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BRO’s Project Vijayak Achieves Connectivity to Remote Areas in Kargil

Working against all odds, Project Vijayak of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved connectivity to remote areas in Kargil across formidable high passes in mid-April for the first time ever, Indian Army’s Northern Command said. The BRO meets the defence requirement towards infrastructure development in remote border areas in north and Northeastern states.

National Security in Focus as India Amends FDI Rules

India’s decision on Saturday to amend FDI rules requiring government approval for entities from countries that share a land border — read more specifically as China — is not only an attempt to protect vulnerable assets from predatory acquisitions but a recognition that in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis India needs to draw a careful line between economic openness and national security.

India Carrying Out Targeted Strikes on Terror Launch Pads Along LoC

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Indian Army is carrying out “targeted strikes” on terror launch pads along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and eliminating the Pakistani infiltrators before they cross over to the Indian side. Singh, in an interview, said the armed forces are not lowering their guard at all while playing a significant role in the country’s overall fight to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.

CeNS’s Gold Nanostructure Substrate can Detect Interaction Between Bio-Molecules & Chemicals

Scientists from Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a substrate (the surface or material on which an organism lives, grows) for optical sensing applications using a gold nanostructure. Such substrates are sensitive to change in the refractive index of the surrounding medium and can detect biologically important molecules and chemicals in the laboratory.

Tadasana Yoga | Palm Tree Pose

Benefits of Tadasana are it improves posture, opens up the chest, strengthens the thighs, and buttock muscles. It is also beneficial in increasing awareness and concentration, also reducing flat feet and relieves sciatica.