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21 Dec

मोरक्को में बनेंगे टाटा के बख्तरबंद वाहन

भारत के पहिएदार बख्तरबंद वाहनों ने मोरक्को सेना द्वारा किए गए कठोर परीक्षणों में चीन के टाइप-08 से बेहतर प्रदर्शन करके रक्षा-निर्यात में महत्वपूर्ण सफलता हासिल की है। टाटा एडवांस्ड सिस्टम्स लिमिटेड (टीएएसएल) द्वारा निर्मित भारत के ह्वील्ड आर्मर्ड प्लेटफॉर्म (डब्लूएचएपी) ने मोरक्को सेना द्वारा किए गए कई कठिन परीक्षणों में आधिकारिक तौर पर चीन के टाइप-08 बख्तरबंद वाहन को पीछे छोड़ दिया। इस प्रदर्शन से भारत और मोरक्को के बीच अभूतपूर्व साझेदारी हुई, जो भारतीय रक्षा निर्यात के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण क्षण है। यह अनुबंध प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अफ्रीकी देशों के साथ घनिष्ठ संबंध विकसित करने की भू-रणनीतिक…

21 Dec

भारत के मल्टी बैरल रॉकेट सिस्टम पिनाका की धूम

भारत के मल्टी बैरल रॉकेट (एमबीआरएल) सिस्टम पिनाका (सही नाम पिनाक) को लेकर दुनिया के कई देशों ने दिलचस्पी दिखाई है। आर्मेनिया के बाद अब फ्रांस ने पिनाका मल्टी-बैरल रॉकेट लॉन्च प्रणाली में रुचि दिखाई है। रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन द्वारा विकसित यह लंबी दूरी की प्रणाली सेकंडों में कई रॉकेट दाग सकती है, जो 75 किलोमीटर दूर दुश्मन के ठिकानों पर अचूक मार कर सकते हैं। इसके साथ ही रक्षा निर्यातक के रूप में भारत की साख दिन-प्रतिदिन बढ़ती जा रही है। फ्रांसीसी सेना के जनरल इंटरनेशनल अफेयर्स ब्रिगेडियर जनरल स्टीफन रिचौ ने हाल में भारत के एक…

21 Dec

पाँच वर्ष में 70 उपग्रहों को लॉन्च करेगा भारत, चंद्रयान, गगनयान और स्पेस स्टेशन पर काम जारी

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (इसरो) ने आने वाले वर्षों के लिए अंतरिक्ष मिशनों की एक महत्वाकांक्षी योजना की श्रृंखला बनाई है। इसमें चंद्रयान-4, चंद्रयान-5 और गगनयान मानव अंतरिक्ष उड़ान कार्यक्रम शामिल हैं। इन मिशनों के इस दशक के अंत तक होने की उम्मीद है, हालांकि सबकी अपनी-अपनी विशिष्ट समय-सीमा अलग-अलग हो सकती है। सब कुछ ठीक-ठाक रहा तो भारत 2035 तक अंतरिक्ष स्टेशन स्थापित करेगा। वहीं, 2040 तक चंद्रमा पर मानव उतारकर इतिहास रचेगा। यह बातें केंद्रीय विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) डॉ जितेंद्र सिंह ने कुछ समय पहले कही हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि अंतरिक्ष क्षेत्र से संबंधित…

11 Dec

‘Syrian Scenarios’: What may lie ahead for Arab heartland nation, Middle East, world?

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The quick fall -- and flight -- of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has evoked triumph in certain quarters and disquiet in others, as it seems to have upended the political situation and strategic calculus of the Middle East. However, a look at the record of the key Arab country and others may suggest the last word on what follows remains to be said. Both Israel and the US have rushed to take claim for the overthrow of the over six-decade rule of the Ba'ath Party, Turkey is quietly exulting, and the end of the…

04 Dec

Geopolitical, technological and leadership forces in India’s favour as PM Modi leads Pragati: Oxford Univ Professor (IANS interview)

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Lauding the strength of India's growing economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Oxford University Professor Soumitra Dutta said on Wednesday that a lot of forces are siding with India in its unprecedented journey towards being a Viksit Bharat that envisions becoming a developed nation by 2047 - the country's centennial year of independence. "India is at a very, very historic sweet spot in its development. A lot of geopolitical forces are in its favour, a lot of technology forces are in its favour and a lot of leadership forces exemplify Prime Minister…

03 Dec

Ghana holds special voting ahead of general elections

Accra, Dec 3 (IANS) Polls opened at selected polling stations across Ghana for special voting ahead of the general elections scheduled for December 7. The special voting early Monday allowed individuals, including security personnel, journalists, electoral commission officials, and civil society activists, who will be performing their duties away from polling stations during the main elections, to cast their ballots, reports Xinhua news agency. The Electoral Commission (EC) said about 131,478 individuals, representing 0.007 per cent of registered voters, are eligible to cast their ballots in Monday's special votes. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, an incumbent member of parliament for the Korle-Klottey Constituency,…

25 Nov

Incumbent PM leads Romania’s presidential election: Exit Polls

Bucharest, Nov 25 (IANS) Exit Polls showed that Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party, took the lead in the first round of the presidential election, gaining 25 per cent of the vote. The first round of the presidential election took place on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. Elena Lasconi, the leader of the Save Romania Union, followed with 18 per cent of the votes while Calin Georgescu, an independent, gathered 16 per cent of the votes, according to the Exit Poll conducted by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology - CURS. According to the…

18 Nov

Sri Lanka’s new cabinet sworn in

Colomo, Nov 18 (IANS) Twenty-one cabinet ministers were sworn in before Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday morning at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Deputy ministers will be sworn in later, it was announced at the event. After Dissanayake won the September 21 presidential election, he governed with a cabinet composed of Harini Amarasuriya and Vijitha Herath. The new cabinet ministers were chosen among the 159 members of parliament from the National People's Power (NPP) elected in the November 14 parliamentary election. This is the first time a political party has won two-thirds of the majority in parliament…

13 Nov

Trump appoints Musk, Ramaswamy to head Dept of Government Efficiency

New York, Nov 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing two maverick entrepreneurs -- Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) that will be charged with drastically changing government while cutting waste. Announcing the appointments on Truth Social on Tuesday night, Trump said that DoGE "will become, potentially the 'Manhattan Project' of our time" -- a reference to the US effort during World War II to develop atomic weapons in record time and profoundly affect the world. Musk said, "This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone…

09 Nov

Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh on campaign trail in poll-bound Jharkhand today

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh will address several rallies in the poll-bound state of Jharkhand on Saturday as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign blitzkrieg in the run-up to the Assembly elections in the eastern state. HM Shah has got a busy schedule lined up for Saturday as he will address four rallies in Jharkhand where polling will be held in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The Home Minister will address the first rally at around 11 A.M. in the Chhatarpur Assembly segment and from there, he will…