Daily News Analysis 22nd November 2018

Topic for Prelims


Context: U.S. citizen killed by Andaman tribal

What to Read?

  • Who are these Sentinelese?
  • The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are a pre-Neolithic indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island.
  • These are tribals belongs Andman and Nicobar Island

Some Important Pact

  • India’s first indigenous nuclear powered submarine, which completed its maiden strategic deterrence mission, will allow the country to absorb a nuclear strike – and respond with a devastating second-strike
  • A nuclear triad refers to the three components of atomic weapons delivery: strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).