"Nirbhay Sharma" sworned in as Governor of Mizoram.
- He is the former Arunachal Pradesh Governor
GPS System fully operationalised by ISRO - GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN)
Characterstics of GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) System
- Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) jointly developed this Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS).
- Its primary target is to establish, deploy and certify satellite based augmentation system for safety-of-life civil aviation applications for the Indian air space.
- It plays a vital role in safety of life applications in transport, sensitive commercial applications and liability-critical applications needing legal course.
- It offers free enhanced satellite navigation signals by correcting deviancies in GPS signals by deploying ground based navigational infrastructure.
- With other international SBAS systems like US-WAAS, European EGNOS, and Japanese MSAS etc, the system is inter-operable.
India and Vietnam signed Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation 2015-2020.
- An MoU on cooperation between the coast guards of the two countries was also signed in the presence of the two Defence Ministers.
- The Vietnamese Defence Minister is on a 3-day official visit to the country at the invitation of Parrikar.
