TNPSC Current Affairs January 16, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs January 16, 2018 (16/01/2018)

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Topic : Latest Historical Events

Vajra Prahar

‘Vajra Prahar’ is a Indo-US Special Forces joint training exercise conducted alternately in India and the US.

Why in news?

The upcoming edition of the joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle. The exercise will mainly focus on special operations in urban areas.

Aim and objectives of the exercise:

The aim of the exercise is to promote military relations between the two countries by enhancing interoperability and mutual exchange of tactics between Special Forces.

Though the exercise began in 2010, there was a gap of three years between 2012 and 2015. The last edition was held in Jodhpur in March 2017.

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Topic : India’s Foreign Policy, Latest Diary of Events

National Knowledge Network

India’s National Knowledge Network and Sri Lanka’s LEARN which connect to educational institutions between the two countries have now been linked with each other through high capacity internet.

This dedicated high speed internet connectivity will boost the collaboration among the academic institutions of India and Sri Lanka.

About NKK:

NKN is a multi-gigabit pan-India network which facilitates the development of India’s communications infrastructure, stimulates research and creates next generation applications and services.

Aim:

With its multi-gigabit capability, NKN aims to connect all universities, research institutions, libraries, laboratories, healthcare and agricultural institutions across the country to address such paradigm shift.

What it does?

It enables collaboration among researchers from different educational networks such as TEIN4, GARUDA, CERN and Internet2.

It also enables sharing of scientific databases and remote access to advanced research facilities. The leading mission oriented agencies in the fields of nuclear, space and defence research are also part of NKN.