Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) | Minuteman III | National Investment and Infrastructure Fund | Asteroid 2024 YR4

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Syllabus: GS3/Defence

Context

• The 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was observed recently.

Central Industrial Security Force

• It is a paramilitary force established in 1969, under the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968.
• Every year, CISF Raising Day is observed on March 10.
• Operates under – Ministry of Home Affairs of India.

Functions –  It provides security to the strategic establishment including

• Department of Space
• Department of Atomic Energy,
• Airports, Delhi Metro and ports.
• Historical monuments
• Basic areas of the Indian economy such as petroleum and natural gas, electricity, coal, steel and mining.

Minuteman III

Syllabus: GS3/Defence

Context

• As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East, the United States conducted a test launch of a Minuteman III missile.

Minuteman III

• It is nicknamed as ‘doomsday’ missile, and is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
• Range – It reaches a top speed of Mach 23, or roughly 28,400 kilometres per hour, and can travel over 9,600 kilometres.
• Developed by Boeing in the 1950s
• Purpose – to bolster American homeland protection,
• Minuteman III is stored and launched from a silo, a fortified underground bunker designed to protect the missile from enemy attacks.
• Notably, a Minuteman III has never been fired in actual combat, making the weapon one of the most powerful things on Earth that has never actually been used in war.

Do you know?

• The Minuteman III was originally supposed to be replaced in the 2030s, but delays with the new Sentinel ICBM have led officials to consider keeping it in service potentially until 2050.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

Syllabus: GS3/ Economy

In News

• The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has raised $750 million for its Second Private Market Fund (PMF-II).
• About National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
• Established in 2015 as India’s sovereign wealth fund.
• NIIF is a collaborative platform managed by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) to attract equity into infrastructure and related areas.
• The Government stake is 49% and remaining 51% from global institutional investors
• Source: ET

Asteroid 2024 YR4

Syllabus: GS3/Space

Context

• NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no collision risk to the Moon in 2032, based on observations from the James Webb Space Telescope.
• 2024 YR4 is classified as a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), indicating its orbit brings it close to Earth’s orbital path.

About

• Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
• Most asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt.
• asteroid 2024 yr4
• Source: TH