CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh, AVSM , VSM was commissioned into The PARACHUTE REGIMENT in 1987. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.

Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, even before the NCC Bill was passed by the Constituent Assembly (Legislative), the Ministry of Defence had set up the nucleus of the NCC Secretariat, with Col (later retired as Chief of Army Staff) Gopal Gurunath Bewoor as first Director of the NCC. He took over as Director of NCC on 31 Mar 1948.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maj Gen Gagan Deep has taken over as the new Additional Director General (ADG) of NCC, North East region - NE India Broadcast.