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Bhabha Kavach bullet proof jacket:

Bhaba Kavach

• BARC has handed over 55 Bhabha Kavach bullet proof jacket to CISF in a ceremony held at CISF Unit Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Bhabha Kavach has received approval from Ministry of Home Affairs for induction in CAPFs.

• It is lightest level 3 + Bulletproof jacket.

• It is designed on indigenous hot pressed Barren carbide and carbon mono tube technologies.

• This jacket maker is Kanpur based 'Ordnance Equipment Factory'.

• Kavach is a 'Make in India' product.

• The full form of BARC is Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Ajit Kumar Mohanty is the director of BARC.

• Rajesh Ranjan is the DG of CISF and its headquarter is in Delhi.