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The indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) ‘Prachand’, successfully carried out inaugural firing recently. It was designed, developed and extensively test-flown by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). The LCH is the only attack helicopter in the world that can land and take off at an altitude of 5,000 metres (16,400 ft), which makes it ideal to operate in the high altitude areas of the Siachen glacier. It is also capable of firing a range of air-to-ground a

Ban on Manjha threads

The Tamil Nadu government has enforced a complete ban on the sale, storage, purchase, import and use of manjha threads. Manjha threads refers to kite flying threads made of nylon, plastic or any other synthetic material which causes severe injury or even death of people and animals. The contravention of the ban shall be penalised under provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The ban comes after the National Green Tribunal in 2017 had imposed a total ban on Manjha t

Rohini Nayyar Prize

The 2nd edition of Rohini Nayyar Prize was presented to Deenanath Rajput, for his work on empowering tribal women in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. It is a prize to recognize the exemplary contributions of young Indians, under the age of 40 years, towards improving the lives of people in rural India. The prize was presented in memory of late economist-administrator Dr Rohini Nayyar.

IL-38 Sea Dragon

The Ilyushin-38 Sea Dragon was recently decommissioned at INS Hansa, Dabolim in Goa. The IL-38 Sea Dragon is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft that was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1977.