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Isro needs this Moscow unit to accelerate its Gaganyaan programme as the agency requires “development of some key technologies and establishment of specialised facilities, which are essential to support life in space”, a statement said.
As the two countries have decided race together to discover water on the moon, Hiramatsu said that both the countries are making plans on its maiden endeavour to land an unmanned rover on the moon’s south pole by 2023.
Modi’s trip will be his first to Bhutan since the China-India military face-off in 2017, triggered by an intrusion by Chinese troops into territory claimed by Bhutan. In recent years, China has been trying to woo Bhutan, seeking to open an embassy in the country, which has diplomatic missions from India, Bangladesh and Kuwait.
The INS Sindhuvir will be used by the Myanmar Navy — which is looking at acquiring its own submarine fleet in the coming years — for training purposes.
The two India-made boats were handed over at a ceremony at the Mozambican Naval Headquarters with the handing-over certificate being signed by the Director-General, Coast Guards of India, K Natarajan, and Chief of Mozambican Navy.
Kovind, who arrived here on Sunday on the first leg of his three-nation tour, is the first Indian head of state to visit the West African nation. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace upon his arrival.
New Delhi has taken up several projects in Africa including two regional hospitals in Guinea with the help of Indian line of credit worth $35 million. The national assembly of Gambia has been build with the help of the Indian line of credit.
The development is important in view of the recent joint operations conducted by the Indian and the Myanmar armies against the north-east insurgent groups in Myanmar.
Ahead of undertaking a three-day visit to the southern African country of Mozambique, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the two countries will sign agreements in the fields of “exclusive economic zone surveillance, sharing of white shipping information and hydrography”.
VK Singh, Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways, who attended the meeting instead of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar due to last-minute cancellation of plans, said, “We at BRICS need to continue to work together against economic offenders and fugitives since this is a serious threat to world economic stability.”
