Ø Brazil’s Senate has removed President Dilma Rousseff from office
for breaking budgetary laws, ending an impeachment process that has polarised
the country for nine months. Senators voted 61-20 to convict Rousseff for
illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending.
Ø In an attempt to indigenise procurements and reduce import
dependence as part of the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, the Army on
Tuesday formally announced the establishment of the Army Design Bureau which
will integrate various stake holders in its long-term requirements.
Ø Pakistan will acquire at least eight modified diesel-electric
attack submarines from China by 2028 in a nearly $5 billion agreement, said to
be the biggest arms export deal for Beijing. Karachi Shipyard and Engineering
Works (KSEW) had secured a contract to produce four of the eight submarines,
which will be fitted with air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems.
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