The second plant of HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) division, which will increase the production capacity, was inaugurated in Bengaluru by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Month: February 2021
** BEL makes modules for radar on Rafales
Modules produced in India are integrated with RBE2 radar in France
** Aero India 2021 takes off with fewer participants
Fans line up on fringes of Yelahanka Air Force Station to watch the show
Surya Kiran, the acrobatic team of Indian Air Force (IAF), put up a scintillating show along with Sarang, while Rafael, the latest acquisition of IAF, made a thunderous debut at the inauguration of the 13th edition of Aero India in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
** Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was ‘a Kannadiga’, claims Govind Karjol
Speaking to reporters here, Karjol said, “He (Uddhav) should read history before making comments… Chhatrapati Shivaji’s ancestors were from Soraturu in Gadag district. Shivaji is the fourth generation descendant of Belliyappa, who migrated to Maharashtra following successive droughts in Gadag.”
** 139-year-old St Joseph’s College to become varsity
According to the Bill, the new university will be set up under a public-private partnership funded by the state and centre. The initial outlay required to set up the university is estimated to be Rs 55 crore of which the Centre will provide Rs 33 crore (60%) and the state government Rs 22 crore (40%).
** Indigenous tribe that worships tigers helps protect the species
The Soligas tribe in the Western Ghats of India reveres the Bengal tiger. Their coexistence in India’s Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve has helped the tiger population flourish, says Shadi Atallah, a natural resource economist in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at University of Illinois.
** Award given to critic H.S. Shivaprakash
Kannada Border Development Authority Chairman C. Somashekar presented the Ambikatanayadatta National Award to H.S. Shivaprakash, poet, critic and columnist.
The award instituted by the Da Ra Bendre National Memorial Trust is given to eminent writers.
** Mysore Armed Forces Ex-Servicemen Association Inauguration Tomorrow
The newly- formed Mysore Armed Forces Ex-servicemen Association will be jointly inaugurated by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad at a programme to take place at Kodagu Sahakara Sangha premises in Jayalakshmipuram tomorrow (Jan.31) at 10.30 am.