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Rag Rag Mein Ganga – Episode 16

In this episode of Rag Rag Mein Ganga, get to know the city of Patna. Know about the significant place of Champaran in the history of Indian Freedom Struggle, play a little cricket with Rajeev in the famous Gandhi Maidan, find peace in Patliputra Karuna Stupa and take a glance at the unique artifacts of Patna Museum.

Indian Army General Completes 1,200-km France Cycle Race

Lt Gen Puri, 56, completed the circuit on Thursday by cycling non-stop for around 90 hours from Rambouillet on the outskirts of Paris to the Brest military port on France’s western tip and back. Of the 367 participants from India, only around 80 could successfully complete the arduous trek while the rest dropped out midway. There were a total of 6,500 participants at the event from as many as 60 countries.

DRDO Ready with Anti-Terrorist Vehicle Technology

Developed by Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (VRDE), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the ATV can carry three combatants equipped for operations.The vehicle, weighing around three tonnes provides all-round protection from small arms and hand grenades. It can move around in a hostile environment especially in buildings, small gullies and constrained spaces of hideouts providing an edge to thwart attacks.

After Ajit Doval, Now Jaishankar to Visit Moscow

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Moscow from August 27 in preparation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Vladivostok next month.
Modi is travelling to Vladivostok to participate as chief guest at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum and the 20th Annual Bilateral Summit between the two countries.

“Made In India” Written All Over “Little Sun” Being Created In France

Having committed about Rs. 17,500 crores, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of this mega project on his recently concluded trip to France. India, by contributing to about ten per cent of the cost, gets access to one hundred per cent of technology. This is the most expensive mega-science effort India is participating in and globally ITER is the most expensive science project on Earth ever to be undertaken in the 21st century. The total weight of the ITER reactor will be about 28,000 tonnes.