CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Deswal put the ranks of Assistant Commandant , the entry-level officer rank in the paramilitary, on the shoulders of the two women officers–Prakriti and Diksha–after the passing out parade and attestation ceremony where they took oath to serve the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indo-Tibetan Border Police inducted their first ITBP first women officers in August of 2021. Prakriti and Diksha ITBP officers are the first women officers of ITBP. These two women joined the ITBP after they passed out of the ITBP Academy in Mussoorie.

Detailed explanation-3: -Captain Abhilasha Barak added her name to the lexicon of powerpuff gals in India on Wednesday. The 26-year-old became front-page news after she scripted history as the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator.

Detailed explanation-4: -The physical standard for female applicants to fulfill the ITBP Assistant Commandant Eligibility Criteria 2022 is that the height of the female candidates should be 157 cm and the weight should be proportionate to their height.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indo-Tibetan Border Police was raised on October 24, 1962 for reorganizing the frontier intelligence and security set up along the Indo-Tibetan border. Only four Battalions were sanctioned to begin with. ITBP was initially raised under the CRPF Act.