The Navy’s largest war game, the biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX-21), with the participation of all its operational units as well as those of the Army, Air Force and the Coast Guard has completed the weapon work-up phase and the tactical scenario phase was under way, the Navy said on Wednesday.
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** Prominent child rights activist, Thomas Jeyaraj, no more
Senior child rights activist Thomas Jeyaraj, who was the founder and director of the Centre for Child Rights and Development (CCRD) died on Wednesday. He was 64 years old, and had suffered a massive heart attack.
** Indian military sees threefold increase in women personnel in 6 years
Excluding the medical wing in which women have been serving for decades, the army accounts for 6,807 women officers, the air force 1,607 and the navy 704 women officers
** India’s largest panoramic mural created at Indira Nagar Railway Station, Chennai
The panoramic mural, titled ‘We Are’, spreads the message of shared humanity, of how people suffering or having recovered from AIDS deserve equal rights and a place in society.
** Snakepedia: Kerala now has a mobile compendium of all facts on its snake varieties
** US: Crowdfunded ad on farmers’ protest gets ‘Superbowl Sunday’ spot
Indian-American banker Raj Sodhi-Layne and her friends put together the 30-second ad which was aired on CBS in Fresno County, right before the championship game of the NFL — the most-watched sporting event in the US that attracted 100.45 million viewers last year.
** Inspired by his sister’s true story, Vinothraj’s Pebbles wins prestigious Tiger Award
** India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 20’ sees Chinooks in action
** Coronavirus | Indian researchers find why variant with D614G mutation spread faster in Europe, U.S. but not East Asia
** Pant wins ICC award
India’s flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant on Monday won the ICC’s inaugural Player of the Month award, ahead of England’s Joe Root and Ireland’s Paul Stirling, for his superlative performances in two Tests against Australia in January.