CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: A high-tech, low sound carbine named ‘TriCa’ with a range more effective than a typical sub-machine gun and small enough to be packed in the jacket of security personnel was unveiled at the Ordnance Factory in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT), also called Ordnance Factory Trichy, is a small arms factory operated by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited based in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, which was previously part of Ordnance Factory Board of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 7.62*39mm Trichy Assault Rifle (TAR) is a powerful individual automatic weapon designed to destroy the enemy by fire in single and burst firing mode. It is a single shot Rifle in normal mode and it can be used in burst mode also.

Detailed explanation-4: -There were Ordnance Factories Institutes of Learning (OFILs) in Ambajhari, Ambernath, Avadi, Dehradun, Ishapore, Khamaria, Kanpur and Medak.