CISF to create all-women commando team
New Delhi, Aug 24: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has decided to create an all-women commando team for conducting specialised counter-terrorist operations, officials said on Sunday. A group of 100 female personnel deployed across the country as part of the aviation security group (ASG) guarding civilian airports are the first to be trained for the task. The about 1.70 lakh-strength CISF is primarily tasked to guard 69 civil airports, the Delhi Metro and a number of other vital installations in the government and private domain. (PTI)
Rescue ops underway in rain-hit U’khand
Dehradun, Aug 24: Rescue and relief work continued on a war footing on Sunday at Tharali in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, where incessant rain wreaked havoc a day before, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visiting the affected area to take stock of the situation. A 20-year-old woman died while a 78-year-old man went missing on Saturday after heavy overnight rain in Tharali sent a rain drain flooding, depositing debris at several houses and markets in the area, officials said. Nine people were left injured, out of which six were airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh by a helicopter in view of their critical condition, they said. According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 150-200 people have been evacuated from the affected areas and taken to safer places. (PTI)
ISRO tests Gaganyaan parachute system
parachute based deceleration system for Gaganyaan missions. (PTI)
Bengaluru, Aug 24: ISRO on Sunday successfully carried out the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) to validate the parachute-based deceleration system for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission. An ISRO official said that the end-to-end demonstration was conducted near Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The exercise was jointly executed by ISRO, the Indian Air Force, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard. The Gaganyaan project aims to demonstrate India’s capability to send humans into space and safely return them to Earth. Planned as the country’s first human spaceflight programme, it will also involve precursor unmanned missions to test systems critical for crew safety. The parachute-based deceleration mechanism is a key component to ensure the safe recovery of the crew module during re-entry and landing (PTI)