International News:-
1.America will create drones together with India, Pentagon’s big statement:-
A top Pentagon official has said that US Defense Department has made a big statement about defense relations. He said that with the maintenance of the aircraft for defense cooperation, a project of co-development in unmanned aerial vehicle (DRO) and light weapon technology project has been created. In a meeting in the US, Indian Defense Production Department Secretary Ajay Kumar also participated.
This statement from the defense officials of both the countries came during the latest round of Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) talks in Washington. All the focus in the Indo-US DTTI meeting focuses on working together with the US and Indian industry and developing the next generation techniques.
USD (A & S) talking to the media roundtable on Friday in the Pentagon said, ‘The one project we are looking at is a small air launch vehicle i.e. drone’.
The Lord, co-chairing the meeting with Secretary of Defense Production Ajay Kumar, said that the teams have many deliverables on special dates, whose responsibility is with the key persons. Lord said, ‘Overall, we see it as an efficient, cost-effective method, which provides extra capacity for war’.
He said, it will also help in three proposed mission scenarios, humanitarian aid-disaster relief, cross border operations and cave tunnel inspection.
These discussions are mainly between the American Air Force Research Laboratory and India’s Defense Research and Development Organization. In April, the two sides will sign the Technical Planning Document.
Under the DTTI, the two countries have several joint workshops for examining co-development and co-production areas. These will work for the Joint Working Group, Aircraft Carrier Technology, Land Systems, Naval System, Air Systems and other systems.
2.Changes in inventory rules – Ordnance:-
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jessinda Ardhann said that after violent attacks on two mosques in Christchurch city, there will be changes in the country’s firearms regulations. A gunman attacked the mosques on Friday, in which 49 people were killed and many seriously injured.
Ms. Arden said on Saturday , ” I was told that the main culprit used five guns , he had a license pass with these guns. I was told that it was acquired in November of 2017. I can tell you one thing now that now our gun laws will change. ‘
Prime Minister recalled that efforts were made to change gun laws in New Zealand in 2005 , 2012 and 2017. Ms. Ordern argued that it is time to change now.
The prime minister said that in view of the attacks, law enforcement had arrested three persons, one of them was accused of killing a Australian citizen, he would be present in court on Saturday.
Business News:-
3.Financial and Tech Sector: Financial Secretary can not work if data is confidential:-
Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that digital and finitec (financial-technology) industries can not serve their services keeping financial data confidential. On the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision on the basis, he said he was a threat to FINTECH and digital space.
Understanding the need of the FINTEC industry, the government has set up Working Group, which has studied all the dimensions of this industry.
He said that the group has made 48-50 recommendations, covering all types of dimensions directly and indirectly connected to this industry. Garg said that this report will be released soon.
Garg, along with emphasizing the importance of regulation, said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is doing a great job and is listening to the matter of all the parties. He said that the foundation was beneficial for the industry but the removal of this would not help the sector.
Significantly, the Supreme Court banned the use of the base for private companies while announcing the important decision last year. Since this decision, the bank and Fintech companies have to verify the customers offline.
He said that instead of data protection bills, our focus should be on the security of the data and its use.
It is significant that on the basis of recommendations of the committee headed by Justice B.A. Krishna, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has made the draft of the Data Protection Bill public.
Sports News:-
4.India won five medals including two gold at the Asian Youth Athletics Championship in Hong Kong:-
India got five medals including two gold on the first day of the Asian Youth Athletics Championship held in Hong Kong. Philip Maheswaran T won gold medal in men’s 110 meter hurdle race Vipin Kumar named the second gold medal in India, Hemer Throw. Harshita Sherawat has won silver medal in Women’s Hemer Throw.
Deepak Yadav got bronze in Pol Vault while Ajay won a bronze in men’s 1500 meter race.
5.ICC WORLD CUP 2019: Kumble selected the World Cup team, the opportunity given to this player at number four:-
ICC World Cup 2019 , the World Cup will be played in England a few months later. Because of this, the entire focus of cricket fans and experts has become centered on the Indian team. BCCI will announce the Indian team for next month In this way all the giants are choosing their own team. In the same episode, one of the greatest Indian players, and former captain Anil Kumble has also selected the team.
However, Kumble has also come with his World Cup team. Kumble wants four fast bowlers in his team. He chose Khalil Ahmed for this. Apart from this, he has given Rishabh Pant the place in the team. He kept KL Rahul out of the team. Kumble chose a middle order batsman instead of the third opener. Regarding Pant, he said that there is an X factor in it. They provide X-Factor and also give the option of wicketkeeping. Kumble believes that Dhoni should bat at No. 4 in World Cup. He believes Dhoni will prove to be a better batsman on this sequence.
Anil Kumble’s team is
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuswendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Ambati Rayudu, Khalil Ahmed and Rishabh Pant
