ASSAM

Border dispute: Assam signs agreement with Nagaland to diffuse stand-off on eastern front

: Amid the hostile situation on its southern front with Mizoram, Assam signed an agreement on Saturday with Nagaland to end the standoff on its eastern front, both agreeing to withdraw each other’s police forces and instead use “UAVs and satellite imagery” to keep a watch on incursions across the disputed boundary between the states and “maintain the status quo”.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Nagaland deputy CM Y Patton and Assam education minister Ranoj Pegu. “The superintendents of police of the districts of Mokokchung (Nagaland) and Jorhat (Assam) shall ensure orderly withdrawal of their respective forces and shall be responsible for it in the instant case.

Assam and Nagaland share a 434-km border. The boundary dispute between the two states is more than six decades old and has been marked by frequent skirmishes. In the last major clash, in 1985 at Merapani, 41 people, including 28 Assam policemen, were killed. There have been several attempts by the Centre to resolve the issue.

NORTH-EASTERN STATES

Northeastern states to be demarcated by satellite imaging

The Centre has decided to demarcate boundaries of the Northeastern states through satellite imaging to settle inter-state border disputes that are often becoming a cause of concern and sometimes even leading to violence.

Two senior government functionaries said the task has been given to the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), a joint initiative of the Department of Space (DoS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC).

The NESAC helps augment the developmental process in the Northeast region by providing advanced space technology support.

The inter-state border disputes have come under fresh focus recently after six Assam Police personnel were killed in clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border.

The idea for demarcation of inter-state boundaries through satellite imaging was mooted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah a few months ago.

The major objectives of the NESAC are: to provide an operational remote sensing and geographic information system-aided natural resource information base to support activities on development, management of natural resources and infrastructure planning in the region.

It provides operational satellite communication applications services in the region in education, health care, disaster management support, and developmental communication.

INTERNATIONAL

CORPAT Between India and Indonesia Begins

The 36th version of CORPAT between India and Indonesia is being hung on 30 and 31 July 2021, in the Indian Sea area. The Indian Maritime Boat (INS) Saryu, a natively fabricated Seaward Watch Vessel and Indonesian Maritime Boat KRI Bung Tomo is embraced composed watch (CORPAT).

The essential point of CORPAT is to keep the Indian Sea Area free from any danger for business delivery, global exchange and lead of real sea exercises. CORPATs assist with building comprehension and interoperability among naval forces and work with the organization of measures to forestall and smother Unlawful Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug dealing, sea psychological warfare, furnished burglary and theft.

Exercise INDRA-21 – Russia and India

Russia-India joint military exercise INDRA will be held in Russia’s Volgograd, in August 2021.

About Exercise INDRA:

The exercise will involve a joint force conducting counter-terror operations against international terror groups under a United Nations mandate

The INDRA series of exercises started in 2003 as bilateral naval exercises conducted alternately between both the countries. However, the first joint tri-service exercise was conducted in 2017.

The most recent joint tri-services exercise between India and Russia took place in India in December 2019. It was held concurrently in Babina (near Jhansi), Goa and Pune.

NATIONAL

Tiger Reserves of India Receives (CA|TS) Tags

From India, 14 tiger saves have gotten the accreditation of the Worldwide Protection Guaranteed Tiger Norms (CA|TS), on the event of Global Tiger Day on July 29, 2021. The Public Tiger Preservation Authority (NTCA) perceived the ‘BaghRakshaks’ for their endeavors in ensuring Tigers and woodlands. The NTCA’s quarterly bulletin STRIPES was likewise delivered during the occasion.

The 14 tiger stores of India that have gotten esteemed worldwide accreditation from CA|TS are:

Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu; Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka; Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala; Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal; Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh; Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar; Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra; Satpura, Kanha and Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh

Preservation Guaranteed | Tiger Norms (CA|TS) :

CA|TS has been settled upon as an accreditation instrument by the worldwide alliance of Tiger Reach Nations (TRCs) and has been created by tiger and ensured region specialists.

Formally dispatched in 2013, it sets least norms for successful administration of target species and energizes the appraisal of these guidelines in significant protection regions.

CA|TS is a bunch of standards that permits tiger locales to check if their administration will prompt fruitful tiger preservation.

The Worldwide Tiger Discussion (GTF), a global NGO dealing with tiger preservation, and World Natural life Asset India are the two carrying out accomplices of the Public Tiger Protection Expert for Felines appraisal in India.
Lithium Exploration Project in India

The Geological Survey of India has initiated seven lithium exploration projects in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan.

About Lithium:

Lithium (Li), chemical element of Periodic Group 1 (Ia) in the periodic table, the alkali metal group, and the lightest of the solid elements.

The metal itself soft, white, & shiny and its several alloys and compounds are manufactured on an industrial scale.

The most common application for lithium is in rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, and electric vehicles.

Lithium is also used in some non-rechargeable batteries, include clocks, pacemakers, toys.

Bronze Medal For India – PV Sindhu in Tokyo Olympics

Ace Indian court game player PV Sindhu defeated China’s He Bingjiao to win the medal within the women’s singles event at the capital of Japan Olympic Games on August 01, 2021.

Highlights:

Sindhu scripted history with this win by turning into the primary Indian girl and the solely second Indian jock to win 2 Olympic medals in individual events. Earlier, she won the silver in the women’s singles court game at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. this can be India’s second laurel wreath at the capital of Japan Olympic Games 2020.

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