Murugesan assumes charge of Navy VC
New Delhi: Vice Admiral P Murugesan on Wednesday assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Navy here after the earlier incumbent Vice Admiral Sunil lanba was transferred as Southern Command chief.
Commissioned into the Navy in 1979, Murugesan was Chief of Personnel, Navy before taking up the new responsibility. He is a recipient of the President’s Gold Medal as a Cadet in the Naval Academy, Sea Cadet’s “Telescope” during Cadet Afloat Training and “Sword of Honour” as a Midshipman, navy officials said here. Murugesan is also an alumnus of Naval Command College, USA.
Army team to scale Mount Everest
New Delhi: To mark the 50th anniversary when the first Indian Army team scaled Everest, a 30-member team of Army men will try to repeat the feat between May 16 and 31. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag flagged-off the expedition led by Major RS Jamwal here on Wednesday. The team will leave for Kathmandu on April 4 and will also bring down some of the non biodegradable waste left behind by generation of climbers there as part of preserving environment.
‘One Student, One Tree’ campaign launched
New Delhi: In a bid to increase green cover on university and college campuses, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched ‘One Student, One Tree’ campaign asking every student to plant a sapling during his/her stay in an institution. Under the initiative, UGC has directed vice-chancellors of universities to provide free saplings for plantation to the students.