The US firm today formally recognised TLMAL as a potential co-producer of F-16 wings. The facility has the capacity to make 50 pairs of wings a year, Lockheed Martin officials said. A ceremonial event marking the first fighter wing prototype built at the TLMAL facility here was attended by KT Rama Rao, Minister for Industries and Commerce, Telangana.
“With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident,” the IAF tweeted.
The total cost of Ken-Betwa link project has been assessed at Rs.44,605 crore at 2020-21 price levels. The Union Cabinet has approved central support of Rs.39,317 crore for the project, covering grant of Rs.36,290 crore and loan of Rs.3,027 crore.
The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have found out that hydrogen sulphide gas can suppress the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV virus. A team from the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology and the Center for Infectious Disease Research in IISc have ascertained that increased hydrogen sulphide in the body reduces the rate at which the HIV virus multiplies in the immune cells.
India surpassed Brazil in food exports to the League of Arab States for the first time in 15 years as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted trade flows in 2020, according to data provided by the Arab-Brazil Chamber of Commerce to Reuters on Tuesday.
Project director D Seshagiri of Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) confirmed this and said that the developed AESA radar is 95% indigenous, with only one imported subsystem.
Air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from the supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 1030 hrs from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on December 08, 2021. In this copy book flight, the missile launched from the aircraft followed the pre-planned trajectory meeting all mission objectives.
To certify the needed prevention of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, the Exemption from Air Suvidha has been dropped, and mandatory filings for all passengers have been implemented. All international passengers arriving in India are instructed to announce their current health status before boarding on the Air Suvidha Portal along with the required documents: Copy of Passport, PCR Negative Certificate from a Test conducted within 72 hours of departure, and the Vaccination Certificate. For Immigration, the APHO counter has to verify the copy on the email.
As stated by the Russian oil producer, the nation’s largest oil firm, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), renewed their deal to buy up to 2 million tonnes of crude oil in 2022 from Russia’s Rosneft. IOC signed a deal with Rosneft Oil Company in February 2020 to import up to 2 million tonnes of oil via the port of Novorossiysk. In 2021, IOC bought just one parcel or shipload when a supply of up to 1.7 million tonnes of crude oil was envisaged, as the cost of transporting the oil made it uneconomical when compared to alternatives.
Central government has disbursed Rs. 2,071 crore (US$ 275 million) loan for 4,003 projects as a part of Agriculture Infrastructure fund, Agriculture minister Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar mentioned in a written reply to the parliament.
