Giving a break up of the agreements, Laksanawisit on his first visit to India said the agreements signed in Mumbai total 4.45 billion Thai baht (about Rs 900 crore) while in Chennai, it was 7.623 billion Thai baht (about Rs 1,500 crore).
Official sources said Gen Rawat will hold wide-ranging discussions with Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi, Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Chief of Defence Forces of Maldives Gen Abdulla Shamaal and explore ways to further deepen bilateral military cooperation.
According to a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), this was the fourth meeting between the two Prime Ministers in the last one year, which is reflective of the close and special relations between India and Bhutan.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation is also already working to increase Astra’s strike range from the existing 110-km to over 160-km. “Astra is one of the best BVRAAMs in the world today. We have the capability to develop it for longer ranges,” said DRDO chief Dr G Satheesh Reddy, talking to TOI.
India recently provided Rs 233 crore to the Nepal Government for various infrastructure projects, including roads and reconstruction of houses destroyed in the massive earthquake in 2015 which saw the death of over 9,000 people.
The President’s Colours were received by the Army Air Defence Centre on the behalf of the Corps of Army Air Defence at Gopalpur Military station here. “The Indian armed forces in general and the Corps of Army Air Defence, in particular, have a glorious legacy in protecting the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the nation,” President Kovind, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, said.
Hamid Sabi, a lawyer for the Tribunal, told the United Nations Human Rights Council that the efforts involved “hundreds of thousands of victims,” describing it as “one of the worst mass atrocities of this century.”
India must consider extending the canvas of aerial targeting to the entire range of terror nodes, i.e. individuals, groups, camps, safe havens and launch pads etc to deter the perpetuators of terror. Cross-border terrorism isn’t going to get dissuaded with one aerial strike of limited liability and objective, however audacious and innovative it may have been.
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At present, India is third on the charts, only behind the US and the UK, with a green footprint of 7 billion square feet (sft). Its target: 10 billion sft in the next three years.
