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Having come out victorious, despite corruption charges levelled by opposition parties in the Rafale fighter jet deal, the Narendra Modi-led government may now find it much easier to sign defence contracts during its second term, observes defence procurement analyst and ex-financial adviser to the Defence Ministry Amit Cowshish.

The wide array of civic action programs conducted jointly by army and Assam Rifles have assisted the State government as well as local administration in enhancing their outreach to the remotest corners of the State. During flood relief operations of 2018, the Armed Forces present in Tripura worked relentlessly to save more than 1200 precious lives and assisted in the distribution of relief materials.

Sardar Patel Bhawan on Parliament Street is expected to become the next big stop after the PMO in the next five years, as the national security policy will be driven from there.Sources in the security establishment said that the new and revamped NSCS has attempted to draft a national security document under Doval’s guidance which may be brought before the public in the coming months.

Bhawana, who hails from Darbhanga in Bihar, has become the first of the three in her batch of women fighter pilots – the other two are Flight Lieutenants Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh – to successfully complete her “day operational syllabus” on the MiG-21s at the Nal airbase in Bikaner.

The fresh mandate will allow Modi to further relax investment rules, which means India’s private sector giants such as Reliance, Tata and Mahindra would be prepared to invest billions of dollars in the defence sector.