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1.HAL planning to set up bases in four countries to push exports

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is looking at setting up logistics bases in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.These bases will be set up as part of initiatives to woo the countries to buy India’s light combat aircraft Tejas and military helicopters.

HAL is now seriously focusing on boosting exports in sync with the government’s priority and identified South East Asia, West Asia and North Africa to sell key platforms like Tejas, attack helicopter Rudra and advanced light helicopter Dhruv.

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an ambitious defence export target of USD 5 billion dollars in the next five years and asked all the key military manufacturers to work hard to achieve the target.

2.Centre constitutes delimitation panel for J-K and 4 northeastern states

The union government started the process of redrawing the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.In 2002, the last delimitation was conducted across India but these states were left out due to various reasons.

A law ministry notification said that former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai has been appointed as the chairperson of the Delimitation Commission.

Election commissioner Sushil Chandra and state election commissioners of J&K and the four states will be the ex officio members.

The Commission will delimit the constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, and of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland in accordance with the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002.

3.Andhra Pradesh CM launches ‘NIGHA’ app to ensure ‘clean’ poll

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched ‘NIGHA’ app.This app aims to ensure ‘clean and healthy’ elections and for curbing the use of money and alcohol in the ensuing Local Body Poll.

The Panchayat Raj Department, in a bid to crack down on electoral malpractices, has set up the NIGHA app to empower common citizens to lodge complaints seamlessly.

Anyone can download the NIGHA app on their smart phones. Photos and videos of the distribution of money and alcohol and any other activity that violates Model Code of Conduct (MCC) can be registered by this app.

All the complaints registered by this app will automatically be routed to the Central Control room and the information will be shared with the concerned officials.

4.Lt Gen KJS Dhillon to take charge as DG DIA, DCIDS

Lt Gen KJS Dhillon will take over the post of Director General Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence).It is a department that comes under the Chief of Defence Staff in the newly created Department of Military Affairs.

DIA and DCIDS are responsible for collating technical as well as human intelligence for the three armed forces.

The DIA was created in 2002 on recommendations of a Group of Ministers which looked into lapses leading to the Kargil intrusion in 1999.

The DIA is a nodal agency for all defence related intelligence which collects information technically as well as through satellites to safeguard the interest of the country.

5.Telangana university Vice Chancellor wins Swaminathan Award

V Praveen Rao, Vice-Chancellor of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), has won the seventh Dr MS Swaminathan Award for the period 2017-2019.The Selection Committee has decided to select Praveen Rao for the award recognising his contributions in the fields of agricultural research, teaching, extension and administration.

The award will be conferred on him in June.

This biennial national award was constituted by Retired ICAR Employees Association (RICAREA) and Nuziveedu Seeds Limited (NSL).

It carries a prize of ₹2 lakh and a citation.

Praveen Rao, the maiden VC of PJTSAU, handled 13 research and six consultancy projects on micro irrigation in India, Israel and South Africa.

6.Mukesh Ambani loses Asia wealth crown to Jack Ma

Indian energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man, relinquishing the title to Jack Ma after oil prices collapsed along with global stocks.The novel coronavirus recession warning, erased $5.8 billion from Ambani’s net worth on and pushed him to No. 2 on the list of Asia’s richest people.

Ma, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder who relinquished the No. 1 ranking in mid-2018, is back on top with a $44.5 billion fortune, about $2.6 billion more than Ambani.

Oil plunged the most in 29 years as Saudi Arabia and Russia vowed to pump more in a struggle for market share.

The slump comes just as the coronavirus is spurring the first decline in demand in more than a decade.

7.FDI inflows recorded highest ever for fiscal year 2018-19

The total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow was over 318 billion US dollars between 2014 and September 2019 representing nearly 50 percent of the cumulative FDI in India since April 2000.In 2018-19, the FDI inflow stood at a record 62 billion US dollars, highest ever recorded for a fiscal year.

This information was given in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

The initiative was launched in 2014 for promoting India as an important investment destination and a global hub for manufacturing, design and innovation.

8.Mohun Bagan won Hero I-League Champions 2019-2020

Indian football heavyweights Mohun Bagan clinched their second I-League title with a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC at Kalyani, West Bengal.Their first I-League title came in 2014-15 season.

Senegalese striker Baba Diawara scored the all-important goal for Mohun Bagan in the 80th minute.

9.Chennaiyin FC’s Schembri to retire from professional football

Chennaiyin FC’s Maltese forward Andre Schembri announced he will retire from professional football after the Indian Super League final against ATK FC in Goa.The 33-year-old player will be aiming to go out on a high, hopefully by helping CFC win its third ISL title.

Schembri, the first Maltese player to feature in ISL, has been an integral part of Chennaiyin’s success this season.

Schembri, a versatile forward, has played club football in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal in his career before arriving in India and Chennaiy in this season.

10.Tahira to launch her book ”The 12 commandments of Being A Woman”   

On the occasion of International Women”s Day, Writer-filmmaker Tahira Kashyap announced that she is coming up with her new book, titled “The 12 commandments of Being A Woman”.The book will be published by Juggernaut Books later this year.

Tahira has earlier written books like “I Promise” and “Souled Out”.

Tahira Kashyap is an Indian Writer, Professor, and Theatre Director.

She is the wife of well known Bollywood Actor, Ayushmann Khurrana.