1) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the flight test of indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) Abhyas today from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast, Odisha.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
2) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has launched a new corporate governance initiative – 'NSE Prime', a framework that prescribes higher standards of corporate governance for listed companies than those required by regulations.
3) Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who became the first Indian bowler to grab a Test hat-trick in a memorable international career, announced retirement from all forms of cricket.
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated or laid the foundation stones of 27 development projects worth Rs 2,095 crore in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
➨Modi also launched a portal and a logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products.
5) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced the launch of a mobile application which will enable the users to watch the live telecast of the House proceedings and view various parliamentary documents, including written questions-answers and reports of various committees.
6) The Karnataka legislative assembly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill amid a din and day-long debate by the opposition parties. The bill is aimed at curbing illegal religious conversions.
▪️Karnataka:-
CM :- Basavaraj Bommai
Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port
7) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri. Narendra Singh Tomar released the book ‘Spices Statistics at a Glance 2021’.
➨The book is a compendium of all the spices statistics like, area, production, productivity, export, import, price and value of output of various spices produced in the country.
8) Union Minister of State for Electronics, Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched seven new Internet exchange nodes in Uttar Pradesh.
➨ These nodes will be located at Meerut, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi & Gorakhpur.
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
9) The Indian Olympic Association of India (IOA) appointed Ice Hockey Association of India’s general secretary, Harjinder Singh, as the Chef de Mission of the country’s contingent for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
☞ Indian Olympic Association :-
➨The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets.
➨Created - 1927
➨President - Narinder Batra
➨Secretary General - Rajeev Mehta
10) Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated the National Oxygen Stewardship Program at AIIMS today to train Oxygen Stewards in each district across the country.
11) The British Council has approved 'Going Global Partnerships Exploratory Grants' for Digital University Kerala (DUK) for promoting disaster preparedness in partnership with the University of Southampton in the UK.
▪️Kerala :-
➠Cherai Beach
➠Idukki Dam on Periyar River
➠Pamba River
➠Kumarakom National Park
➠Anamudi Shola National Park
➠Eravikulam National Park
➠Silent Valley National Park
12) Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane inducted the first set of indigenously developed next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (AERV) and other equipment into the Corps of Engineers, at Bombay Engineering Group (BEG).
▪️Ministry of Defence :-
➨Headquarters - New Delhi
➨Founded - 15 August 1947
➨ Chief of the Army Staff - General Manoj Mukund Naravane
➨ Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
➨Chief of the Navy Staff - Admiral R. Hari Kumar
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