It may be noted that Lieutenant General Sheikh Mamun Khaled is the first Bangladeshi as well as foreign recipient of this honour from USI of India, said an Inter Service Public Relation press release on Sunday. Director of USI Lieutenant General PK Singh (retired) has formally handed over the fellowship certificate to Lieutenant General Sheikh Mamun Khaled on August 19.
“The next launch will be cartography satellite Cartosat-3. The launch will be towards the end of October or early November this year,” Sivan told.
France already has the post of CDS and the appointment of an Indian counterpart will make coordination easier, said people aware of the matter. They said the growing partnership between the armed forces of the two countries made it imperative to have the element of interoperability.
The upgrade being done by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) is a few years behind schedule. The DARIN-III upgrades include a new radar, a fully integrated electronic warfare suite, smart multi-function displays, new avionics, and a new attack system.
IIT-Madras has established a cancer genomics facility, and in the last four years, has collected 3,000 tissue and blood samples of cancer patients in and around Chennai. The idea was to collect 10 lakh tissue samples from across the country.
Chiefs of Defence of more than 33 countries are scheduled to attend the conference.The theme for the conference is “Collaboration in a free and Open Indo – Pacific”. The conference will provide perspectives on common challenges faced by attending nations and elicit open discussions on the same.
“Once the India-Mauritius FTA is in place, it will certainly provide opportunity to Indian manufacturers to get into the African market through the Mauritius route,” the official said.
While the Russian space agency Roscosmos will training four Indian astronauts of which three will be selected to go onboard India’s first human space mission programme, France will be training their medical support personnel.
The government plans to use a satellite image technology by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) to map every area and river to check illegal sand-mining.
During the G7 Summit, which will be held in the picturesque seaside French town of Biarritz, the Prime Minister will address sessions on the environment, climate, oceans and digital transformation.
