NEWS 12/12/2021. NEWS FOR 13th-DEC (MONDAY) 1. Air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from the supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I on December 08, 2021. 2. In a tragic incident Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter were killed in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. 3. PM Modi has inaugurated Saryu Canal National Project which will provide assured water for irrigation to over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers in UP. 4. UAE is going to purchase 80 rafale aircrafts from France & in all probability UAE will sell 76 mirage 2000 that they are having to India at a very low cost. 5. India has successfully flight tested the indigenously developed new Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile. The missile, launched from the test range at Chandipur will be deployed onboard various frontline ships of the Indian Navy. 6. In another achievement for the country’s indigenous missile development programme, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested several weapons over the last three days including the extended range Pinaka missile with the Army and a flight test of the indigenously designed and developed Stand-off Anti-Tank Missile (SANT), which was launched from a helicopter at Pokhran ranges. 7. India defeated New Zealand by 372 runs in the second test match to win the series by 1-0. < < Back