23rd April 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Air-to-Air Missile Test Success
- India has already successfully test-fired anti-missile, mid-air interceptor missiles. These are ground-launched missiles. Similarly, DRTO has developed a missile that can intercept enemy missiles from warships in mid-air.
- The missile was first test-fired off the coast of Odisha. The missile, launched from the warship, accurately hit the target in mid-air and destroyed it. This type of missile is present only in the navies of a few developed countries. India has now joined the list of those countries, the Ministry of Defense said.
- The Archery World Cup is currently being held in Turkey. Stage 1 Championship was held in this series. In the women's singles final, India's Jyoti Sureka Vennam won the gold by defeating the 3rd-ranked Charo Loba of Colombia 149-146.
- Similarly, in the final of the compound mixed teams division held yesterday, India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam-Ojas Deodal team defeated Chinese Taipei's Chen Yi Hun-Shen Shik Lun by 159-154 and won the gold medal. This is the 2nd gold medal won by 26-year-old Jyoti Surekha from Vijayawada in this event.
- The National Technology Center for Ports, Waterways and Coastal and Chennai IT Innovation Complex will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, Waterways and AYUSH Mr. Sarbananda Sonawal on April 24, 2023 in Chennai.
- Under the Sagarmala scheme, this center at IIT-Chennai will receive Rs. It has been set up at a cost of 77 crores. Acting as the technical wing of the Ministry, the institute develops cutting-edge technologies and applied products to provide solutions to various challenges faced by the ports and shipping industry.
- The company has world-class capabilities in carrying out 2D and 3D surveys in a research and consultancy capacity for port, coastal, waterways sector in all sectors. The company promotes manufacturing in India and self-reliant India initiatives in the above sectors.
