Top diplomatic sources have confirmed that “The discussions related with the ACSA are almost completed and during the forthcoming, first ever 2+2 India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue, the draft will be finalised.”
The head of India’s defence acquisition wing Apurva Chandra said that a high-level committee will align the procurement procedures with the aim of ensuring a seamless flow from asset acquisition to life cycle support. The defence procurement procedure stipulates the process for buying weapons and equipment with money from the defence capital budget, whereas the manual governs acquisitions from the defence revenue budget.
The move is in line with the government’s digital India motto. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had last week at a Yoga Awards ceremony emphasised on the need to create a homogenous system by setting up ‘AYUSH Grid’ on the lines of one nation, one tax and one nation, one mobility card.
The company has declared in the past that it is taking on the Make in India challenge seriously and its products have come for appreciation and praise from none other than the Prime Minster himself. Atomberg had won the ‘Champions of Change’ recognition from Niti Aayog and the ‘United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’ (UNIDO) had awarded it for its ‘Global CleanTech Innovation Program’ in Energy Efficiency category.
The idea is to raise the standards of dining out, while also ensuring the food served is safe and of good quality. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has already started a pilot for rating among online players. It has also trained over 1.7 lakh food supervisors to ensure compliance, chief executive Pawan Agarwal said.
The new Information Management Centre underscores Airbus’ efforts to maximise value from its global footprint, including from India where a remarkable Information Technology (IT) engineering talent pool is complementing Airbus’ European partner ecosystems, it said in a statement.
“India will be able to get assured logistic support when it operates in the Indo-Pacific in the ports of South Korea.” Such agreements extend the reach, presence and sustainability of Navy ships when deployed at great distances from home ports, the source added.
Kaamya Karthikeyan is a girl on a mission and she is achieving it with ease. A student of Navy Children School, Mumbai, and daughter of a Naval officer, Kaamya Karthikeyan, summited her second ‘above 6,000 m’ peak, Mt Mentok Kangri II, 6,262 meters (20,544 feet), overlooking the Tso Moriri lake in Ladakh on August 24.
The powered descent, which India will attempt for the first time, was described as “fifteen minutes of terror” by the ISRO chairperson K Sivan. “It will be a terrifying moment for us. Everybody’s eyes would be glued to their consoles. The telemetry parameters will keep telling us that we are going in the right direction, but at the same time, there will be a lot of anxiety about what will happen in the next moment,” ISRO chairperson K Sivan
It is learnt that Korea assured India that it would not grant any government support to its companies operating in PoK as per a change of policy that it implemented in 2014. The Korean side conveyed that government-sponsored benefits like subsidies and tax breaks will not be applicable to its companies setting shop in the disputed region.
