Developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT-Bombay incubated startup, in partnership with Vehant Technologies, the NanoSniffer is the world’s first microsensor-based explosive trace detector.
The morning of 13 December 2001 was uneventful and had passed like any other, but within minutes, a terrorist attack would launch in the building, shaking the capital to its core.
What makes the story even more endearing is that, besides being part of many (bomb) search operations for over a decade, the four were best buddies and inseparable.
A month after this gruesome act, the Sharma family founded an organisation, Shaheed Sushil Kumar Sharma Foundation, in their hometown, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, in his memory.
Father Tom Uzhunnallil had last appeared in a video clip that was circulated online, in which he was seen appealing to the Indian government and the Vatican for his freedom.
Two constables, Subhendu Rai and Rocky, fought off heavily armed terrorists to save the lives of 44 BSF personnel in Jammu, but succumbed to their injuries themselves. We salute these martyrs!
During the Udhampur attack, the terrorist kept three villagers as hostages, who then showed immense courage and took him down. He was then handed over to the police.