Specially appointed monitors have finally ‘cleared’ the two weapon systems– the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) and the Self Propelled Air Defence Gun Missile System (SPADGMS)– and they can be placed before the DAC headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh and including chief of defence staff General Bipin Rawat and the three service chiefs.
The government has allowed Indo-Tibetan Border Police to create 47 additional border outposts and 12 ‘staging camps’ to step up vigil along the border with China, officials familiar with the development told ET. The home ministry nod will also lead to creation of a strategic sector headquarter on the front and boost manpower and infrastructure along the China border, they said.
The scientific success is important because it will help in developing drugs, vaccines and rapid diagnostic test kits, the director general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, said.
Net services receipts too increased in Q3FY20 to $21.9 billion compared with $20.4 billion in Q2.
The training included survival techniques required in the event of the crew landing in a cold zone and was “successfully overcome by representatives of the Indian Space Research Organisation,” the training centre has reported. The winter survival course was conducted from February 12 to March 6 for trainee and experienced astronauts training for future missions.
Now targeting another $6-$8 million of funding within the next six months, the company has now showcased its electric tractor as a prototype for the first time ever in India. Being electric, it is claimed to outshine its diesel-powered counterparts by a considerable margin.
In January this year, the Supreme Court of India lifted its moratorium on the construction of the airport after the expert appraisal committee of the ministry of environment and forests revised its earlier recommendations and imposed additional conditions on the construction of the project.
Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar handed over the consignment of rice to Madagascar Foreign Minister Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba at a function held at the Port Antsiranana.
The recommended emission-reduction targets are the first targets specific to the ICT industry to be approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The technology that India’s Home Minister is referring to is known as Advanced Facial Recognition Software (AFRS), which was acquired by Delhi Police back in 2018 in an exercise that aimed to identify missing children and catch criminals involved in child trafficking and other related acts. The tool was developed by INNEFU Labs, an Indian startup that works on artificial intelligence tools, and built the machine learning infrastructure that is deployed by the Delhi Police.
