India Pitches with France to become Rafale Maintenance Hub
This comes even as last month Indonesia entered into a deal with France to buy 42 Rafale Jets and UAE signed a deal to buy 80 of the fighter jets In December 2021.
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India Steps in to Plug Global Wheat Shortfall Due to Ukraine War
The Union government is in the process of asking its diplomatic missions abroad to facilitate export of the country’s record domestic stockpiles of wheat, as international prices soar, an official aware of the development said. Western Europe, Turkey and Philippines are some large importers of Russian and Ukraine wheat and corn (maize).
Indian Navy Successfully Fires Extended Range Brahmos Land Attack Missile
The Indian Navy successfully demonstrated the accuracy of an extended-range land attack Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from the stealth destroyer INS Chennai, on 5th March, 2022. The missile hit its intended target with pinpoint accuracy after traversing an extended range trajectory and performing complex manoeuvres.
Significant Progress Made on Multimodal Connectivity Between India and Bangladesh
Both sides held extensive discussions on a variety of issues of mutual interest, including development of railway infrastructure, port infrastructure, Joint Study on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Border Haats, Regional connectivity through Multi-Modal Transportation, Harmonization of Standards, Mutual Recognition Agreement.
HANSA-NG Successfully Completes Sea Level Trials at Puducherry
he aircraft was flown to Puducherry covering 140 nautical miles in one and half hours at a cruising speed of 155 km/hr on 19th February 22. The objectives of sea level trials were to evaluate handling qualities, climb / cruise performance, balked landing, structural performance including positive & negative G, power plant and other systems performance.
India’s Share in Global Specialty Chemicals Market to Double in 5 Years: Crisil
According to Crisil, the Indian specialty chemicals industry would outperform its Chinese counterpart and double its worldwide market share to 6% by 2026, up from 3-4% in FY21. This will be fueled by robust revenue growth of 18-20% this fiscal year and 14-15% the following year, compared to single-digit growth in the prior two fiscal years.
Health Foods and Beverages Market to Touch $30 Billion by 2026
Health-focused foods and beverages accounted for 11% of India’s US$ 88 billion packaged foods and beverages market in CY20. By CY26, this proportion is predicted to rise to 16%, or US$ 30 billion.
‘Kavach’- an Indigenous Automatic Train Protection System to Boost Safety in Trains Operation
KAVACH is meant to provide protection by preventing trains to pass the signal at Danger (Red) and avoid collision. It activates the train braking system automatically if the driver fails to control the train as per the speed restrictions. In addition, it prevents collision between two Locomotives equipped with functional KAVACH system.
Gurugram Gets India’s Biggest Charging Station with 121 Chargers, Capacity of 1000 Cars per Day
Alektrify Private Limited has developed the new EV charging station under the Ease of Doing Business program. The station opened on Thursday has 75 AC, 25 DC and 21 Hybrid charging points with a capacity of charging 1,000 cars in a single day.
Eye on China, Army Mounts Airborne Insertion Exercise at Siliguri Corridor
In a strategic signal to China, the Army on Friday conducted a major `airborne insertion and rapid response’ exercise in the Siliguri Corridor, even as General M M Naravane separately reviewed the wargame of a strike corps re-oriented to the northern borders.