News: Talking about the new developments in bilateral military ties, the American Ambassador, Richard Verma, noted that India faces a critical shortage of front-line fighter aircraft for keeping India’s air space safe. He also said that the two countries had taken joint action against a “high-profile hacking group” operating in ...

News: The Pinaka has been indigenously developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, a DRDO laboratory. Pinaka II is a complete multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system with a range of 60 kilometres and its range is 20 kilometres more than Pinaka I version which has already been ...

News: Declaration of Kerala as a ‘complete digital state’ and announcement of a new youth programme in memory of former President, the late APJ Abdul Kalam marked Independence Day celebrations in the state. “The implementation of e-district programmes in all districts and linking of Aadhaar and bank accounts have laid ...

News: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the Cochin International Airport Limited’s (CIAL) green initiative – a 12MWp solar power project set up on the premises of the airport on August 18, Airport Managing Director V J Kurien said. “After commissioning, this installation is expected to generate around 48000 ...

News: India will refit its largest naval warship next year in a major project that will require dry docking the 44,500-ton Vikramaditya aircraft carrier and carrying out maintenance and repair works. The largest dry docking of a warship in India will take place at its biggest such facility in Gujarat ...

News: As many as 176 flood forecasting stations have been set up across the country where predictions are made during every monsoon whenever the water level exceeds limits, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said. The Minister said the meteorological inputs based on remote sensing technology received from India Meteorological Department ...

News: Power Grid Corporation is preparing to award the country’s first technology trial for grid connected energy storage. The Centre has invited proposals from states on setting up two-three smart grid systems in proposed smart cities in each state as part of the National Smart Grid Mission. India Smart Grid ...

News: Even as the Supreme Court mulls the legality of Aadhaar due to privacy issues, the Centre has directed all states to speed up registration of infants aged 0-5 for the project through a new, “document-free” application that can be loaded onto a tablet and used anywhere. There are an ...

News: West Bengal aims to generate about 100 MW from rooftop solar units over the next two to three years. West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has decided to appoint an ombudsman for each district to allow power consumers to get their grievances redressed at the local level. WBERC chairman ...

News: Iran has promised India the licence to develop ONGC-discovered Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf. A consortium of ONGC Videsh Ltd (the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp), Oil India Ltd and Indian Oil Corp had discovered the 12.8 Trillion cubic feet of gas reserves in ...