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Union Government for the First Time lays Down Rights to the Electricity Consumers

Union Ministry of Power has promulgated rules laying down the rights of power consumers in the country. While issuing these rules here today via Press Conference, Mr. R.K.Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, said, “These rules shall empower the consumers of electricity and added that these Rules emanate from the conviction that the power systems exist to serve the consumers and the consumers have rights to get the reliable services and quality electricity.”

India, Vietnam to Intensify Military Exchanges

India will hand over one High Speed Guard Boat to Vietnam, announced the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday. The decision was one of several taken during the Prime Minister-level summit meeting attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc during which both sides committed to “step up military to military exchanges.”

India Looks At Integrating More Countries into Coastal Radar Network

As part of efforts to further expand the coastal radar chain network meant to enable real time monitoring of the high seas for threats as also expand India’s assistance for capacity building to Indian Ocean littoral states, efforts are in advanced stages to set up coastal radar stations in Maldives, Myanmar and Bangladesh, according to defence sources.