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MAJOR SARAVANAN – A SAGA OF EXTREME BRAVERY ETCHED IN GOLDEN LETTERS IN THE ANNALS OF THE INDIAN ARMY

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The Name “Saravanan” is a customary common name as and when you come across men from Tamil Nadu before 29th May 1999, until, the hero of this article, Major Captain Saravanan lost his precious life while combating and killing four Pakistani intruders in the Line of Control during the Kargil War. He was possibly the first Indian martyr to have been killed in the Kargil war.

Major Saravanan was born on 10th August 1972 in the island of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalayas at GAYA and later completed his graduation from St. Joseph College, Trichy in the year 1992. Being born to Lt.Colonel Adi Mariappan, Army Blood was innate in Saravanan and it was no wonder that he joined the most prestigious Indian Army. Sarvanan, was only 17, when his father met with an accident in Bangalore, after serving with the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka for a couple of years.

Maj Saravanan graduated from the OTA in 1995 and was commissioned into 1 Bihar of the Bihar Regiment, a regiment known for its numerous battle honours.  After passing out of OTA, he was posted to Tamulpur, Cooch Bihar, and Bhutan before moving to Kargil. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1996 and major in 1999.

Operation  Vijay (Kargil) : 29 May 1999

Major M Sarvanan’s unit was moved from Assam to Jammu & Kashmir for the Kargil operation in 1999. He was excited and wrote to his mother that he had been waiting for just such an opportunity to prove his mettle and would bring home a “Vir Chakra”. Operation Vijay was launched on 26 May and his unit was tasked to capture Point 4268 in Jubar Ridge located on the western side of the Batalik sector, the second highest battlefield in the world after Siachen. The terrain comprised of jagged rocks covered with snow and knife-edge ridges with no greenery.

Following the failure of two attacks, Major Saravanan volunteered to launch the third attack. A frontal attack was the only way. The enemy was well entrenched on heights but the steep climb did not deter him. The attack was launched at 4 a.m. on 29 May with his final command to the men, “Do or Die”. He killed two enemy soldiers by firing a rocket launcher and was wounded in the stomach by shrapnel, but he did not give up. His commanding officer asked him to fall back in view of many casualties. Maj Saravanan replied that he was close to the objective and would not spare the enemy who had killed his men. He added, ‘Nothing will happen to your Genghis’, which was his code name. He charged through a hail of bullets and killed two more enemy soldiers. He was the first to reach the top but received a bullet injury in the head at 6.30 a.m. and fell into a ravine. His unit 1 Bihar took an oath to capture Point 4268, which they did by 6 July. Major Saravanan’s body could be recovered, 37 days after his death, following a bitter fight. The entire Jubar ridge was cleared by 8 July.

He was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra and it was presented to his mother by President K Narayanan. Major M Saravanan is survived by his mother Amrithavalli Mariyappan, and two sisters  Chitra and Revathy.

The Historical Monument for the “Batalik Hero”, at the heart of his home town, Trichy, has been inaugurated on his 8th Anniversary, 29-05-2007 by Major General Siva Sankar, General Officer Commanding, TNAK&K Area. Smt. Amirthavalli Mariyappan, the mother of the war hero and his family was the first to place a wreath on the memorial, followed by the army officials with full army honors. On the occasion of Kargil Vijay Divas on 26.07.08, the Postal Department brought out a special cover and cancellation in memory of Major M. Saravanan, the ‘Hero of Batalik’. The education department of the Tamil Nadu government has paid its tribute to him by publishing his story in the English Supplementary Reader of Class VII to inspire students to choose Army as a career option. 

Image credit: https://twitter.com/Def_PRO_Chennai/status/1286633977596403712

Anuj Nayyar – Who Laid Down His Life Two Months Ahead of His Date of Marriage When He Was Just 21

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A soldier for whom nation always came first, Anuj Nayyar set an example of courage and dedication seldom equalled in the history of the Indian Army. He lived up to the promise he had made to his father in one of his many letters to his family: “I am not that irresponsible that I will die without fulfilling my duties for the country. My army and this country has put so much faith in me, it would be a mistake to think of death at this time. Till the last enemy is there I will keep breathing.” In fact, Anuj even left his engagement ring with his commanding officer when he left for the Pt. 4875 mission, asking him to return it to his fiancée Timmy in case he never came back.(Engaged for over a year when the war began, the two were planning to get married in September.)

Born on August 28, 1975, Anuj Nayyar grew up in Delhi. His father, S K Nayyar, worked as a visiting professor in Delhi School of Economics while his mother, Meena Nayyar, worked for the South Campus library of Delhi University. A student of Dhaula Kuan’s Army Public School, Anuj was deeply patriotic from a young age and always wanted to join the army. And he fulfilled this cherished dream by joining the National Defence Academy (Echo Squadron).

In 1997, Anuj graduated from the Indian Military Academy to be commissioned into the 17th battalion, Jat Regiment (17 Jat). During 1999, Capt Anuj Nayyar’s unit was deployed in J & K along the LOC when the Indian Army detected a massive infiltration by the Pakistani military and paramilitary forces in the Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir. Capt Nayyar, a junior commander in the 17 Jat Regiment, was one of the more than 500,000 Indian troops deployed in the region. His first major operation involved securing Pt. 4875, also known as Pimple II, a strategic mountain peak on the western side of Tiger Hill which was occupied by Pakistani infiltrators. Due to its strategic location, securing Pt. 4875 was a top priority for the Indian Army. The peak, which stood at 15,990 feet above sea level, had extremely steep slopes. The eviction of Pakistani regulars from Pt 4875 in Kargil was crucial if Tiger Hill had to be recaptured. Capt Nayyar’s Charlie Company was given the task to secure the peak without waiting for any aerial support on 07 July 1999.

During the initial phase of the assault on Pt. 4875, Capt Nayyar’s company commander Maj Ritesh Sharma got injured and was evacuated. Capt Nayyar who had been promoted to the Captain’s rank during the Kargil war itself, took over as the company commander. After the initial setback, the assault team split into two groups, one led by Capt Vikram Batra and other by Capt Nayyar. The Pakistani infiltrators had constructed several bunkers on Pt. 4875 and Capt Nayyar’s team, which consisted of 7 personnel, located 4 enemy bunkers. The company began to ascend Pt. 4875 during which it came under heavy artillery and mortar fire from Pakistani infiltrators. However, the troops counter-attacked, which also included hand-to-hand combat, forcing the Pakistani soldiers to retreat. During the battle, Capt Nayyar killed 9 Pakistani soldiers and destroyed three medium machine gun bunkers.

Under Captain Nayyar’s leadership, the company had successfully cleared three of the four bunkers and began its assault on the last remaining bunker. While clearing the fourth bunker, an enemy rocket-propelled grenade directly hit Capt Nayyar. Despite being grievously injured, Capt Nayyar continued to lead the remaining men in his company. He succumbed to his injuries but not before clearing the last bunker on Pt. 4875. None of the soldiers from Capt Nayyar’s team of Charlie Company survived the battle. Two days after Pt. 4875 was secured, it was counter-attacked by Pakistani infiltrators during which the second team of the Charlie Company, led by Capt Batra, successfully defended the peak. The securing of the Pimple Complex area paved the way for the recapture of Tiger Hill which finally forced Pakistan to retreat its forces to pre-conflict positions.

Capt Nayyar’s courage and leadership was an inspiration to his troops. He had such a deep impact on his troop members that Tejbir Singh, a fellow soldier of the Jat Regiment, named his son Anuj in honour of Capt Anuj Nayyar. Capt Anuj Nayyar was given the nation’s second highest gallantry award, “Maha Vir Chakra” for his exceptional courage, unyielding fighting spirit, and supreme sacrifice.

Rising Bharat International News Feed: September 5th 2020

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  1. India’s security would be maintained in ‘extended neighborhood’ as well: Gen Bipin Rawat

Key points:

  1. In the emerging defense paradigm, India’s security would be maintained not only along the northern and western borders but in the strategic space of the “extended neighborhood” as well, Chief of Defense Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Saturday.
  2. He also said that India values its emerging relationship with the US and cherishes its traditional relationship with Russia, adding the country shares a mature and robust defense and security framework with both these powers.
  3. Talking about the regional security paradigm, he touched upon key aspects of India’s security doctrine. In this context, he mentioned International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan as about Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

(Hindustan times, 05 Sept, 2020)News Link

  1. Families allege 5 men kidnapped by China’s PLA from Arunachal, probe underway

Key points:

  1. Arunachal Pradesh police has launched a probe following reports that five people, who had gone hunting in a forest in Upper Subansiri district on the Sino-India border, were allegedly kidnapped by the Chinese military, a senior official said on Saturday, The alleged incident occurred on Friday in Nacho area of the district, their families said. Two others, who were in the group, managed to escape and informed police.
  2. “I have sent the officer-in-charge of the Nacho police station to the area to verify the facts and directed him to report immediately. However, the report will be available only by Sunday morning,” Superintendent of Police Taru Gussar said.

(Hindustan times, 05 Sept, 2020)News Link

  1. China’s PLA in race to reach the green line in Ladakh

Key points:

  1. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), under commander-in-chief Xi Jinping, defines its Tibet border with Ladakh by a green line that runs over finger 4 relief feature on the north bank of Pangong Tso and nearly claims all the Chushul Valley on the south banks of the salt-water body. This line was defined by the Chinese on the map in 1960 and since then it is the ambition of each ruler of ‘forbidden city’ to reach that objective.
  2. However, due to the Indian Army’s pre-emption on August 29, 30, 31, the PLA’s objective of unilaterally changing the facts on the ground could not be achieved and hence the irritation among the Chinese government against India.
  3. While the leaders of communist China were talking peace and tranquillity to their military and diplomatic counterparts, the PLA was militarily beefing up to reach the green claim line on the southern banks of Pangong Tso on the night of August 29-30.

(Hindustan times, 05 Sept, 2020)News Link

  • PLA faces off Indian Army at two points in Chushul, China talks peace

Key points:

  1. The tough meeting between Indian and Chinese defense ministers in Moscow on Friday evening converged on both sides willing to explore the peace option albeit the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has beefed up its positions south of Pangong Tso with its troops facing the Indian Army at two points.
  2. According to diplomats based both in New Delhi and Moscow, Indian defense minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe both held their positions while indicating that both countries were willing to give peace a chance in Ladakh. Singh is en-route to Delhi via Tehran.
  3. However, even as the two senior leaders discussed the issue, the PLA continued to be aggressive mode south of Pangong Tso as it faces Indian Army troopers at the bump feature and at Rechin La in the Chushul Valley. According to senior officials, around 150 PLA troops are deployed at the bump feature with an anti-aircraft gun being moved up the Black Top by the Chinese army on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

(Hindustan times, 05 Sept, 2020)News Link

  • Pro Bharat activity by other countries
    • Tibetan detained for protesting outside Chinese embassy

Key points:

  1. A Tibetan national has been detained by the Delhi Police from outside the Embassy of China in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, where he had come to stage a protest on Saturday morning, officials said. The detained Tibetan citizen has been taken to a nearby police station, where he is being questioned to ascertain why he was protesting outside the embassy, carrying a flag in his hand.
  2. “We have detained the Tibetan national as soon as he reached there. He is being questioned to know the reason behind the protest. We have deployed police personnel outside the Chinese embassy and traffic has also been diverted to ensure nobody else reaches there for demonstration,” said additional deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav.

(Hindustan times, 05 September, 2020) News Link

  • Relation with US
  1. Would love to help India, China resolve border dispute, says Trump

Key points:

  1. US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed his readiness once again to “help” India and China resolve their border situation, which he described as “very nasty”, Answering questions at a White House briefing, the president also expressed confidence that Indian Americans will vote for him in the November 3 elections citing the “incredible” turnout at the Howdy Modi event in Houston last September.
  2. India and China are “going at it pretty good on the border, as you know, it’s been very nasty, it’s been a very nasty situation,” the president said at the briefing, segueing into the conflict in response to a question about his campaign’s outreach to Indian American voters spearheaded by his son Donald Trump Jr and his partner Kimberley Guilfoyle.
  3. The American President had extended an offer to mediate the standoff way back in May. “We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute,” he had written in a tweet. Both sides turned him down.

(Hindustan Times, 05 September, 2020) News Link

  1. Pak violates ceasefire in Kashmir’s Nowgam sector, one soldier killed

Key points:

  1. An Army soldier was killed and two others got injured during an incident of ceasefire violation in north Kashmir’s Nowgam sector on Saturday. Defense spokesman said that Pakistan initiated an unprovoked Ceasefire Violation (CFV) along the Line of Control in Nowgam sector, Baramulla on the morning September 5 by firing Mortars and other weapons.
  2. Officials said that Pakistani troopers used light weapons and mortars. The Indian soldiers deployed on the forward posts also responded to the ceasefire violation.
  3. Nowgam sector falls under the jurisdiction of strategic 19 infantry division.

(Hindustan Times, 05 September, 2020) News Link

  • Kashmir can’t be removed from UN agenda: Pakistan

Key Points:

  1. Pakistan reminded India on Friday that Kashmir cannot be removed from the agenda of the UN Security Council (UNSC), which was committed to resolving the issue according to the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
  2. “Indian representatives are either deluding themselves, or deluding their public, by asserting that they will remove Kashmir from the Security Council’s agenda,” said Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, while commenting on the Indian move. It will not happen he said.
  3. India asked the UN body earlier this week to remove Kashmir from its agenda to prevent Pakistan from raising it at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, which begins in New York later this month.

(Dawn.com, 05 September, 2020) News Link

Rising Bharat International News Feed: August 31st 2020

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  1. लद्दाख के पैंगोंग झील के पास 29-30 अगस्त की रात क्या हुआ?

Key points:

  1. भारतीय सेना ने पेंगोंग त्सो एरिया में चीन के आक्रामक रवैये को लेकर बताया कि 29/30 अगस्त की दरम्यानी रात को पीएलए के सैन्य दलों ने उस सहमति का उल्लंघन किया जो पूर्वी लद्दाख में जारी तनाव के दौरान सैन्य एवं कूटनीतिक बातचीत के दौरान बनी थी। चीनी सैनिकों ने यथास्थिति को बदलने के लिए उकसावे की सैन्य गतिविधियां कीं।
  2. सेना ने बताया कि भारतीय सैनिकों ने पेंगोंग त्सो झील के दक्षिणी किनारे पर पीएलए की गतिविधि को रोकते हुए हमारी स्थिति मजबूत करने के कदम उठाए और जमीनी हकीकत को एकतरफा बदलने की चीन की मंशा को ध्वस्त कर दिया।
  3. भारतीय सेना बातचीत के जरिए शांति और स्थिरता कायम रखने को लेकर प्रतिबद्ध तो है लेकिन अपनी क्षेत्रीय अखंडता को अक्षुण्ण बनाए रखने को लेकर भी उतना ही दृढ़ निश्चयी है।

(Navbharat Times, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  1. India pre-empts China’s aggressive move near Pangong Lake.

Key points:

  1. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out “provocative military movements” on the southern bank of Pangong Tso on the night of August 29/30 to change the status quo in the area, the Indian Army said in a statement on Monday. The army said it pre-empted the Chinese move. So far Chinese aggression was confined to the lake’s northern bank—the Finger Area.
  2. The statement said the army took measures to strengthen its positions and thwart the PLA’s intention to unilaterally change facts on the ground on the lake’s southern bank.” The Indian Army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquility through dialogue, but is also equally determined to protect its territorial integrity,” the statement said. A brigade commander-level flag meeting is in progress at Chushul to resolve the issues.

(Hindustan times, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  • श्रीनगर–लेह हाइवे आम लोगों के लिए बंद, एयरफोर्स ने जारी किया अलर्ट

Key points:

  1. लद्दाख में भारत-चीन सीमा पर एक बार फिर तनावपूर्ण स्थिति बन गई है। चीनी सैनिकों के घुसपैठ के बाद बनी परिस्थितियों का असर श्रीनगर-लेह हाइवे पर भी देखा जा रहा है। भारी तोपवाहनों के संचालन के अलावा हाइवे को आम लोगों के लिए बंद कर दिया गया है।
  2. भारतीय वायुसेना ने अवंतिपोरा और अंबाला एयरबेस को अलर्ट जारी किया है

(Navbharat Times, 31 August 2020) News Link

  1. एनआईए की चार्जशीट में खुलासा:डीएसपी देविंदर ने पाकिस्तानी हैंडलर्स के नंबर पाक भाई के नाम से सेव किए, उसे जासूसी के लिए विदेश मंत्रालय में कॉन्टैक्ट बनाने का काम सौंपा गया

Key points:

  1. 11 जनवरी को जम्मू-कश्मीर के डीएसपी देविंदर को हिज्बुल के मोस्ट वांटेड आतंकवादियों के साथ गिरफ्तार किया गया था
  2. एनआईए ने चार्जशीट में देविंदर पर हिज्बुल की मदद करने, आतंकियों को ठिकाना देने और जासूसी करने जैसे आरोप लगाए हैं
  3. देविंदर को कई काम दिए गए थे। इनमें से सेनाओं की तैनाती और घाटी में वीआईपी पर्सनैलिटी के आने की सूचना देना भी शामिल था।उसके विदेश मंत्रालय में जासूसी के लिए कॉन्टैक्ट बनाने का काम भी सौंपा गया था, लेकिन देविंदर इस काम को अंजाम नहीं दे पाया।
  4. दिल्ली स्थित पाकिस्तानी दूतावास के कॉन्टैक्ट और पाकिस्तान स्थित आतंकवादी संगठन की मदद से देविंदर को भारत के खिलाफ जंग छेड़ने का काम भी सौंपा गया था।
  5. जांच में सामने आया कि पाकिस्तान में बैठे हैंडलर्स ने हर वो योजना बना रहा था, जिसके जरिए भारत में हिज्बुल मुजाहिदीन की आतंकवादी गतिविधियों को लगातार चलाने के लिए फंड, हथियार और दूसरी मदद मुहैया करवा सके।इसके अलावा देविंदर सोशल मीडिया के जरिए पाकिस्तान उच्चायोग के अधिकारियों से जुड़ा हुआ था। उसे संवेदनशील जानकारी देने के लिए पाकिस्तान के अधिकारी तैयार कर रहे थे।

(Dainik Bhaskar, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  • गुजरात से आईएसआई का एजेंट गिरफ्तार, पाक को गुप्त जानकारी भेजने वालों का था खजांची

Key points:

  1. राष्ट्रीय जांच एजेंसी (एनआईए) ने गुजरात में मुंद्रा डॉकयार्ड के पर्यवेक्षक को गिरफ्तार किया है। एक अधिकारी ने बताया कि वह पाकिस्तानी खुफिया एजेंसी आईएसआई के कथित एजेंट के तौर पर काम कर रहा था।
  2. एनआईए के अधिकारी ने बताया कि गजुरात के पश्चिमी कच्छ के निवासी, राजकभाई कुम्भर को उत्तर प्रदेश के ‘डिफेंस/ आईएसआई मामले’ की जांच के सिलसिले में रविवार को गिरफ्तार किया गया।उन्होंने बताया कि जांच के दौरान सामने आया कि राशिद पाकिस्तान में रक्षा या आईएसआई हैंडलर के साथ संपर्क में था और दो बार पड़ोसी देश गया।
  3. प्रवक्ता ने बताया कि जांच में सामने आया कि कुम्भर आईएसआई एजेंट के तौर पर काम कर रहा था और किसी रिजवान के खाते में पेटीएम के जरिए 5,000 रुपये भेजे जिसे बाद में मुख्य आरोपी राशिद तक पहुंचाया गया।

(Amar Ujala, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  1. एनआईए की कार्रवाई:एजेंसी ने लश्कर–ए–तैयबा के लिए भर्ती करने के मामले में एक डॉक्टर को गिरफ्तार किया, उसे सऊदी अरब से भारत लाया गया

Key points:

  1. 2012 में बेंगलुरु में 25 लोगों के खिलाफ दर्ज किया गया था, जिसमें एक आरोपी डॉ. शबील अहमद भी है
  2. मामले में 17 लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है, जिनमें से 14 को सजा के बाद रिहा भी कर दिया गया है
  3. नेशनल इंवेस्टिगेशन एजेंसी ने एक भारतीय डॉक्टर को गिरफ्तार किया है। उसे भारत में पाकिस्तान बेस्ड टेरर ग्रुप लश्कर-ए-तैयबा के लिए भर्तियां करने के साल 2012 के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया गया है। डॉक्टर को सऊदी अरब से भारत लाया गया है। वह 2007 में हुए ग्लास्गो बॉम्बर का भाई है।

(Dainik Bhaskar, 31 August 2020) News Link

  • संस्कृत के पुराने ग्रंथों से वैज्ञानिक ज्ञान सिखाया IIT इंदौर , 2 अक्टूबर तक चलने वाले कोर्स के लिए दुनियाभर से 750 लोगों ने कराया रजिस्ट्रेशन

Key points:

  1. ऑनलाइन कोर्स के तहत स्टूडेंट्स को अनुसंधान, नवाचार, अध्ययन और संस्कृत में गणित और विज्ञान पढ़ाया जा रहा है
  2. दो भागों में विभाजित इस कोर्स में 62 घंटे की होंगी ऑनलाइन क्लासेस
  3. संस्कृत भारती मध्य क्षेत्रम सहित आईआईटी बॉम्बे और आईआईटी इंदौर के विषय विशेषज्ञ इस कोर्स के तहत लोगों को भारत के पुरातन साहित्य का ज्ञान संस्कृत में दे रहे हैं। यह कोर्स अखिल भारतीय तकनीकी शिक्षा परिषद (AICTE) द्वारा प्रायोजित है|

(Dainik Bhaskar, 31 August 2020) News Link

  • ऑनलाइन चेस ओलिंपियाड:भारत और रूस ने गोल्ड जीता, सर्वर में खराबी के बाद फिडे ने दोनों टीम को संयुक्त विजेता घोषित किया

Key points:

  1. ऑनलाइन चेस ओलिंपियाड टूर्नामेंट में रूस और भारत दोनों को संयुक्त रूप से विजेता घोषित किया गया। दोनों को गोल्ड मेडल मिला। फाइनल में सर्वर की खराबी के कारण मैच पूरे नहीं हो सके थे, जिसके कारण यह फैसला लिया गया।

(Dainik Bhaskar, 31 August 2020) News Link

  1. एनआईए की कार्रवाई:एजेंसी ने लश्कर–ए–तैयबा के लिए भर्ती करने के मामले में एक डॉक्टर को गिरफ्तार किया, उसे सऊदी अरब से भारत लाया गया

Key points:

  • 2012 में बेंगलुरु में 25 लोगों के खिलाफ दर्ज किया गया था, जिसमें एक आरोपी डॉ. शबील अहमद भी है
  • मामले में 17 लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है, जिनमें से 14 को सजा के बाद रिहा भी कर दिया गया है
  • नेशनल इंवेस्टिगेशन एजेंसी ने एक भारतीय डॉक्टर को गिरफ्तार किया है। उसे भारत में पाकिस्तान बेस्ड टेरर ग्रुप लश्कर-ए-तैयबा के लिए भर्तियां करने के साल 2012 के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया गया है। डॉक्टर को सऊदी अरब से भारत लाया गया है। वह 2007 में हुए ग्लास्गो बॉम्बर का भाई है।

(Dainik Bhaskar, 31 August 2020) News Link

  1. Forget disengagement, China opens new front along LAC.

Key points:

  1. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has opened a new front along the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC), with its “provocative military movements” on the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh in the intervening night of August 29 and 30 aimed at altering the status quo in the area, people familiar with the developments said on Monday. So far, Chinese aggression in this sector was confined to the lake’s northern bank, the Finger Area that has emerged as the toughest part of the disengagement process.
  2. In a statement on the latest Chinese provocation, army spokesperson Colonel Aman Anand said on Monday that the PLA has violated the consensus reached during military and diplomatic engagements to reduce tension in eastern Ladakh, where the two armies have been locked in a tense confrontation since early May.

(Hindustan times, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  • Statement by China about Bharat
    • Chinese troops ‘strictly’ abide by the LAC, never cross the line: Beijing.

Key points:

  1. China on Monday said its troops “strictly’’ abide by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, refuting the Indian army’s statement that said the Chinese armed forces had carried out provocative military actions on the southern banks of the Pangong Tso.
  2. India has made it clear that China should work on complete disengagement, and then de-escalation of troops in eastern Ladakh, underlining that this can be achieved only through mutually agreed reciprocal actions. The message from New Delhi has been that the Indian army will stay firm on Chinese efforts to alter the status quo and has stressed that the PLA will have to return to their April 20 position.

(Hindustan times, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  • Relation with US
  1. India’s foreign minister says favorable U.S. visa policy good for both countries

Key points:

  1. India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Monday a United States visa policy that supports Indian talent is mutually beneficial and a “win-win” for both countries.
  2. “This is an area where the US should recognize what’s in America’s interest… happens to be in India’s interest as well,” Jaishankar told a virtual conference on relations between the two countries.

( Reuters, 31 August, 2020) News Link

  • Is Donald Trump better for India or Joe Biden? S Jaishankar answers

Key points:

  1. “If you look at the last four American presidents, two Republicans and two Democrats — each very different from the other. Yet, each raised the level of relationship with India further,” Jaishankar said in response to a question if Donald Trump was better for India, or Joe Biden.
  2. “I actually believe that India has bipartisan, or in a sense non-partisan, support in American politics. Our footprint is very wide and so is our acceptability. Different sets of politicians who disagree on many things agree on India. And I think that is a very good place to be,” the minister said.

(HT, 31 August, 2020) News Link

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Planning of investment in Bharat

Govt to unveil more steps to attract investment in defence sector: Rajnath

Key points:

  1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the government will unveil more steps to attract investment in defence manufacturing so that India can produce world-class military platforms and weapons systems.
  2. While kick-starting ‘Atmanirbhar Week’ in the defence sector on Monday, Singh said self-reliance in this field is a tall task which needs wholehearted involvement of all stakeholders to make it successful.

(Business Standard, 10 August 2020) News Link

Blackstone set to acquire Rs 12,745 crore of Prestige assets
Key points:

US private equity giant Blackstone Group is set to acquire property developer Prestige Group’s rental income assets for more than $1.7 billion (Rs 12,745 crore) in the largest real estate portfolio buyout in India

If the deal goes through, Prestige will use the money to repay all of its debt and deploy the rest as equity capital for growth.

It will be Blackstone’s single largest realty investment in the country and will also eclipse the $1-billion raised through listing of India’s two real estate investment trusts (REITs) — Embassy and Mindspace Business Parks.
(Economic Times, 10 August 2020) News Link

Indian Army to buy 6 indigenous weapon-locating Swathi radars for over ₹400cr

Key points:

  1. In a boost to Make in India in the defence sector, six more Swathi weapon-locating radars developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are likely to be procured for Indian Army.
  2. The case for acquisition of six Swathi weapon-locating radars worth over ₹400 crore is scheduled to be taken up in a defence ministry meeting likely to be held tomorrow, defence sources told ANI.
  3. The weapon-locating radars developed by the DRDO and built by Bharat Electronics Limited had achieved a major success as they were supplied to a foreign country also.

(Live Mint, 10 August 2020) News Link

Planning of Central government to manufacture in Bharat

  1. PM Modi launches submarine cable project to boost 4G services in Andamans

Key points:

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the submarine optical fibre cable project that will connect Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands and boost 4G services on the islands. 
  2. The rollout of the ₹1,224 crore underwater project comes amid concerns over national security following the India-China geopolitical tensions.
  3. The 2,313 kilometre undersea cable will connect seven islands of Andaman other than the capital city Port Blair.
  4. The sevens islands are Swaraj Deep, Long Island, Rangat, Little Andaman, Kamorta, Car Nicobar and Greater Nicobar.

(Live Mint, 10 August 2020) News Link

Startup in Bharat by Bhartiya

  1. BITS Pilani students’ robotics startup is working towards mind-controlled wheelchairs and prostheses
    Key points    :
  2. Siddhant Dangi and Deepansh Goyal, final year engineering students at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, have turned entrepreneurs by launching a technology startup that can help understand the thoughts of a human mind.
  3. It has created a headgear that captures electrical impulses of the brain and transmits them to its software platform, which analyses the data. Siddhant mentions that the cheapest EEG device that captures these signals costs around Rs 80,000.
    (Your Story, 10 August 2020) News Link

Hyper Lychee aims to make a clean sweep with electric scrubber that simplifies household chores

Key points:

Product technology startup Hyper Lychee has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its first product, Skadu, an electric scrubber that will make short work of cleaning surfaces.

A Skadu kit comprises the machine, a triple head attachment, scrub pads, and other attachments. The hand-held electric tool is designed to clean surfaces, with the three scrubber disks rotating in opposite directions.

The starting price of Skadu is $89, and goes up to $119, depending on the power of the product. The startup claims to have sold over 650 units.
(Your Story, 10 August 2020) News Link

How retail tech startup SnapBizz scaled its business and clocked Rs 7 Cr revenue amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Key points:

Retail tech startup SnappBizz uses technology to connect mom-and-pop stores and FMCG companies, and has signed up over 10,000 kiranas. The startup, which clocked Rs 7 crore revenue amidst COVID-19 pandemic, is poised to grow its revenue 3x by 2021.

SnapBizz has raised in excess of $12 million in the seed and Series A rounds from VCs such as Jungle Ventures, Taurus Venture, and Blume Ventures, as well as strategic investors like Nielsen, Qualcomm, AUO, and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.

(Your Story, 10 August 2020) News Link