The Chinook choppers are now being used to ferry loads including heavy military equipment to high altitude areas along the borders with Pakistan and China in support of troops deployed there, IAF sources said.
Dr Rajan Choudhary, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, has developed a technology for the use of industrial waste steel slag, a by-product of steel making in open-graded asphalt friction courses (OGAFC) under the Waste Management Technologies (WMT) program of Technology Development and Transfer Division, Department of Science & Technology.
“Managing the resources in the oceans in a sustainable manner is a matter of mutual interest and concern for both countries. The fact that Norway and India are commencing a new initiative is a signal that the cooperation between the two countries is growing even stronger, making the Indo-Norwegian Ocean Cooperation a key pillar in the bilateral relationship,” said Harsh Vardhan at the signing ceremony.
India’s foreign policy is now muscular and three recent developments prove this contention.
Hindi is the 3rd most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers. The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated English at the top of the list with 1,132 million speakers. Chines Mandarin is at the second position with 1,117 million speakers.
It also states that poverty, as per the Tendulkar Poverty line, reduced from 14.9 per cent in 2011 to 7.0 per cent in 2017 — the fastest pace the country has seen yet. The findings, which are part of the joint paper titled Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Growth in India: 2011/12-2017/18 by Surjit S Bhalla, Arvind Virmani and Karan Bhasin, were presented to the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
In its rich history of 200 years, the battalion has participated in various epic battles all across the globe and also earned 27 Battle/Theatre honours and over 200 gallantry awards both before and after the independence including one Victoria Cross, 19 Military Cross, one Kirti Chakra, three Vir Chakra and three Shaurya Chakras and more than 50 Sena Medals for bravery and innumerable awards for meritorious and distinguished service.
In moves to deepen defence relations between Nigeria and India, the Nigerian army and Indian Ordnance Factory Board have initiated moves to strengthen defence capabilities. The Deputy Director General, Export, Indian Ordnance Factory Board, Mr Prakash Agarwala, disclosed this during a visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday in Abuja.
“Barry O’Farrell is Australia’s next High Commissioner to the Republic of India — one of our closest and most significant partners in the Indo-Pacific. Thanks to outgoing HC Harinder Sidhu,” Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne tweeted on Tuesday.
In his memoir ‘Let Me Say It Now’, Maria mentions about the investigation helmed by him in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, which was planned by LeT and Pakistan hand was also unearthed. According to the book, (Pakistan’s) ISI and LeT were striving to eliminate Kasab in the jail as he was the key evidence linking them with the attack.
