Scientists at Department of Biotechnology’s Mohali-based National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute have developed non-toxic and edible composite coatings based on wheat straw hemicellulosic polysaccharide (WP) and stearic acid derivatized oat bran polysaccharide (SAOP) that promise to overcome the problems.
Under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, it was envisaged that all central government departments, their attached or subordinate offices and autonomous bodies controlled by the Government of India should ensure that purchase preference be given to domestic suppliers in government procurement.
On 05/10/2018 Prime Minister Modi of India and President Putin of Russia signed in a deal that will see Russia supply 5 units of the strategic Air defense missile system S400 delivered to India for use by the Indian Air Force starting 2020. This system along with the BARAK 8 (deliveries from 2020) will in many ways usher in a paradigm shift for the IAF
The 10 earth observation (EO) satellites include the high-tech Geo Imaging Satellite Gisat-1 that has the capability to do real-time earth imaging. “Gisat-1 will do a full rotation of the Earth and come to the same point after every 2 hours.
The move is part of India’s strategy to develop the Union territory of Ladakh. The ₹11,000-crore marque project seeks to resolve grid connectivity problems faced by the region. This is also expected to attract investments for setting up green energy projects in the cold desert region.
“I wholeheartedly welcome Supreme Court’s judgement on giving Women officers permanent commission in Armed Forces. PM Modi has supported the idea of the permanent commission for women&announced change in policy in his Independence Day speech in 2018,” Rajnath Singh said tweet.
Singh called it a historic decision and said this was announced earlier by then defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The factories form an integrated base for indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self-reliance in equipping the armed forces with state of the art battlefield equipment.
Defence deals between Indian and Russia are likely to cross USD 16 billion by 2025 after the two countries signed 14 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) during the recent DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. Development and production of land, air and naval systems were covered under the memorandums signed during the DefExpo 2020.
India ranked 35th on the overall index in 2019 with a total score of 53, based on three categories – policy environment, teaching environment and overall socio-economic environment. The country ranked 40th with an overall score of 41.2 across categories in 2018.
In the beginning, Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga spiritual leader as a follower of her cousin HaipouJadonang. At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement. Herakareformist religion recognises supremacy of one God who is behind creation of nature be it air, water or earth.
