CEC Sunil Arora welcomed the Swedish delegation and, in his address, stated that the Commission is committed to hold free, fair, transparent, peaceful, inclusive, accessible, ethical, and participative elections. He gave an overview of the last national elections held in India.
State-owned Energy Efficient Services Ltd (EESL) has forayed into solar power generation and intends to set up 1,500 MW of decentralised solar power plants across the country by the end of 2020-21, its managing director, Mr Saurabh Kumar said.
According to information available on the BEL website, the upgraded Schilka system is an advanced air defence system against attacking aircraft and helicopters. The upgradation includes replacing the existing Radar, analog computer, engine, GTE with state of the art system and addition of air conditioning system for crew comfort.
Group Captain Gurpreet Singh Cheema (50), who lost his life in the Patiala air crash on February 24, nurtured a dream of seeing his daughter getting commissioned into one of the three Services — the Indian Army, Navy or Air Force.Kunjdeep Kaur (22), an engineering graduate, did not let her father down. However, as luck would have it, she joined the Navy the day he was cremated.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Light Combat Helicopters Production Hangar at Bengaluru. The Defence Minister also took to his official Twitter handle and informed about HAL acquiring many operational clearances for its LCA and LCH platforms.
India on Thursday “encouraged” the UN’s human rights body to develop a “better understanding and appreciation” of the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed and protected in a vibrant democracy like India before coming to any conclusions on issues like the amended citizenship law and the Kashmir issue
he first ever HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) exercise between the Indian and Myanmar Air Force (MAF) culminated at Air Force station Bamrauli, on Thursday.
On the last day of exercise, participants were shown live demonstration of evacuation of stranded people from disaster struck area by Mi-17 helicopter
At the invitation of His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India and Smt. Savita Kovind, the First Lady, His Excellency U Win Myint, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Daw Cho Cho, the First Lady are paying a State Visit to India from 26 to 29 February 2020.
New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth, David Parker today congratulated India on the impressive strides it has made in Ease of Doing Business.
An archaeological excavation carried out in the trenches at Dhaba in the upper Son river valley in central India has found evidence of human occupation in this area almost 80,000 years ago. The international team of researchers found evidence of the continuous presence of humans in this region between 80,000 years ago and 65,000 years ago.
