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The Police Commemoration Day is celebrated on October 21 every year. The day is observed to honor the martyrs who sacrifice their lives in this service to the nation.  This year, the day was observed to honor the police officers from across the country who have been working day and night to ensure  COVID-19 norms are followed properly. They are the frontline workers who  have been risking their lives in order to contain the spread of the virus. Home Minister, Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), MLAs, MLCs and top police personnel will be reviewing the parade and pay tributes to martyrs. The history this Day dates back to October 21, 1959. In the year 1959 Chinese forces attacked and trap a patrol party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). In the battle, 10 jawans lost their lives while fighting for the country at the Indo-Tibetan border. The Day is celebrated every year to pay homage to those 10 police officials. This day also intends to...

  India successfully test fired the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile Brahmos having an indigenous booster and airframe section at Balasore, Odisha on September 30, 2020. About Brahmos It was developed by jointly by Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia. Brahmos is a ramjet supersonic cruise missile which can be launched from submarines, land, ships or fighter jets. It is a two-stage missile with: A solid propellant booster engine as its first stage- it brings the missile to supersonic speed after which it gets separated And the liquid ramjet or the second stage- which takes the missile closer to Mach 3 or three times the speed of sound in cruise phase. It has been named after the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva. It has a flight range of 300 km. The range of Brahmos missile has been increased to 450-600 km in compliance with the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Missile Techno...

  Every year, on Prime Minister Modi’s birthday that falls on September 17, Seva Diwas is celebrated. This year Seva Saptah has been organized to mark the PM’s 70 th  birthday. The Seva Saptah is observed between September 14, 2020 and September 20, 2020. Seva Saptah is also called a week of Seva. The Gujarat Government is to launch projects and schemes to commemorate birthday of the prime minister. The Chief Minister of Gujarat is to launch cow-based organic farming wherein the government is to provide a monthly assistance of Rs 900 to the farmers. Also, Gujarat Government is to provide kits to farmer to make Jivamrut (natural fertiliser). Also, water supply projects for 205 villages of Tapi and Narmada districts are to be launched. Rs 1,000 crores is to be provided to 10 lakh women in Gujarat to help them start their own business. The Gujarat Government is to sign 10 Memorandum of Understandings on Climate Change. Seva Saptah The Seva Saptah is observed by the Bhartiya Janat...

  Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day   is being celebrated on   September 14, 2020   across India in order to mark the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages of India and to make people aware of the language. Hindi, an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script, was adopted under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution. It is to be noted that in addition to Hindi Day, World Hindi Day is also celebrated on 10 January every year. After the independence of the country in the year 1947, apart from the rules and the law, the issue of the official language of the new nation was also important in the Constitution as India had hundreds of languages ​​and thousands of dialects. After much deliberation, Hindi and English were chosen as the official languages ​​of the new nation. On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi written in Devanagari script along with English as the official language of the nation. Later Jawaharlal Nehru Government decide...

  New Delhi:  The second batch of Rafale fighter jets — likely to be four in number — is set to arrive at the Ambala Air Force Station in October as part of the Rs 59,000-crore deal with the French government, ThePrint has learnt. These will land here after the formal induction ceremony of the first five Rafale fighters, which is to be held on 10 September. The ceremony would be attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart Florence Parly. Sources in the defence and security establishment said the French defence minister has already confirmed her presence. Sources said once the ceremony is done, the next set of Rafale fighters would arrive in October.  “ The next set of fighters, which are likely to be four in number, will arrive in the country in October,” a source said. Five Rafale jets, including two twin-seaters,  had landed  on 29 July at the Ambala Air Force Station, home of the first squadron of the French fighters. The Rafales Kno...

  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on August 20 said that the second lunar mission of India Chandrayaan-2 has completed one year around the Moon in the lunar orbit. According to ISRO, all the instruments of Chandrayaan-2 are performing well at present. ISRO also highlighted that the fuel onboard is adequate to keep Chandrayaan-2 operational for seven more years. The orbiter completed more than 4,400 orbits around the Moon. Although, the soft-landing attempt was not successful previous year but the orbiter was placed successfully in the lunar orbit. The agency has also claimed that the orbiter is being maintained in 100 +/- 25 km polar orbit with periodic orbit maintenance (OM) maneuvers. Chandrayaan-2 was launched to enhance the knowledge about the moon through a detailed study of its surface chemical composition, topography, thermo-physical characteristics, mineralogy, and atmosphere. Chandrayaan-2 The second lunar mission of the country, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on Jul...

  Indian Cricket players M S Dhoni and Suresh Raina announced their retirement from International Cricket. This means that they shall still play for games conducted within India. About M S Dhoni M S Dhoni is 39-year old and was a world cup winning captain. He announced his retirement through an Instagram post. He last played for the Indian cricket team during India’s 2019 ICC World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 2018, Padma Shri in 2009 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2007-08. Under his captainship, India won the 2011 World Cup. M S Dhoni was the first player to win ODI Player of the year award twice once in 2008 and 2009. Indian Army conferred with honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer to receive the honour after Kapil Dev. It is to be noted that under the captainship of Kapil Dev India won the 1983 World Cup. M S Dhoni was also awarded with the ICC ODI Player of the year in 2008 and 2009. He also re...