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Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh “boasting readiness to cross the Line of Control (LoC)” and counselled India to “exercise utmost caution”Earlier today, The Times of India reported that while addressing a Kargil War Memorial in Ladakh, Singh said: “India is a peace-loving nation which believes in its centuries-old values and
The Indian Army had launched a fierce counterassault, Operation Vijay, to push back Pakistani forces that had stealthily occupied important heights in Ladakh in 1999. The war saw Indian armed forces fight in the most challenging terrains amid harsh weather conditions in Drass, Kargil and Batalik sectors.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India is ready to cross the Line of Control (
Foxconn already has a campus near Chennai where it assembles Apple’s iPhonesChennai: A Foxconn subsidiary is in talks with Tamil Nadu to invest up to $200 million to build a new plant for electronic components, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday.Brand Cheng, CEO of Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), and other company representatives last week met Tamil Nadu officials
According to Arthur D. Little (ADL), success would result in a doubling of the space industry’s contribution to India’s GDP from its present level of 0.25% to 0.5% by 2040 and the potential creation of more than 3 million new jobs nationwide.According to a recent analysis by consulting company ADL, the government-led initiatives that formerly dominated the global space market are giving way to a
Visakhapatnam: Eastern Naval Command (ENC) is all set to grow mightier in a decade from now. After the successful completion of its trials, the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is, in all likelihood, to be based at the ENC in a couple of years.And it is just the beginning of a mightier command to become in future as a number of new ships and aircraft are going to be added to its
Johannesburg: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, while making a veiled reference to China, said BRICS could be working together on anti- terrorism issues under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime but stressed that the process has to be free from "politics and double standards."BRICS is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, with the last
General Manoj Pande noted that India will never forget the soldiers of the 1999 Kargil warDrass: The dangers and challenges before the armed forces are likely to get more complex in the future and India needs to be ready to face them, the Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said today.The armed forces should prepare for the future keeping in mind the possible challenges, the Army chief said
New York: The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic prediction for India this year, citing a slight improvement in global growth prospects, but warned that China’s post-pandemic recovery has slowed down, reported Nikkei Asia.According to the IMF’s July World Economic Outlook update, India remains the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with a 6.1 per cent expansion this year,
DARPA and NASA’s Joint DRACO Project Technology Will Help Enable Humans to Travel to MarsDENVER — US Defence conglomerate Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft under a project called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). The project will represent a rapid
Amsterdam: The Indian embassy in the Netherlands has expressed its condolences over the death of an Indian seafarer after the ship ‘Fremantle Highway’ caught fire in the North Sea.“We are deeply saddened by the incident involving Ship ‘Fremantle Highway’ in the North Sea, resulting in the death of an Indian seafarer & injuries to the crew. The Embassy of India is in touch with the family of the