KERALA

The State government will step up pressure on the Centre to include Kerala in the National Agricultural Export Promotion (NAEP) scheme and set up export clusters for rubber, banana, mango, turmeric, cashew, pepper, coconut and tea.

Ernakulam and Wayanad are the only two districts in Kerala that figure on the list for export promotion of pineapple and ginger respectively.

Vijayan said the Centre had identified three districts in Tripura for setting up rubber export clusters, while Kerala had been left out.

INTERNATIONAL

· Nepal’s Chief Of Army Staff On Six-Day Visit To India

Nepal’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Rajendra Chhetri is on a six-day visit to India. He is visiting India at the invitation of COAS General Bipin Rawat.
General Chhetri will attend the Officer Cadet’s ‘Passing Out Parade’ as Chief Reviewing officer at Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.
During his visit, General Chhetri will call on Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and meet National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Air Force and Navy chiefs and other senior officers.

NATIONAL

CSIR lab to give technology for India’s first indigenous Lithium Ion Battery project

Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project.

A group at CSIR-CECRI headed by Dr Gopu Kumar has developed an indigenous technology of Lithium-ion cells in partnership with CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) New Delhi, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI) Kolkata and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad.

CSIR-CECRI has set up a demo facility in Chennai to manufacture prototype Lithium-Ion cells.

· EAM Sushma Swaraj marks 125 years of Mahatma Gandhis Satyagraha and 25 years diplomatic relations

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj lauded the two countries for their immense support to solidify the relations. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also undertook a train journey from Pentrich to Pietermaritzburg, a railway station in South Africa where the young Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a“whites-only” compartment 125 years ago, an incident that acted as a catalyst for him to practice Satyagraha.
To practice, this belief of ‘Vasudeva kudumbakam’ (the world is one family) we need to keep reminding us that truth and non-violence is the way, Swaraj in her address at the event. Swaraj also inaugurated The Mahatma Gandhi Digital Museum consisting of interactive screens, videos, audio commentary on the infamous incident.
To mark the 125th anniversary of the incident, she released a coffee table book titled The Birth of Satyagraha.

The Union Government decided to establish India’s first national police museumin Lutyens’ Delhi.
The unique museum, depicting the history, artifacts, uniforms and gear of central and state police forces, will come up as an underground facility in the premises of the national police memorial in Chanakyapuri area of the national capital.
The museum is expected to be inaugurated on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, by either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The central armed police forces (CAPFs), the central police organizations and the state police forces have been asked to collect their historical documents, items, police-related gazette notifications and unique weapons and uniforms so that it can be displayed at the museum.
The items sought to be put in the first-ever national police museum will include brass insignia, ceremonial and operational head gears and uniforms, batons, belts, distinctive photographs of dog squads, mounted columns and old copies of the Indian Police Act.

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Security Forces

Indian Armed Force

Central Armed Police Force

Security Forces Dealing with External Threats

The defence forces (Indian Armed Force) are the primary force responsible for the

security of the country, and they come under the authority of Ministry of

Defense. Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) aid in combating external threats (they

mainly manage internal security issues) but are managed by Ministry of Home Affairs.

The defence forces are divided into four sub-heads.

There are many divisions of Central Armed Police Force, which deal with internal threats.

Intelligence Bureau(IB) – Internal Intelligence.
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – External Intelligence – Similar to CIA of US.
National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
National Technical Research Organisation.
Defense Intelligence Agency.
Joint Cipher Bureau.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
All India Radio Monitoring Service.
Signals Intelligence Directorate.
Aviation Research Centre.
Directorate of Air Intelligence.
Directorate of Navy Intelligence.
Directorate of Income Tax (Intelligence and Criminal Investigation).
Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation.
National Investigation Agency – Central agency to combat terrorism.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – Similar to FBI of US.