INDIA
Major Army training exercise of Kharga Corps concludes
The validation of latest operational concepts like attack helicopters as maneuver arm of ground forces, deep interdiction across adversary's obstacle systems, fighting in semi-developed terrain, use of hitech drones for tactical ISR as force multipliers were conducted successfully.
Antonio Guterres pays homage to victims of 26/11 terror strikes
Guterres said he was deeply moved to visit Mumbai where "one of the most barbaric terrorist acts in history" took place, claiming 166 lives. "Terrorism is absolute evil... No reasons, pretexts, causes, grievances can justify terror. It has no room in today's world," said Guterres.
68% of defence budget allocated for procuring indigenous equipment: Prime Minister
Sixty-eight per cent of the defence budget has been earmarked for indigenous products, he added. While inaugurating the defExpo-2022 here, the Prime Minister also launched the Indian Military Airworthiness Procedures (IMAP), HTT-40, Indian Defence Mart and defence Space Msn besides virtually laying the foundation stone for DEESA Air field.
India reports 1,946 fresh Covid cases, 10 deaths
With the fresh fatalities, the nationwide death toll due to Covid mounted to 5,28,923. Meanwhile, the active caseload presently stands at 25,968 cases, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 2,417 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,40,79,485. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.76 per cent.
Army celebrating diamond jubilee of battle of Walong with China
The month-long celebration was inaugurated by General Officer Commanding (GOC), Spear Corps, in the easternmost location of India at Walong in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district. Defence spokesman Lt Col A.S. Walia said that the GOC paid homage at the war memorial and interacted with the war veterans. He also honoured the porters who participated in the battle of Walong six decades ago.
Terrorist who killed non-local labourers in J&K dies in firing
Taking to Twitter, the Kashmir Zone Police said: "Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid terrorist and in continuous raids by police and security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists & SFs at Nowgam, Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist namely Imran Bashir Ganaie killed by firing of another terrorist.
UN chief Guterres gets warm welcome in Mumbai
He was received at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by India's Permanent Representative at the UN Ruchira Kamboj, Maharashtra Chief Secretary M.K. Shrivastava, and protocol head Manisha Mhaiskar. Also present were Mumbai Collector Nidhi Choudhary, city Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and other senior civil and police officials.
Global Hunger Index is an erroneous measure of hunger, say Health Ministry sources
The fourth indicator, 'Estimate of Proportion of Undernourished Population (PoU)' for India is 16.3 per cent. The data collected from a miniscule sample of 3,000 for a country of India's size has been used to compute this which is statistically wrong, lacks validity, biased, and unethical, the sources said.
Ahead of President Macron visit, France, India to speed up Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra
Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh met visiting French Minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou with her high-level delegation in this regard in New Delhi and discussed Indo-French collaboration in the nuclear energy sector. The two countries also discussed ways to speed up the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Maharashtra, part of an umbrella nuclear deal signed between India and France in September 2008.
'High time the world comes together to defeat all threats', PM Modi at Interpol meet
The Prime Minister noted that terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking, poaching and organised crime are some of the most harmful globalised threats that the world faces today. "The pace of change of these dangers is faster than earlier. When the threats are global, the response cannot be just local. It is high time that the world comes together to defeat these threats," PM Modi said.
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