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Republic Day 2021 Highlights: India displays military might at R-Day parade, tricolour unfurled at Rajpath
India showcased its military might during the parade by armed forces at Rajpath at the Republic Day parade as the Indian Airforce concluded the event with its last showcase. Recently inducted Rafale fighter jets culminated the ceremony by flying at a speed of 900km/hr carrying out a ‘Vertical Charlie’.
Kapany, father of fiber optics, conferred with Padma Vibhushan posthumously
Kapany is among the seven people named for the Padma Vibhushan awards this year. Kapany breathed his last in the US in December last year at the age of 94. He had more than 100 patents to his name and was the first to transmit images through fiber optics back in 1954.
Galwan Valley heroes honoured with war time military decorations
Colonel Santosh Babu, who led from the front during the Galwan Valley clash on June 15 last year, have been conferred with Maha Vir Chakra, the second highest military award, posthumously. Four of them have been conferred with Vir Chakra, the third highest military award, while others have been awarded with Sena Medal.
2 pilots injured as Army chopper crash-lands
An Army ambulance reached the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. A fire tender was also sent to the accident scene.
The reasons for the crash landing of the chopper are being ascertained.
SC surprised at 60-year-old Salar Jung family succession suit
Salar Jung was the Prime Minister in 1938 and died leaving behind his widow and daughter as Class 1 legal heirs to properties of nearly Rs 10,000 crore. The heirs have fought a legal fight for three generations, but justice still eludes them.
Congress to welcome farmers' tractor rally in Delhi
The Congress said the farm laws, if implemented in the present form, will be a total sell-out of the farm sector to a few chosen corporates supporting the BJP, therefore the farmers demand repeal of the laws.
NIA files supplementary chargesheet against 2 terror accused
An NIA spokesperson here said that Aslam had conspired with convicted members of the ISIS-Daish terror module and attempted to recruit more persons into its fold, for furthering its objectives in India. Aslam was arrested on October 28 last year following his return from Saudi Arabia.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe among 119 Padma winners for 2021
The Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian award, has been conferred on Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the public affairs category. Tamil Nadu's veteran musician and playback singer S.P. Balasubramaniam also got the honour, albeit posthumously.
India starts work on power project despite Pak's objections
Pakistan has raised its concerns with the World Bank, stating that India's project was not in consistency with the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). Pakistan has maintained that the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers are reserved for the country, while the Ravi, Beas and the Sutlej rivers are reserved for India under the IWT, signed in 1960 between the two nations.
India, China agree to push for early disengagement at disputed border
The ministry issued a statement after India and China held a 16-hour marathon military dialogue to resolve the border dispute and thinning of forces along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh. It was the ninth round of Corps Commander level meet at Moldo.
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