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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have shot down a Pakistani drone that was carrying drugs along the international border in the Amritsar district of Punjab state, media reports cited a BSF official as saying on Tuesday.The reports said the drone was seen on Monday night in the Amritsar village of Bhaini Rajputtan.“Troops of the BSF’s 144 Corps conducted an operation in the Rajatal border
China’s decision to skip the G-20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting in Srinagar doesn’t result in any loss to New Delhi, and Beijing missing out on the event is "their loss", federal Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday."That (China not attending the meeting) does not make any difference. China not coming is China’s loss, not India’s," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 meet in
Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that a new Indian Consulate will be opened soon in the Australian city of Brisbane.Addressing a community event in Sydney on the second day of his visit to Australia, PM Modi said that IMF considers India a bright spot in the global economy and the World Bank believes that if anyone is challenging global headwinds, it is India."As per the
Islamabad: Two government schools for girls in the Mirali region of Pakistan’s North Waziristan were blown up around midnight on Sunday, Dawn reported citing police. No casualty has been reported in the incidents.Attackers around midnight targeted Government Girls Middle School, Noor Jannat, and Government Girls Middle School, Yunus Kot, Dawn reported citing police. According to local residents,
Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is certainly one of the most visible leaders that India has had in a lifetime according to Nobel laureate Brian Paul Schmidt after a meeting with the Indian leader in the Australian city of Sydney.PM Modi had arrived here on a three-day visit to Australia, a day ago, met with Schmidt the leader and chief executive officer of Australian National University
Australian PM announces cricketer Adam Gilchrist as board member of new centre for Australia-India relations in ParramattaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThousands of members of Australia’s Indian community have…
VEDA rocket is purported to be based primarily on K-4 submarine launched ballistic missileby Girish LingannaThe Veda Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) is a three-stage, solid-propellant rocket that will be capable of lifting a payload of up to 2,000 kilograms into orbit. It is expected to have a maximum altitude of 200 kilometres.Project Veda—or Vehicle for Defence Application—is a Defence Research
by Shaumik Samar GhoshIt all started in the year 1873 with what was named the “The Singh Sabha Movement,” which had two primary objectives. First was to ensure that Sikhs are not deprived of the prevalent western modern education of that time and the second objective was as founded in Amritsar in 1873 with the dual purpose of providing modern western education to the Sikh community and countering
Sydney: Describing the relationship between India and Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the high degree of mutual trust between the two nations has naturally translated into greater cooperation over time, especially on defence and security matters.In an exclusive interview with ‘The Australian’ newspaper, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he wants to elevate relations
ISRO is all geared up for the launch of its next big mission, the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) satellite into Low Earth Orbit. The regional navigation satellite system is called NavIC. NavIC offers services to public and strategic users. The system is used in terrestrial, aerial, and marine transportation. NavIC is 2232 kilograms in weightThe Indian Space Research Organisation