India and the US are all set to kick off a major combat exercise in Rajasthan next week, in the first such bilateral wargame after the Biden administration took charge in Washington and reiterated India’s role as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific as well as the need to strengthen the “Quad”.
India on Sunday handed over two cranes to be used for handling cargo at the strategic Shahid Beheshti port at Chabahar in Iran that New Delhi is developing as a counter to the China-built Gwadar port in Pakistan.
The government has settled ₹ 24,531 crore to CGST and ₹ 19,371 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of January 2021 is ₹ 46,454 crore for CGST and ₹ 48,385 crore for the SGST.
In a view to elevate modern technical support to paramilitary forces engaged in maintaining law and order situation; train and equip them with advanced options, CSIR has demonstrated its three innovative variants ‘Compact, Medium, Heavy’ category of Mob Control Vehicles (MCVs) to a team of MHA recommended members under leadership of IG (RAF), CRPF.
With a consistent rise in cumulative recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has reached 97%, one of the highest globally. India’s total Active Caseload has dropped to 1.68 lakh (1,68,235) today. The active caseload now consists of just 1.56% of India’s total Positive Cases.
He said that the Made in India vaccine is a symbol of India’s self-reliance and self-pride. The Prime Minister said he gets messages praising India from Presidents and Prime Ministers from different countries of the world. Mr Modi recalled the recent tweet of Brazil President thanking India.
The Indian Navy has commissioned a Rs 52-crore automatic storage retrieval system for efficient handling of aircraft spares as part of a modernization drive. The Navy said that eight of the 17 storehouses in the state have been modernised and that the remaining will be completed by July.
The plant, built by state-run IndianOil, is Ladakh’s only source of cooking gas and a lifeline once snow snaps road connectivity with the rest of the country. About 40% of the refills produced at the plant go to the defence establishment. It is also the country’s only LPG unit to be operated by women.
The Army would be using the land acquired to construct buildings for its units deployed near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The Army has two of its companies looking after Arunachal Pradesh including the Dimapur-based 3 Corps and Tezpur-based 4 Corps.
As China makes rapid inroads into the western Indian Ocean, India is hoping to shore up its own security and defence engagement with the strategically significant Madagascar and Comoros Islands in the region. Both countries have confirmed their participation in in the Indian Ocean Region meeting of defence ministers which India will host next week.
