The new naval base workshop at Bogda in Vasco, which is crucial for minor repairs of warships and other equipment, was opened on Monday, the Indian Navy said.
The Navy used to have its workshop at Baina but in 2017, the ministry of defence agreed to exchange 3,874sqm of defence land with MPT on an equitable cost basis.
Noted economist and executive director for India at International Monetary Fund (IMF), Surjit Bhalla has said that India has been the only country, so far, to institute major economic reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The work on the runway has been started on war footing and the 3.5 kilometre long runway will be used an emergency runway facility for fighter jets in case of any emergency. The construction of such an emergency runway will play a vital role in Kashmir as the borders of the country is close to Pakistan and China and in case of any emergency between those countries this air runway will play an important role in providing help to the army and other forces.
There are a lot of residential buildings where there is mixed land use. For example, people run IT companies, coaching centres, kirana stores and salons from home. Their categorisation is subject of interpretations and leads to consumer harassment and corruption, the second official quoted above said.
With over 200 mobile phone manufacturing units set up in the country in the past five years, India has emerged as the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world, Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. The union minister is slated to launch new schemes for Indian electronics at a press conference on Tuesday (June 2) as well.
India may be invited to join the G-7 grouping if proposals by the US and the UK for its expansion are accepted by the other five members —- Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and France. Senior officials of G-7 countries are expected to discuss the expansion in the weeks leading to a rescheduled summit in the US in September.
Russia on Monday expressed concern over standoff in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) but backed India on addressing the issue through established bilateral dialogue mechanisms with China.
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the procurement of 156 additional licence-built BMP-2 ‘Sarath’ infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) for the Indian Army (IA) from the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for INR11.25 billion (USD148 million).
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with French Minister of Armed Forces, Ms Florence Parly today. They discussed matters of mutual concern including COVID-19 situation, regional security and agreed to strengthen the Bilateral Defence Cooperation between India and France. Both Ministers appreciated the efforts made by Armed Forces of India and France in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushdhi Kendra’s -PMBJKs has achieved an impressive sales of Rs 100.40 Crore in first two months of 2020-21 as compared to Rs 44.60 Crore in same period of 2019-20.
