The Rheinmetall Group is Europe’s foremost supplier of defence and security ware and is a partner of the armed forces of Germany, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ally. It is gradually transforming into a global player with a series of acquisitions and setting up of foreign subsidiaries.
The Centre on Wednesday decided to withdraw 100 companies of security forces from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was taken after a security review by the ministry of home affairs (MHA). The companies of paramilitary personnel to be withdrawn include 40 companies of CRPF and 20 each of the BSF, CISF and SSB from the Kashmir Valley, officials said.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) held a meeting on Wednesday with major e-commerce firms including Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal, Pepperfry and Paytm Mall amongst others to discuss the scope of listing geographic indication (GI) products on their platforms.
Babu ChunderSikur Chatterjee, an Indian scientist employed with the Surveyor General of India during the British colonial era, was likely the first person to scientifically document a tornado’s path in 1865, claims a study from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. By carefully searching and analysing papers about tornados, Saumyendu De and Dr A K Sahai, scientists at IITM Pune, concluded that Chatterjee’s paper is the earliest record of a tornado’s dynamics in the history of meteorology.
Spanning across an area of 89,032m2, the Salt Golah site consists of some old salt godowns and administrative offices in a highly dilapidated condition
Major endeavour to manufacture Aircraft Carrier is heading for an important phase as the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), INS Vikrant, is set to begin testing in waters (Basin Test) with its systems and equipment fitted. Basin trials are conducted for proving of the propulsion (move), transmission (electricity) and shafting systems which can be tested only out of waters.
Cipla Limited referred to as “Cipla” today announced that its partner Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd has received regulatory approval by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the launch of Stempeucel® in India. The product is indicated for the treatment of CLI due to Buerger’s Disease and Atherosclerotic Peripheral Arterial Disease. It is the first allogeneic cell therapy product to be approved for commercial use in India and the first stem cell product to be approved globally for CLI treatment.
Start-ups are the initiative to bring innovation in mainstream. The action plan is to focus on simplification and handholding. Another important aspect of start-ups is industry-academia partnership and incubation.
This milestone was achieved in a short time period of ten days only since the 9th of August when Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare presided over a meet to commemorate the completion of 1.5 lakh tele-consultations.
The implementation of One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan is one of the top priorities of Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India to provide an option to all eligible ration card holders/beneficiaries covered under NFSA to access their entitlements from anywhere in the country.
