Kamal Nath Sworn as Protem Speaker

• Kamal Nath is an Indian politician and the Ex Minister of Urban Development. He is a member and the Protem Speaker of the current 16th Lok Sabha of India.

• He represents the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC).

• Protem speaker is sworn by President.

• The senior most MP (in terms of no. of years of Membership of the house) is appointed as Pro-tem speaker.

• Function of Protem speaker is to administer oath to all the newly elected MPs on behalf of President.

• He performs duty till the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House

Dr. Bashar-Al-Assad has been reelected as the President

of Syria.

Dr. Bashar al-assad has been elected as the president of Syria (Capital Damascus) by absolute majority. There is mixed reaction around the world. US Secretary of State Jhon Kerry has termed the election as “a great big zero”. Meanwhile, an international delegation led by allies of Assad praised the elections saying they were democratic and transparent.

Anand Mahindra first Indian to be honoured with Harvard Medal

Anand Mahindra is the Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & MahindraMr. Mahindra is an alumnus of the University, graduating with Honours (Magna Cum Laude) from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1977. In 1981, he secured an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Arun Jaitley to visit aircraft carrier INS Viraat.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will visit aircraft carrier INS Viraat in Mumbai on Saturday and review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command, which witnessed two major submarine mishaps in the last one year. INS Viraat was till recently the only aircraft carrier in the Indian Navy and the force is working towards keeping it operational for a few more years to meet its requirements. The Defence Minister has been invited by the armed forces to visit far flung bases to show solidarity with the troops and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have been invited to visit Siachen glacier by the Army and largest warship aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya by the Navy.

Short Note on Aircraft Carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. It is extremely expensive to build and important to protect. Aircraft carriers have evolved from converted cruisers to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighter planes, strike aircraft, helicopters, missiles and other types of aircraft. 

Aircraft Carrier of India

INS Viraat the oldest carrier in service and one of three aircraft carriers based in the Indian Ocean Region commissioned in 1959

INS Vikramaditya was bought from Russia and entered into service with the Indian Navy in 2013.

INS Vikrant (R11) was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier. She played a key role during Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. India purchased INS Vikrant from the United Kingdom in 1957. She was decommissioned in January 1997. She was preserved as a museum ship in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, until it was closed in 2012 due to safety concerns. At the end of January 2014, Vikrant was sold through an online auction to an Alang ship-breaker, and is now berthed off Bhavnagar undergoing preparations to be broken up. On May 5, 2014, the Supreme Court of India postponed the decision to scrap the Vikrant