our indigenously developed sonars systems inducted

Navy has formally inducted four types of indigenously developed sonars that will boost its underwater surveillance capability. The systems have been designed and developed by NPOL, a Kochi based laboratory of DRDO.

Abhay - compact hull mounted sonar for shallow water crafts, an advanced active-cum-passive integrated sonar system

Humsa UG - upgrade for the Humsa sonar system.

AIDSS - Advanced Indigenous Distress sonar system for submarines, an Emergency Sound Signaling Device which is used to indicate that a submarine is in distress and enable quick rescue and salvage.

NACS - Near-field Acoustic Characterisation System. It determines the in-situ performance of the SONAR systems, which are used to find the frequency-dependent 3-D transmission and reception characteristics of the SONAR.

New NALSA executive chairman

Jagdish Singh Khehar, a judge of the Supreme Court, will be the new Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). He succeeds Anil R.Dave.

NALSA:

NALSA has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to provide free legal services to weaker sections of society. The aim is to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reasons of economic or other disabilities.

Important functions performed by NALSA:

NALSA organises Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.

NALSA identifies specific categories of the marginalised and excluded groups and formulates various schemes for the implementation of preventive and strategic legal service programmes.

Services provided by the agency include free legal aid in civil and criminal matters for the poor and marginalised people who cannot afford the services of a lawyer in any court or tribunal.

Free legal services include provision of aid and advice to beneficiaries to access the benefits under the welfare statutes and schemes and to ensure access to justice in any other manner.