Sri Lanka Cabinet Approves US$400 Million Currency Swap with India
Sri Lanka’s central bank will borrow the money from the RBI to boost its gross reserves.
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Indian Navy Set to Open Up It’s Police Branch to Women Officers
The move has come within weeks of the Supreme Court’s ruling to grant permanent commission to women officers in the Navy. On 17 March, the court upheld a 2015 verdict of the Delhi High Court and outlawed gender discrimination towards women officers during the grant of permanent commission in the Indian Navy.
Faradion to Set Up Sodium-ion Battery Manufacturing in India- Make in India
Unlike lithium-ion batteries, Faradion’s sodium-ion batteries have enhanced thermal stability and safety. Further, they can be safely transported and maintained at zero volts.
India Develops Unique Model to Hit Enemy Targets Without Positioning Error
In a major development that could have a wider impact, ranging from accurate aiming on enemy targets to scientific research in space weather, scientists from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), have developed a global model to predict ionospheric electron density with larger data coverage. The ionosphere is a major source of error in GPS/GNSS-based positioning and navigation networks.
Fake Anti-India Tweet on Behalf of Omani Royalty: Pakistan Play Spoilsport in Gulf
A fake tweet was circulated quoting Mona bint Fahad Assistant Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University for International relations and daughter of Oman’s Deputy PM Sayyid Fahd .
PM Modi to Interact with Gram Panchayats Across the Nation on National Panchayati Raj Day
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall be addressing various Gram Panchayats across the country on Friday, the 24th of April 2020. The Day is celebrated annually as the National Panchayati Raj Day.
The Legend Of Martyr Harbhajan Singh – Whose Soul Still Guards India’s Borders
His presence is so strongly felt among the Indian Army soldiers that apparently the villagers and even the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers positioned across the Indo-Chinese border of Sikkim and Tibet are said to honour him.
India Gifts 23 Tonnes of Essential Medicines to Nepal
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for sending 23 tonnes of medicines to Nepal to help the country in tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
Under NSM, India to Get 14 New Supercomputers in 2020
Once deployed, the total number of supercomputers under Rs 4,500 crore-National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) would grow to 17.
Indian Researchers To Go for Clinical Trial of Sepsis Drug Against Covid-19
The drug contains heat-killed Mycobacterium W (Mw). It is found to be safe in patients and no systemic side effects are associated with its use. It can be used concurrently with any other therapies required in the management of such critically ill patients without any restriction. Its unique properties include boosting protective immunity (Th1, TLR2 agonist) and suppressing non-protective response (Th2).