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04 Sep

Gujarat leaders congratulate ISRO on successful GSLV-F17 launch, EOS-05 deployment

Gandhinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), following the successful launch of the GSLV-F17 carrying the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite and described the mission as a "significant achievement" for India’s space programme. The GSLV-F17 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2:55 a.m. on Friday and successfully placed EOS-05 into a sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit. ISRO said the mission marks the first time India has placed an imaging Earth observation satellite in a geosynchronous orbit.…

04 Sep

Russian Chief Justice arrives in New Delhi to attend BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum

New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Russia's Chief Justice Igor Krasnov arrived in New Delhi on Friday to participate in the BRICS Chief Justices' Forum. Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, and other officials received Krasnov at the airport who will be holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts from BRICS member countries on strengthening legal cooperation. "Chief Justice of Russia Igor Krasnov has arrived in New Delhi to participate in the BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum. During his visit, Igor Krasnov will also hold bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts aimed at strengthening legal cooperation. The central event will be a discussion on…

04 Oct

Committed to make India’s defence industry export-oriented: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The government is committed to making the defence industry export-oriented with India as a global manufacturing hub, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, as annual defence production touched a record high of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in FY 2023-24. Addressing the annual session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) here, Minister Singh described the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict as a reminder to build a strong defence industrial base, which can be bolstered and expanded with time. In the total defence production in FY24, the share of defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) was Rs…

22 May

IANS Interview: BJP will fulfil its ‘400 par’ target, party in strong position after five phases, says Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, May 22, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will succeed in its ‘400 paar’ mission and said that the ‘emerging trends’ after five phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are an affirmation of this target. Rajnath Singh, speaking exclusively to IANS, said that “400 paar hamara sankalp hai, poora karenge” (400 paar is our resolve, we will attain it). “The trends after five phases of elections show that we are heading towards the majority mark. Whatever target we have kept, we will achieve that,” he added. Rajnath’s fresh assertions on…

29 Apr

Union Minister Rajnath Singh files nomination from Lucknow, CMs Yogi, Dhami join roadshow

Lucknow, April 29, Flanked by the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took out an impressive roadshow on Monday from the BJP state headquarters to the District Collectorate, to file his nomination for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. Apart from CMs Yogi Adityanath and Pushkar Singh Dhami, he was joined on the chariot by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Maurya, state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, Rajya Sabha MPs Dinesh Sharma and Sudhansu Trivedi. The ‘Lucknow Vikas Yatra’ chariot proclaimed that senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh had completed developmental projects worth…

07 Mar

India ready to tackle any threat on borders: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, March 7, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India has emerged as a militarily strong nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was ready to give a befitting response to any threat on its borders. Speaking at the NDTV Defence Summit, he said, “history shows that India has never been the first to attack any country, but if we face any threat on our borders the defence forces are fully prepared to tackle the situation with strong retaliatory action.” The defence minister said that the morale of the country’s armed forces is very high…

11 Jan

Rajnath calls on Sunak during UK visit, discuss enhancing defence ties

New Delhi, Jan 11, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street, London, said officials on Thursday, adding that both discussed enhancing defence ties between the two countries. The meeting took place on Wednesday during which Singh recalled the recent enhancement in bilateral defence engagement, spanning joint exercises, training, capability building, increased interoperability and military-to-military ties especially in the maritime domain. Sunak fully agreed with Rajnath Singh on the need for UK and India to work in the domains of trade, defence and technology. In particular, he expressed hope that the ongoing Free…

29 Nov

Need high-quality military systems to deal with future challenges: Rajnath

New Delhi, Nov 29, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that there is a need to produce high-quality, reliable & safe military systems for Armed Forces to deal with future challenges. He also called upon the Indian defence manufacturers to create a culture of quality in defence production, terming it as a prerequisite to compete in the international market. Addressing the plenary session of DRDO Quality Conclave on the theme ‘Quality Odyssey for Self Reliance in Defence Products’ in New Delhi, he stated that only quality products create global demand, and it will help in realising vision of making…

30 Oct

Adhere to int’l laws for free & rule-based maritime order: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Oct 30, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said adhering to international laws for free and rule-based maritime order was essential, and called for establishing multinational collaborative mitigation frameworks in the Indian Ocean Region to effectively tackle common maritime challenges such as climate change, piracy, terrorism, drug-trafficking, over-fishing and freedom of commerce on high seas. He was delivering the keynote address at the fourth edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC). The Defence Minister emphasised that common maritime priorities need to be addressed cooperatively by avoiding selfish interests that make the region less secure and less prosperous. He underlined…

25 Sep

IAF inducts C-295 planes, Drone Shakti event kicks off

New Delhi, Sep 25, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Monday inaugurated the Bharat Drone Shakti - 2023 event and formally inducted the C-295 transport aircraft into the Indian Air Force at the Hindan airbase in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, India has signed a deal to acquire 56 Airbus C-295 aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force’s ageing Avro transport fleet. While the first 16 of these aircraft to be delivered to the IAF will be manufactured at the Airbus facility in Spain, the remaining 40 will be produced at Vadodara in India as part of a joint venture between Airbus and the…