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'LCA Tejas MK-1 delivery on schedule, MK-1A to take first flight mid-year'
HAL will try to deliver around 6-8 LCA Tejas-FOC variant aircraft this year, Madhavan told The Hindu. He further added that they can deliver the entire quota of LCA Tejas this year provided certain crucial systems are delivered from Israel on time. Commenting on the Tejas MK-1A order by the Indian Air Force (IAF), he said that once the aircraft is configured with specific operational enhancements, it will take flight by the middle of this year which will be followed by 20-24 months of rigorous testing and evaluation.
INS Vikrant: All you need to know about India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier
INS Vikrant is a 44000-tonne aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and cost around ₹23000 crores. It will be India’s second operational aircraft carrier after INS Vikramaditya. Navy spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal, in a PTI report quoted by Economic Times (ET), said that “The IAC now sails to undertake complex manoeuvres to establish specific readings of how the ship performs in various conditions.”
Pakistan’s new National Security Policy: What it says about India | Key Points
Prime Minister Imran Khan had chaired a cabinet meeting on December, 28 last year which had approved the NSP. The policy document will be implemented over the period of 2022-2026. As per a Dawn report, the policy paper will steer the decision-making progress on policies pertaining to the country's foreign, economic and defence policies. Here’s how it will impact India.
#MeToo: Delhi HC defers M.J Akbar's appeal challenging Priya Ramani's acquittal
The matter came up for hearing on arguments for leave to appeal, before the court of Justice Mukta Gupta. The Court was pleased to allow the application for leave to appeal. The matter will come up in due course.
Shri S Somanath: All you need to know about the new ISRO director
Shri Somnath completed his undergraduation in Mechanical engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kerala University in Kollam, Kerala. He then completed his postgraduation in Aerospace Engineering with specialisation in Structures, Dynamics and control with a Gold Medal from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore.
India, China hold 12-hr long talks on border point disengagement
The Wednesday meeting between the military commanders of the two countries at Moldo on the Chinese side started at 10 a.m. and ended at 10.30 p.m. This the 14th round of military talks between India and China to resolve the border dispute.
Delhi wakes up to dense fog on Thursday
Dense fog was reported at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport since 4.30 a.m. with a visibility of 50-100 metres, while Safdarjung saw and moderate fog of 300 metres since 7 a.m, which continued till 10 a.m.
PM Modi virtually inaugurates 11 new medical colleges in TN
The new colleges -- located in Ariyalur, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Krishnagiri, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Ramanathapuram, the Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur and Virudhunagar -- will have 1,450 MBBS seats annually.
S. Somanath to be new ISRO chief, fourth Keralite to hold post
Somanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector. The previous Malayalees who have held the top post are K. Kasturirangan, G. Madhavan Nair, and K. Radhakrishnan. Sivan was given a year's extension and his term is set to end very soon and Somnath's name was cleared for the top office way back in 2019 itself, by virtue of his seniority in the ISRO hierarchy.
Farmer outfit releases first list of candidates for Punjab polls
SSM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal will contest from Samrala, and Prem Singh Bhangu from Ghanair. The SSM has ruled out alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party. In a setback to the SSM, its prominent partner at the year-long farm agitation on the national capital borders, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), announced this week that it would neither contest the Assembly elections nor support the SSM.
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