annual Integrated Rating exercise covers 41 States Power Distribution Utilities spread across 22 States, for the rating period financial