CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Dalrymple Award presented to Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar. The 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award has been presented to Vice Adm Vinay Badhwar, National Hydrographer to the Government of India, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian hydrography and across the wider Indian Ocean region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar has been awarded the Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019. He is India’s Chief Hydrographer. Hydrography is the science that measures and describes the physical features of the navigable portion of the Earth’s surface and adjoining coastal areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has presented the 2021 Alexander Dalrymple Award to the US Office of Coast Survey (OCS) in recognition of its outstanding contribution to global hydrography.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vice Admiral Adhir Arora is married to Mrs Tanvi Arora who is a homemaker and their son is a Chemical Engineer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Who is Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar? Vinay Badhwar had joined the National Defence Academy in 1978 and was commissioned in the Indian Navy in July 1982. After he completed his watchkeeping on board a Destroyer, Badhwar was appointed as the Navigating Officer of a Patrol Board.