28.04.21 Daily [Uttarakhand] UKPSC Current Affairs

The state higher Education department is planning to bring online education on a single platform for colleges. Officials said a project is on the anvil which will help thousands of students enrolled in -run degree colleges and universities across the state access online classes on a single platform. According to state higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat, the decision has been taken to make sure that the quality of education doesnt get compromised and students are well prepared for their semester exams. He further said that the students should not get complacent and continue with their exam preparation.

Both chaff & flares are defensive countermeasures deployed by using navy aircraft. The cause is to confuse radar-guided or infrared-guided anti-plane missiles fired so that they may want to be diverted.

The Chaff is composed of many small aluminium or zinc lined fibres saved on-board the plane in tubes. In case the plane feels threatened by means of any radar monitoring missiles, chaff is ejected into the turbulent wake of air at the back of the plane.

Flares on being fired grant an alternate strong IR (Infrared) source to heat-seeking anti-air missiles. Thus they are lured away from the aircraft.