News: For easy access between Visakhapatnam and Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, the Central Government has taken up the four-laning of National Highway 43 (NH-43) which is now renumbered as NH-26. While Visakhapatnam would get fresh business opportunities, Chhattisgarh will get access to the port and the international airport in Andhra Pradesh. ...
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Haryana to issue photo id to those ‘suffered’ Emergency
News: The Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of all districts will publish a draft list of persons, dead or alive, who had suffered during the Emergency days of 1970’s period. They (the DCs) will prepare the photo identity cards, along with Aadhaar number, for every such individual who is alive and is ...
Read More »First railway university in Vadodara
News: The Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL), a public sector unit of the Human Resource Development ministry is finalising the project and university will have its main campus at the National Academy of Indian Railways at Vadodar. The academy provides training to all levels of Indian Railway officers, from probationers ...
Read More »ISRO to launch a US satellite in space for the first time
News: Isro has a track record of launching satellites for 19 countries including space-faring nations, but this is the first time the US would be using an Indian vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, to put one of its satellite in orbit. Having successfully launched a Mars mission, India is ...
Read More »Since 2010, India has exported Rs 2600 crore defence items
News: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, defence exports by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and private sector companies (based on NOCs) totalled Rs 290.51 crore in 2010-11. Parikkar, while giving statistics, also said that percentage of ‘Procurement from Indigenous sources’ out of total procurement in the ...
Read More »NSA Ajit Doval defends Yakub’s execution, slams Tharoor
News: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today defended death penalty where “larger interest of the nation” is involved and deprecated those who questioned the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. Disapproving of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s remarks in the aftermath of Memon’s hanging, Doval said something ...
Read More »Tejas Mk-II maiden flight likely in 2019
News: The Hindustan Aeronautics Tejas Mk. II fighter is only likely to achieve its maiden flight in 2019, and become operational in 2022., said defence minister Manohar Parrikar. The Tejas Mk. II will be powered by the General Electric F414 engine, as compared to the less powerful F404 that powers ...
Read More »Indo-Japan defence ties ‘dangerous’ for Asia: Chinese expert
News: There has been a clear trajectory of Japan and India deepening their defence ties in recent years and the relations are bound to be promoted since India will include Japan in the Malabar naval exercises with the US in October. “The two countries are also exploring the possibility of ...
Read More »9 lakh jobs in Andhra Pradesh in next one year
News: The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated plans to generate 5 lakh jobs in IT sector and 4 lakh employment opportunities in electronics segment in the next few years, Palle Raghunadha Reddy, Minister for IT and Minorities Welfare said. The infotech industry has taken a big hit in residuary Andhra Pradesh after the division. The single ...
Read More »Govt asks phone makers to add panic button on handsets for women safety
News: To ensure women safety, PM has told mobile phone manufacturers they need to incorporate a panic button on handsets sold in the country. The administration is of the view that emergency response apps can take too long to access in a rush— configuring one of the existing buttons on ...
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