As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will mark its 75th anniversary on Monday (September 21), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in two debates in the high-level segments this year, said India`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Friday.
India will demand foreign firms use more locally produced materials when working on government-run projects, a government order said late on Friday.
The fight against Typhoid fever is all set to get a major fillip with a team of scientists led by Dr. Amit Kumar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Indore, finding new ways to tackle Salmonella enterica, the pathogenic bacterium that causes the fever.
Defence sources on Sunday said the five Rafales, which were formally inducted into service at the Ambala airbase on September 10, have conducted some “familiarization sorties” in Ladakh in recent days. “Rafale pilots have flown the jets from Ambala to Ladakh to familiarize themselves with the operational environment there,” said a source.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Shipping, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of Maldives, Ms Aishath Nahula, today jointly e- launched a direct cargo ferry service between India and Maldives.
India’s external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar has called for expansion of India, Japan partnership for projects in third country to Russia’s far east and Pacific island countries.
Nepal on Friday started the trial of its first broad-gauge railway service after procuring railway engines, coaches from India.
South Africa’s Paramount and Namibia’s Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik (WMF) are currently engaged in armoured vehicle trials in India. Bharat Forge and Paramount at the February DefExpo in India displayed the Kalyani M4/Mbombe 4 and Kalyani Maverick.
Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri D V Sadananda Gowda has said that with a vision to provide quality medicines at an affordable rates for the common man especially the poor, Govt. has set a target to increase the number of Pradhanmantri Janaushadhi Kendras PMBJK to 10500 by the of March 2025. As on 15th September 2020 the number of stores has increased to 6606.
India may soon manufacture its own super alloy steam turbine rotors for efficient coal based thermal power plants – thanks to a facility being set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to assess Low Cycle Fatigue effects in rotors required for such power plants.
