September 20, 2026

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Diplomacy Indian Legends

How This School Dropout UP Farmer Earns A Mind-Boggling ₹ 2 Crore Per Year

Indian Railways is inviting private players to run trains on its network in what is being envisaged as a Rs 22,500 crore mega infrastructure project. Spanish player Talgo has expressed interest in the proposal and is willing to ‘Make in India’ customised trains for the project. In an interview with Financial Express Online’s Smriti Jain, the Managing Director-India of Talgo, Subrat Nath, talks about why he thinks the move is brilliant. E

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Defense Video

IAF Plane Completes Test Flight Using Bio-Fuel Mixture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the use of a mixture of 10 per cent indigenously produced bio-jet fuel to fly an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, saying such efforts will not only help bring down carbon emissions, but also reduce the country’s dependence on imported crude oil.

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Economy Infrastructure

Mumbai Airport Launches World’s Largest Temperature-Controlled Facility for Storage

The release said “It connects to over 500 cargo destinations across 175 countries through 60 airlines. The export cold zone is equipped with 12 truck docks with dock- levellers, spacious acceptance and examination area, automated workstations, X-Ray machines, unit load device (ULD) storage, ballmat system for ULD transfer and cold rooms. Spread over an operational area of 6,000 square metres, the facility is equipped with 10 ULD build-up workstations and as many as172 ULD storage positions”.

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Economy

Indo-Russian AI CoOp Will Reach Level of Strategic Sectors Soon

Moscow, Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider Zyfra said on Sunday that there are good prospects of cooperation in the field of industrial artificial intelligence (AI) that would take innovation, in some years, to the same level of cooperation seen in strategic sectors like defence and nuclear energy.

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Economy

Over 8 Crore 46 Lakh Farmers Covered Under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

Under the Scheme an amount of Rs 6000 (US$ 85.84)/- per year is transferred in three 4-monthly instalments of Rs 2000 (US$ 28.61)/- directly into the bank accounts of the farmers, subject to certain exclusion criteria relating to higher income status. The Scheme was formally launched on 24th February 2019 by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at a grand function at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Economy

Centre Pays ₹ 50,850 Crore to Farmers Under PM-KISAN Scheme

The PM-KISAN was formally launched on February 24 last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Under the scheme, the Centre transfers an amount of Rs 6,000 per year, in three equal instalments, directly into the bank accounts of the farmers, subject to certain exclusion criteria relating to higher income status.

By Kautilya / February 25, 2020
Defense

Navy School Girl, Ms Jiya Rai Felicitated for Creating World Record in Open Water Swimming

Ms Jiya Rai, an eleven year old daughter of Madan Rai, Master Chief at Arms II, posted in INS Shikra, created a world record on 15 Feb 20 by becoming the fastest special girl to swim 14 Km in open water. The VI standard student of Navy Children School (NCS), Mumbai swam from Elephanta Island to Gateway of India, a distance of 14 Km in 03 hours 27 minutes and 30 seconds

By Kautilya / February 24, 2020