The Act East Policy (AEP) devised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a regional summit in Myanmar in 2014 has shifted the geostrategic posture of India in the Indo-Pacific and reformulated New Delhi’s approach to one that is more strategically assertive, according to a European think tank.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has made three new bridges in Ladakh’s Nimu region operational from Monday. The strategically located bridges are helping Indian Army move tanks and other heavy artillery to the Eastern Ladakh sector along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
As India and China remained locked in a standoff in eastern Ladakh, the government fielded a number of calls and conversations from different countries offering support, and this helped the Modi government put forward its perspective on the confrontation in the high Himalayas.
Called the ‘sons of the soil’, the young recruits of Ladakh Scouts are well acquainted with the treacherous mountain terrain making them lethal at heights that are inhospitable. In June, 127 youth had completed their training and joined the Ladakh Scouts.
As per a communiqué, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has asked for preparation of estimates for the proposed works in the approved annual plan incorporating the technical parameters and designs as per IRC codal provisions/latest circulars of the Ministry and submission to the Ministry for consideration.
The Sanskrit Vidhyalaya at Barbote Village Development Committee was built under the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Development Cooperation programme at a cost of Nepali Rupees 31.13 million.
A new dawn ushers on Indian Railways as it endeavors to be self-reliant for its energy needs as directed by the Prime Minister and solarise railway stations by utilizing its vacant lands for Renewable Energy (RE) projects. Railway is committed to utilize solar energy for meeting its traction power requirements and become a complete ‘Green mode of transportation’.
Bharat Petroleum Corporate Research & Development Centre (CRDC) has bagged a total of 62 patents since its inception 19 years ago and is awaiting 68 more.
The commerce and industry ministry has sought stricter scrutiny of goods coming from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Korea and the Asean bloc, amid fears of Chinese imports increasingly being routed through these countries. It has pushed for fast tracking amendments to the customs law to tighten the rules to claim concessional benefits under India’s free trade pacts, in line with the changes proposed in the budget this year.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will establish a research cell at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad to meet the future defence technological requirements of the country. This was announced here on Monday.
