Group Captain Jai Kishan, principal, HMI, on Thursday told that the details of the climbathon had been finalised and the climbers would be attempting Mt. Frey Peak (19,329 feet), Mt. Palung (19,000ft) and Mt. B.C. Roy peak (18,000 feet) between April 25 and May 3.
In order to carry the momentum of the meeting forward, Shri Gadkari decided that monitoring and review at the official level needs greater attention and focus. To deal with this issue he has directed all chief engineers in the Ministry and all members of NHAI to organise “Review Mondays” on the first and third Monday of every month. On these days no meetings other than for the purpose of review will be held by officials.
By 2025, the digital advertising industry in India is estimated to cross the Rs 50,000 crore (US$ 7.15 billion) mark supported by faster internet adoption, proliferation of smartphones on the back of cheap data plans and technology advancement, according to a report by Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), a global ad and marketing services group.
“The detailed project report on the national mission on quantum technology and application is being written. The mission will have components on basic research, product development and applications,” Urbasi Sinha, a scientist at Raman Research Institute (RRI) and one of the members of the panel preparing the report, told DH.
National security planners on Sunday deployed anti-drone weapons to secure VVIPs during the Republic Day parade – the first instance of India attempting to neutralise the growing threat from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — according to people familiar with the matter.
The plant, which is an export-oriented unit, will be positioned to showcase the ‘Make in India’ capabilities of Uttar Pradesh, especially in the defence manufacturing sector.
“Jindal Defence, part of O P Jindal Group, today announced its advent into small arms manufacturing in India. In a move aimed towards empowering indigenous manufacturing, Jindal Defence has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Taurus Armas S.A., of Brazil for manufacturing an array of small arms,” an official statement said in this regard said.
Russia and India may team up to construct nuclear power plants in Africa and the Middle East, according to India’s ambassador to Russia, building on their current experiences in Bangladesh.
“Our bilateral trade turnover grew by 18.1 per cent in 2018-2019 to reach $13.9 billion and has so far grown by 7.05 per cent in the first eight months of 2019-2020.
Rear Admiral VK Saxena, the chairman and managing director of the Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), which is building the corvettes, told news agency PTI that all trials of the ship had been successfully completed and the delivery was fixed for the end of this month.
