OTA Gaya Passing Out Parade POP June 2015

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June 13, 2015

Param Vir Chakra is an Indian serial portraying the real life of Param Vir Chakra gallantry award winners, India’s highest military honour.The serial was directed by Chetan Anand and aired on Doordarshan channel in 1980’s.

Major Dhan Singh Thapa Param Vir Chakra

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Major Advantages of Modi’s Tour to Bangladesh

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June 13, 2015

Major Advantages of Modi’s Tour to Bangladesh (Modi Bangladesh Visit). India since the time of independence, has very cordial relations with all its neighbors. Some of them are on a high pace of development like China and Pakistan while some still seek India’s support for running the economy. Bangladesh is one of those nations who always needs the helping hand of India in order to flourish its economy.

In the post-war era of 1971 war, after getting a separate identity, the relations took many ups and downs. In terms of land, Bangladesh is surrounded by only two countries which are India and Myanmar. But even being a neighbor of Myanmar, most of its interactions took place with India. There are many areas of agreement and disagreements between the two countries. From October 2013, India started exporting 500 Megawatts of electricity per day to Bangladesh over a period of 35 years. After that many developments have taken place between these two nations.

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Illegal immigration has always been the major point of concern between these two countries. At present, approximately 20 million illegal immigrated are living in India. Some insurgent groups are also related with Bangladesh. ULFA is supposed to have lucrative income from Bangladesh. Some years ago Farraka Barrage was also a point of dispute between both the countries.

Why Recently in News- Modi Bangladesh Visit

Recently Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a tour to Bangladesh and settled 41 years old land boundary issues (111 borders enclaves will be transferred to Bangladesh in exchange of 51 to be handed over to India) along with other 21 agreements which were successfully wrapped up. But he got a surprise for his nation before stepping back to India. In an agreement Bangladesh allowed Indian cargo ships to use Chittagong port (China backed port) and Mongla port in Bangladesh. This agreement was under decisions and was to be signed in 2011 but got delayed as Bangladesh backed out to sign it due to the issue of Tessa agreements. This will not only help civilian vessels to stay but will also make India fearless from Chinese influence on Dhaka.

What is String of Pearls?

Chittagong port was one of the port that was included in the String of Pearls project that is launched to revive silk route in Aisa. The string of pearl includes Gwadar in Pakistan, Hambantota in Srilanka, Marao in the Maldives, and Kyaukpyu and Sittwe in Myanmar. According to Indian perception, China is building ports around Indian boundary to dominate the water of India. This perception got another reason to bother when a Chinese submarine surfaced in Sri Lankan port. After getting access of Chittagong port, it will play a crucial role between two nations i.e. India and china.China is already in the limelight due to the controversies regarding the South China Sea. And its dominating attitude made a bad impact on its relations with some of its neighbors. China Is expected to have good intentions behind a revival of the silk route. But India’s point of concern over its defense engagement on ports led India to think again. But this historical step between these two nations has made India a bit relax and also bridged the gaps between India and Bangladesh. The constant cooperation between these two countries will provide new hooks in the relations of two neighboring countries.

China is already in the limelight due to the controversies regarding the South China Sea. And its dominating attitude made a bad impact on its relations with some of its neighbors. China Is expected to have good intentions behind the revival of the silk route. But India’s point of concern over its defense engagement on ports led India to think again. But this historical step between these two nations has made India a bit relax and also bridged the gaps between India and Bangladesh. The constant cooperation between these two countries will provide new hooks in the relations of two neighboring countries.

HAL Tejas: First India Made Light Combat Aircraft

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June 13, 2015

HAL Tejas: First India Made Light Combat Aircraft. Indian Air Force has been playing a crucial role in national defense and strengthening security. IAF had conducted many exercises and also gave best support in operation whether it be Op. Megh Rahat of Jammu and Kashmir flood, Op. Maitri for Nepal earthquake or it be Operation Lehar in Andhra Pradesh for Hudhud affected people. Indian Air Force is performing best of it in empowering its fleet and also getting government’s help in getting new and enhanced technology for future use. India’s MiG-21 and MiG-21 Bison are the aging jets that need to be replaced with new ones. Currently Indian Air Force have 34 squadron rather it needs 44 to combat with full strength. India’s emerging indigenization and desire to escalate the development rate lead to the birth of a new fighter –TEJAS LCA (Light Combat Aircraft).

Tejas is a light weight, smallest, supersonic, multirole aircraft. Currently Tejas is 65% indigenous and developers are thinking to increase it to 75%, as per the sources. DRDO is developing a new engine for LCA named Kaveri. It is undergoing trails in Russia and will be brought back to India after final testing. Indian government gave nod for its production in 2009 and its 1st flight of two prototypes was done in the same year. Hot weather trails were taken in 2010 for testing its performance at a temperature of 45degrees.

It took DRDO several years and talented minds to design and develop this aircraft. DRDO is developing Tejas in 4 types

LCA for Airforce
LCA Trainer for Airforce
LCA for Navy
LCA Trainer for Navy

What’s Special About Tejas:

Well Tejas is the 2nd aircraft made by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is a multi-role combat aircraft which is of 4+ generation. The main purpose of its production seems to be its replacement with MiG-21 and MiG-21 Bison, which are well known as flying coffins. The complete digital fly by wire system which improves its handling and gives it a star on ratings. The highest tested speed of LCA is 1.6 Mach but theoretically it has a speed of 1.8 Mach.The aircraft can be armed with air-to-air, air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles, precision-guided munitions,

The aircraft can be armed with air-to-air, air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles, precision-guided munitions, rockets and bombs. It has 23mm twin barreled gun that can fire 50 rounds per second.

The highly maneuverable feature of LCA is a bit tough to compare with others, but high specifications needs more attention. Single seat and single engine are the feature to bother about.

DRDO is on the move to develop Tejas Mark-II, which is expected to be a 5th generation jet with stealth capability and will have more feature then Mark-I. The outer surface will be made of radar absorbing material that will absorb the waves and avert their reflection back to the radar. The expected flight trails of Mark-II is scheduled in 2017. Tejas Mark-II will symbolize Indian Air Force’s muscles and will compete with other nation’s jets. Currently only USA is operating 5th generation jet F22 which is becoming a burden on their budget. That’s why they stopped its production in 2012.

Well, India had proved its talent and power many times. Some exceptionally jobs done by Indian minds have made India proud on international stages. Tejas also seems to bring India to the limelight.

10+2 TES 33 Merit List

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June 12, 2015

Indian army has published the 10+2 TES 33 merit list where total 71 candidates have cleared the SSB interview and 56 cleared their medical exams and declared as fit to join the training. Candidates will be getting their TES 33 course joining instruction soon.

10+2 TES 33 Merit List

10+2 TES 33 course is commencing on 06 July 2015 at OTA, Gaya. Reporting Date is 04 July 2015.
Joining instructions will be issued on the basis of merit position.
Joining instruction has listed necessary documents to be submitted at the time of joining.

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MOM: All About Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission Of ISRO

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June 12, 2015

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India’s one of the biggest achievement that made India enter in the list of biggest inventions of 2014 is the MOM named as Mars Orbit Mission. India is the 4^th country in the world that have reached Mars after Soviet space program, NASA and European space agency and first Asian nation to reach there.

It takes 14 minutes for signals to reach from ISRO to MOM and same 14 minutes to instruct MOM by ISRO.

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Aim of the Mission:

The main aim of sending Mangalyaan on Mars was to determine the quantity of water in the martian atmosphere and it will surely help the scientists to know the history of Mars. Mangalyaan will also determine the level of methane on Mars. MOM has just 5 onboard instruments that will help it to examine the atmosphere of Mars. Its researchers will help in exploring the existence of life on that planet.

Facts that makes India Proud:

Cost – India’s Mangalyaan is the cheapest project among all other space agencies that successfully reached Mars. It cost just INR 454 Crore.
Production Time- It took just 15 months by ISRO to make such a tough machine. ISRO got approval from the government regarding the Mangalyaan in August 2012 and it got finalized in November 2013.
NASA’s Support- NASA’s futuristic Deep Space Network played a crucial role in navigating Mangalyaan as India’s own deep space network don’t have that long reach to navigate the mission. USA was going through a financial shutdown, but still NASA stick to his words and helped ISRO.
Success in the 1^st attempt- India showed its position on the international forum when India’s Mangalyaan got a successful propulsion and worked as per the plan. USA first time tried in 1960 but faced failure in its first attempt. After that, USA tried a lot and launched a successful mission in 1994. Total 51 missions have been launched, but only 21 have achieved success. Excluding Mangalyaan.

The Mars Orbiter Mission team won US-based National Space Society’s 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category.

In November 2014, Mangalyaan was mentioned in the best inventions of 2014 by Times Magazine. Mangalyaan was among the top 25 inventions of 2014, which cost less than the budget of award-winning movie “GRAVITY”.

Criticism of the Mission:

On one hand, the mission got appreciation but simultaneously faced some criticism also from other nations and even Indian media and people. People saw it useless for the nation as they required that money spent on mission, to be used for other purposes to speed up the development rate. These activities must be left for developed countries who don’t have to worry about their nation’s development.

Space research is also necessary for the development of a nation and it will open a new door for a new generation to brush up their talent and use it to for nation’s development. This mission made India proud and wrote India’s name in the history of space missions.

Why Recently in News:

MOM will be blocked from earth as Mars and earth will be interfered by the sun. The communication blackout will continue till 22 June, this year. It is the first instance when Mangalyaan will get disconnected from the earth surface. Scientists have said that it will have no effect on the mission at all.

INS Vikrant: India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

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June 12, 2015

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Indigenous warhead development, these days, is seen much often in India. Last few years or we can say decade, has been very much fruitful for India in the field of developing machines by itself. From Mangalyaan Mars Orbit Mission to Tejas and AMCA (which is under development) had taken India in the list of toppers of great minds.

INS Vikrant is an aircraft carrier that is indigenously built by India on Cochin shipyard for Indian Navy. Former Defense Minister A.K.Antony laid down the foundation stone of INS Vikrant in 2009 at Cochin Shipyard. It is 260 meters long and 60 meters wide. It has two takeoff runways and a landing strip with three arresters for safe landing. It can carry MiG-29 and indigenously built HAL Tejas LCA has also been tested on it. Helicopters like Kamov Ka-31, Westland Sea King, and HAL Dhruv can also be carried by Vikrant. After completion, Vikrant can carry 36 fixed wings jets. According to the sources, 30% of weaponry, 50% of the propulsion system and 90% of body work was done in India. Completely indigenous construction is never preferred by any country as it leads to a costly deal to build a warhead entirely by themselves. One of the elite features of this aircraft carrier is STOBAR with ski-jump, a technology which is only used by Russia and China in their aircraft carriers. This technology is a combination of short take-off and vertical landing and catapult assisted take-off but with arrested recovery (CATOBAR). But, unfortunately, there are few of its shortcoming too. Firstly, it leads to more stress on airframes of aircrafts and secondly, it only works for the jets which have high thrust to weight ration such as MiG-29K or Su-33, making it a gain and loss deal for INS Vikrant.

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Some types of over running funds and delay in construction were encountered in its production. But soon after Mr. Narendra modi took over as the new Prime Minister, the construction work was accelerated and a fund was allotted for uninterrupted development. India and U.S. are planning to sign cooperation in exchanging aircraft carrier technology.

Why Recently in News:

INS Vikrant, the first of the two planned Vikrant class carriers, is recently undocked from Cochin shipyard. The second ship of the same class is assumed to be completely different from this ship. Its construction was completed in 2013 when it was launched after marking the completion of Phase 1. Its successful undocking marked the completion of Phase 2. It will undergo complete trails and testing phases before induction in Indian Navy. Basin trails and Sea trails will be done prior to its handing over to Navy. The successful construction and positive working of it enlisted India’s name in the list of an elite group of four nations namely US, UK, France and Russia.

Conclusion:

Indigenization in the defense sector has made India self-dependent and also improved the status of India in recent years. India has a bit less (90-100) nuclear warhead as compared to 250 of China and 110 of Pakistan. And Indian Air force is also going through the shortage of squadrons. In that case, indigenous strengthening is necessary prior to the occurrence of any alarming stage for the nation.

Know Why Manohar Parrikar Is The Most Badass Defence Minister

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June 12, 2015

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Know Why Manohar Parrikar Is The Most Badass Defence Minister. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Mr. Manohar Parrikar as India’s defence minister a year ago, and since then Parrikar has proved to be one of the most upfront and pro-active ministers in the Modi cabinet. Clinching the Rafale deal which was in deep freeze for almost a decade, along with offensive posturing of the Indian army, Parrikar made it clear he would tolerate no nonsense. After the Myanmar strike, no neighbour of ours can take us lightly as it is pretty clear that the Indian government actively pursues a bull-like stance against terrorists and terrorist havens along the border areas. Manohar Parrikar has been at the forefront of this policy and we take a look as to why he is one of the most badass ministers in the Modi cabinet.

1. Manohar Parrikar Believes In Fighting Fire With Fire

In a recent statement Manohar Parrikar had this to say:

It is clear from his stance that he doesn’t believe in taking the softer route over issues concerning national security. The recent Myanmar strike in which 50 terrorists were neutralized is a testament to this fact.

2. He Is An Effective, Efficient, And No-Nonsense Administrator

Manohar Parrikar has been a significant figure in Goa for the BJP and RSS for nearly 25 years, and has fulfilled his organisational duties quite remarkably. He is a known as a strict taskmaster in his home state and used to keep a close eye on issues concerning the ‘aam aadmi’. He has carried his no-nonsense image to the Ministry Of Defence which is why the efficiency of the whole department has gone up significantly.

3. He Is The First IIT Graduate To Become Chief Minister Of A State In India

He is the first IITian to become a chief minister of an Indian state; yes, you heard that right – before Kejriwal. He also had Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and former CEO of Infosys, as a batchmate in that illustrious batch of IIT Bombay.

4. Parrikar Is A Nationalist, A True Patriot, And A Man With A Clean Image

Manohar Parrikar was called for national duty when he was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be India’s next defence minister and he had to leave his family back in Goa. Moreover, Mr. Parrikar has maintained a clean image throughout his political career and that is what makes him one of the better and incorruptible ministers in the Modi cabinet.

5. His Actions Are Decisive And Swift

Be it the Rafale Jet deal or the OROP implementation, Mr. Parrikar’s office has been extremely pro-active in handling crucial issues concerning national security.

6. Manohar Parrikar Doesn’t Fancy Reaping Sarkaari Benefits

Manohar Parrikar was known to travel by his bicycle to Goa Vidhan Sabha and refused all government benefits after becoming chief minister. He insisted on using his old Innova even after becoming CM.

7. He Refused To Let The Death Of His Wife Come In The Way Of His Duty Towards The Nation

A month before swearing in as the chief minister of Goa in 2000, his wife passed away due to cancer. Mourning the demise of his beloved wife, Parrikar, a single parent to two teenage boys, took the oath to chief minister’s office with full responsibility.

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I Got Recommended From 4 AFSB Varanasi For Meteorology Branch Of IAF

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June 11, 2015

I Got Recommended From 4 AFSB Varanasi For Meteorology Branch Of IAF. Day 1: Hello! My name is Akashdeep Singh currently pursuing M.Sc Physics from GNDU, Amritsar. I got recommended from 4 AFSB, Varanasi for Meteorology Branch of IAF on 28 Mar 2015. I want to share my SSB experience with all the aspirants who wish to join the armed forces.
We were the absentee batch as most of the people did not arrive on their first call. though I received the first call but that time due to university exams i was not able to attend the SSB. I reached MCO Varanasi at 6:30 am on 23 march. I saw a few people standing waiting for the IAF buses. I could feel the excitement in the air. In Excitement My heart-beat-rate must have clocked around 200 !! The fear of the unknown, I think is the most primitive of all our fears. The bus soon left for the selection board. Interestingly, the board was just at a drive of 3 minutes from the railway station. After breakfast we were allotted temporary chest numbers, mine was 13 (considered as unlucky in astrology). Then we were taken to the testing hall and after briefing, the Phase 1 of the testing procedure started.

Screening
Officer Intelligence Rating Test: In my opinion no former practice is needed in this test. It needs just basic intelligence. Having Cleared IBPS exam twice before, this test was not really an issue. I solved 42 verbal and 47 nonverbal out of sets of 50 questions each. Time given was around 30 min. Good score in this test improves the chances of clearing the phase 1.
Picture Perception and Description Test :
The hazy picture was shown.we had to observe the picture for 30 seconds and thereafter 4 minutes were allowed to write the story. I wrote the story about a group of students on a trekking being stranded in a land slide evacuated by their senior. During the discussion, I realized that my story was completely different to others’. I didn’t bothered too much with pushing my story but just ensured that I make important inputs in the group story. In any case, I went ahead and spoke at least 4 times. Important point in the discussion is be co-operative, don’t fight for bandwidth and do agree to people’s inputs in the story.
Soon after the discussion, results of phase 1 were declared and 69 candidates were screened in out of 171. we were now allotted different chest numbers. my chest no was 3 this time. After that our Educational documents were verified and PIQ ( Personal information questionnaire) form was given. We were free at 6 in the evening.

Day 2 (psychology Tests)
First test was TAT (Thematic appreciation test). In this test, 12 pictures were shown one by one and we were asked to write a story based on these. First picture appeared for 30 seconds and thereafter 4 minutes were allowed to write the story. After 4 minutes second picture appeared for 30 secs and it went on like that for 12 pictures. The last picture was a blank slide. I wrote simple stories relating them to my personal life. no exceptional acts of bravery or self sacrifice was shown.
In Word Association Test we were shown 60 words one by one. Each word was shown for 15 seconds on the screen. Within that 15 seconds we are to see the word and write a sentence thus not allowing any time to think, which makes us unable to mask the responses and our natural self will come out before the psychologist. I attempted about 50.
Then in Situation Reaction Test we were given 60 real life situations on a booklet for which we had to write our response to those situations. I attempted 45 situations out of them. The key point here is to Provide sensible solutions, do not exaggerate the situation.
Then there after I wrote SD (Self-Description) test. Here we had to write what our parents, teachers, friends, colleagues and we think of ourselves and what kind of person we would like to become. It sounds easy but needed to be written carefully. I wrote everything honestly and truly.
The key here in the psychology tests is don’t pretend to be a person which you are not. Try to answer everything relating it to your own personality so there may not be a personality conflict. In my opinion what you write in psychology tests, what you speak in Interview and your actions during Group Tasks must match. So honesty will be the best policy at least in this case. This ended our psychology test series and we were free for the rest of the day.

Day 3 & 4 (Group Tests)
Next two days were spent with GTO (Group Testing Officer). It was first chance to make an impression on the officer. I think I utilized it well. The tests those had to be covered in GTO. series were as follows:

2 rounds of Group Discussion
Group Planning Exercise
Progressive Group Task
Half Group Task
Group Obstacle race
Lecturette
Command Task
Individual Obstacle Race
Final Group Task

In the GD we were given two topics, which factor is more important for being successful:

education
social support
financial support.

Bringing Doctors under consumer court will: a) improve the quality of health services

increase burden on judiciary
put pressure on the doctors

Our GD went quite good everyone gave their points sensibly and no fish-market like scene was created. GPE went alright. In the progressive group task We were able to clear only 2 obstacles . My Command Task and Lecturette went very well.
As a whole i think I performed reasonably well in all the tasks except the Individual Obstacle race where i could complete only 3 Obstacles out of 10 in the allowed 3 minutes. Anyhow, GTO series completed. Our group decided for bookout and we explored the Varanasi City that day.

Day 5 (Interview)
This was the Interview day. My Interview was Scheduled at at 7:30 in the morning. It went on for about 55 minutes. Most of the questions asked were personal and from day to day life. Other questions asked were:

1.Source of conflict between Israel and Palestine

Indo-china bilateral issues
Permanent members of UN Security Council and how will its permanent membership help India
Associate members of ASEAN and SAARC
difference between niti ayog and planning commission
how is time travel possible? what are wormholes? How will you explain 11 dimensional space?? ( possible reasons for these questions was i mentioned “brief history of time” when asked about the book I read and surprisingly the interviewing officer had read it too)

Many Other questions from current scientific developments were asked. As a Whole Interview went very good as I answered all the questions confidently.

Day 6 (Conference and Results)
The day of results had come. I had a normal meal and got dressed in formals and was ready for my conference. I did not have to wait long.The conference started at about 11:30 am and I was the third to go in.I went in confidently and wished the President of our board.It was a different experience to face about 15 officers all together dressed in complete uniform.Our DSO asked me How would you rate your performance. I answered 6 on the scale of 10 as there is always a scope of improvement. A couple of more questions and I was off for the day. My conference lasted for near around 2 min and I was then asked to leave. All that time I remained cheerful. The time then came for the results.After the Conference was over a our DSO came and announced the results after a small briefing and a closing address. He said like this “So those who have been recommended are chest no: 3(me)and 52″. It was a defining moment of my life. I thanked God and proceeded towards form filling. I am done with my medical now and waiting for the final merit list. I want to wish all the aspirants BEST OF LUCK.

I Got Recommended In My 10th Attempt For TGC 121 Army

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