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Defence Minister laid foundation for a Missile-seeker facility and Warhead production unit
The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has laid the foundation for a missile-seeker facility and a warhead production unit at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) at Hyderabad, as part of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’ being celebrated by the company. The foundation laying ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Defence minister to launch ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’
The Defence Minister of India will launch the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Saptah’ on August 10 to focus more on the vision of the government to shift to local manufacturing and ‘Make in India’ It is also in line with the ‘Atmanirbhar ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
India will stop importing 101 Defence weapons and platforms
India has announced a negative arms import list under which acquisition of 101 weapons systems and platforms from abroad will be banned from December 2020 to December 2025. The objective is to boost the domestic manufacturing of defence weapons in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
National Land Management Corporation recommended by National Infrastructure Pipeline Task Force
The Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline recently submitted its report to the Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman. Under the report, the task force has recommended to set up National Land Management Corporation. Highlights The National Land Management Corporation will ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Land Acquired from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridors to increase Defence Production
On March 23, 2020, the Defence Ministry announced in the Parliament that it has acquired land from the State Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. As Land is state subject, it is important for the centre to acquire land ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
India’s 40 million USD defence deal with Armenia beats Russia and Poland
On March 1, 2020, India bagged a deal to supply 4 indigenously built radars (capable of locating weapons) to Armenia. The deal was worth 40 million USD. Highlights India and Armenia signed deals on DRDO built “Swati” weapon locating radars. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
India to host 20th SCO’s CHG meeting in 2020
The Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh addressed the Council of Heads of Government of SCO at Tashkent in Uzbekistan. He represented as a Special Envoy of PM Modi at the conference. During the meet, it was decided that the next ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
AYUSH, Defence ministry inks MoU to provide traditional medicine
Union Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy) and Ministry of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for integration of AYUSH under health establishments of Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) ..