01 AUGUST 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Kochi: India’s first harbour defence system

• The naval harbour in Kochi becomes the first harbour  in the country's defence system 
• Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) 
• The system is capable of detecting, identifying, tracking and generating warning for surface and underwater threats,
• The new system was commissioned by Vice-Admiral Sunil Lanba, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command
• It will enable operators to foresee, and respond to, surface and sub-surface threats to vital assets along the harbour and warships in the quay
• The system consists of radars, highpower water sensor and driver train system which is designed by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI)

Indian Autistic Golfer Ranveer Singh Wins Gold Medal in Special Olympics

• Golfer Ranveer Singh Saini created history by becoming the first Indian to win a Gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles
• Ranveer and his partner Monica Jajoo were nine shots clear of joint second-placed teams from Hong Kong (Tsz Leung Chung-Ka Kit Lam) and Nippon
• Two years ago Saini became the first Indian golfer to win two gold medals at the Asia Pacific World Games
• At the age of 2 he was diagnosed with autism, a neurological disorder characterised by impaired social interaction