Ø Dineshwar Sharma, a Bihar-born, Kerala-cadre Indian Police
Service officer of the 1979 batch, will be the new chief of the Intelligence
Bureau. Mr. Sharma, who succeeds Syed Asif Ibrahim, who retires on
December 31, has a wide range of experience — from handling separatism and
insurgencies to domestic and regional politics. He has served in Nagaland,
Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Lucknow in various capacities.
Ø China has tested a hypersonic strike vehicle,
signalling that Beijing is working on a new ultra high speed weapon system that
can breach the existing missile shield of the United States. The Chinese
defence ministry has confirmed an earlier assertion of U.S. defence officials
that Beijing had tested Wu-14, a hypersonic glide vehicle. It said that the scientific test in
western China was “not directed against any specific country or target”.
However, it said that the test was part of China’s strategic nuclear programme.
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