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  • Current Affairs 3rd February 2019

    Updated : 03-Feb-2019

    Current Affairs 3rd February 2019 - Important Points

    • Acquisition of Milan-2T Anti-Tank Missiles approved by - Defence Ministry 
    • World Wetlands Day observed on - 2nd February 2019
    • Who has been appointed CBI Director ? - Rishi Kumar Shukla

     Current Affairs 3rd February 2019 - Details

    Acquisition of Milan-2T Anti-Tank Missiles approved by - Defence Ministry 

    The Defence Acquisition Council led by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has sanctioned the acquisition of the Rupees 1200 crore Milan-2T anti-tank missiles. While the need was of 70000 different types of anti-tank guided missiles & 850 different launchers, the Defence Acquisition Council has passed the purchase of 5000 Milan 2T anti-tank guided missiles from France.
    Defence Acquisition Council
    The Defence Acquisition Council led by Union Minister of Defence was formed to make sure a fair defence procurement planning process. The Council goals to make sure expeditious procurement of the
    needs of the Armed Forces in terms of capabilities sought & time frame prescribed by optimally utilizing the owed budgetary resources.
    The functions of the DAC
    Principle endorsement authority for 15 Years Long Terms Integrated Perspective Plan for Defence
    Forces.
    Categorization of the acquisition suggestions relating to ‘Buy’, ‘Buy & Make’ & ‘Make’.
    Addressing matters relating to Single vendor clearance.
    Decision about ‘offset’ provisions in respect of acquisition suggestions more than Rupees 300 crores.
    Decisions regarding Transfer of Technology under ‘Buy &Make’ category of acquisition proposals.
    Field Trial calculation.
    Milan-2T Anti-Tank Missile

    • Milan is a portable medium-range, anti-tank missile manufactured by Euromissile, based in Fontenay-aux-Roses in France.
    • The Milan munitions involve the missile in a waterproof launch tube.
    • MILAN-2 has a single-shaped charge warhead for usage against very thick & composite armour, MILAN-2T is armed with a tandem charge for usage against reactive armour.

    World Wetlands Day observed on - 2nd February 2019

    World Wetlands Day was observed on February 2nd with the theme of ‘Wetlands & Climate Change’. The subject indicates the reputation of healthy & intact wetlands to one of the most insistent challenges of our times, climate change. The subject has been selected to start action against the drainage of wetlands.
    About Wetlands Day
    The theme Wetlands & Climate Change is intended at growing awareness of the significance of wetlands, such as swamps, marshes, mangroves/peatlands, to aid us cope with and mitigate global warming.
    Importance of Wetlands

    • Almost 90 percent of disasters are water-related & affects 60 per cent of populations living along coastlines by flooding & tsunamis. Wetlands are important to climate change mitigation.
    • Wetlands works as a natural & extremely efficient carbon sink.
    • For Example, peatlands which cover only 3 percent of land mass, absorb & store double the amount of carbon as all the world’s forests collectively.
    • Wetlands assist as a buffer for climate catastrophes that benefit communities be resilient against the instant influences of climate change.

    Who has been appointed CBI Director ? - Rishi Kumar Shukla

    Indian Police Services officer Rishi Kumar Shukla has been designated as the chief of the Central Bureau
    of Investigation- CBI, for a fixed term of 2 years.  Rishi Kumar Shukla is presently working as the
    chairman of MP Police Housing Corporation in Bhopal.
    The selection of the Rishi Kumar Shukla was sanctioned by the Appointments Committee of the cabinet
    grounded on the commendation of the selection committee led by the PM. The Central Bureau of
    Investigation Director search committee led by PM has the Chief Justice of India & the Leader of
    Opposition as members.
    Supreme Court Observations
    The designation of the Central Bureau of Investigation director increases significance in the backdrop of
    comments made by the Supreme Court which explained that it was ‘antagonistic’ to the arrangement of
    an interim Central Bureau of Investigation Director & the Centre should ‘instantly’ employ a regular chief of the probe agency.
    The Supreme Court further informed that the position of Central Bureau of Investigation Director is
    sensitive & significant, &it is not good to keep an interim director of the agency for a lengthier time period. The Supreme Court sought to know why the government has not completed the selection yet.