With the emphasis on zero emission, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday stressed on setting up a large solar power capacity along railway tracks, which the Indian Railways said will be able to generate 1,000 MW by 2021-22 and it will achieve the capacity of 5 gigawatt (GW)by 2030.
Briefing the media ahead of the Expo, Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar “The Defence Cooperation with Africa is becoming an important part of our relationship. Around 14 ministers from the African continent have confirmed their participation and the numbers are expected to go up. Another 24 ministers have indicated their keenness to be part of the conclave.”
n the case of Chabahar, the allocation has gone up by Rs 55 crore from Rs 45 crore in the 2019-20 budget. This comes more than two months after the US gave India a written assurance that it would help facilitate global banks to fund the purchase of equipment at Chabahar port — during the Indo-US “2+2″ meeting of foreign and defence ministers in Washington in December
The tallest statue of Swami Vivekananda has been unveiled in the premises of Naturopathy and Yoga Hospital of Divine Park foundation. The statue that was unveiled on February 1st is 35 feet tall and resembles the one in Kanyakumari but is taller.
Under PMKVY (2016-20), as on 17.01.2020, 73.47 lakh (appx.) (40.27 lakh STT + 33.20 lakh RPL) candidates have been trained/oriented throughout the country. The State/UT-wise number of candidates trained / oriented under PMKVY (2016-20) is given at Annexure.
The purpose of the road map is to come up with proposal of integrating the Air Defence resources of the different services under a single agency, so as to ensure jointness and optimisation of resources, procedures and communication arrangements.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met his Turkmenistan counterpart Rashid Meredov here and discussed regional issues.
Most people do not know that until about a thousand years ago, the Tarim Basin (northwest of Tibet, which is the part of Xinjiang below the Tian Shin Mountains) was Indic in culture and it was a thriving part of the Sanskritic world
The Indian Navy carried out a five-day coastal security exercise, ‘Matla Abhiyaan’, with personnel of two naval boats, holding interactions with all stakeholders along the riverine border with Bangladesh, a Defence official said.
The advanced Heron TP, which belongs to the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) class with an endurance of over 36 hours, will be manufactured to cater both to Indian requirements for a combat UAV and possibly exports to third nations in the future as well.
