State Sen. Pat Stefano, R-Bullskin Township, was appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman to serve as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee for the 2020-2021 legislative session.
âI am excited for the opportunity to serve as Chairman of this committee,â said Stefano. âPennsylvaniaâs veterans and active military members have fought and continue to fight to protect our freedoms and the American way of life. I hold these brave citizens in the highest of regard, and I look forward to ensuring that a top priority of this committee is to take care of our veterans who have dedicated their lives to serving our country.â
From peculiar work conditions to may cause instability , why Centre wants SC to keep adultery a crime in armed forces In the Indian Army, for instance, adultery is described using the military euphemism stealing the affection of a brother officer’s wife . The case is similar in the Air Force and the Navy too Manasi Chandu January 14, 2021 19:56:50 IST The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court that its 2018 verdict decriminalising colonial-era offence of adultery under the IPC be not made applicable to armed forces. Reuters
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine the Central Government’s request to keep adultery a crime in the armed forces. In its plea, the government said the 2018 verdict should not apply to armed forces where personnel can be cashiered from service on the grounds of unbecoming conduct for committing adultery with a c
DAP) 2020 has increased the
indigenous content requirement in all categories of defence
procurement.
10 The DAP 2020 has
also proposed other measures to increase indigenisation such as
increase in indigenous availability of high-end military materials,
the use of indigenous software in equipment/systems and a boost to
innovation by start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(
MSMEs). For a discussion on the changes
introduced in the DAP 2020, please see our previous article,
here.
Challenges to achieving self-reliance
While the industry stakeholders welcomed these new measures, the
domestic defence industry faces several challenges which hinders
India s pursuit of self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
These challenges are:
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 23:37 IST
A women s organisation took serious exception of the usage of certain phrases in the Defence Ministry application accused it of questioning the integrity of armed forces officials and their spouses. File photo
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted an application filed by the Defence Ministry seeking to exempt the armed forces from the purview of its September 2018 judgment decriminalizing the offence of adultery.
Under the armed forces rules adultery is a ground for court-martial for unbecoming conduct. Admitting the application, a bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman issued notice to Joseph Shine, petitioner in the PIL in which adultery was decriminalized.
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