Day: December 19, 2023

Saankhya Labs, a subsidiary of homegrown telecom gear maker Tejas Networks has received a provisional purchase order of Rs 96.42 crore from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), India’s Department of Space for the supply of two-way Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) terminals for vessel communication and support system in marine fishing vessels for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance…

India is all set to export indigenous Akash anti-air systems to Armenia, adding to a growing list of exports to the Asian country that incudes multi-barrel rocket launchers, artillery guns and a range of ammunition and drones. Sources said that deliveries of the Akash anti-air systems that are manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is…

The visit by the foreign minister of Benin, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, to India has been concluded as the leaders of the two countries exchanged views on various regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest. The minister was notably on a two-day visit to India from December 16-18, 2023 with an aim to further strengthen bilateral…

India has stationed two guided-missile destroyers – INS Kochi and INS Kolkata – off the coast of Aden as part of maritime security in the north Arabian Sea. Notably, both the destroyers are patrolling the high seas off the coast of Aden as part of maritime security and anti-piracy operations. Even though the Indian Government…

Indian Coast Guard has deployed six Disaster Relief Teams (DRTs) for rescue and relief operations in Tamil Nadu after the state administration sought its assistance for rescue of stranded citizens and supply of relief material to the local population in the flood affected areas.   An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of ICG with an integral helicopter on-board…

The Defence public sector undertaking shipyard, Mazagon Dockyards Limited (MDL) has submitted its response to the Indian Defence Ministry tender worth Rs 20000 Crores for building three new Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy. As of now, the bids by the DPSU have been received by the MoD for the mega project, which will be…

“Aditya-L1”, India’s first solar mission, will reach its destination, Lagrange Point 1, early next month, to be precise, around the first week of January 2024, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has confirmed. Meanwhile, ISRO will conduct a series of tests related to India’s maiden human Space mission, Gaganyaan, in the course of the next year,…

The thirteenth round of negotiations for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) took place from the 18 September to 15 December, 2023. The round included sessions both in person, in London and Delhi, and virtual talks.  As with round 12, these negotiations focussed on complex issues including goods, services, and investment. The UK and India will…

Indian Navy and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Naval Headquarters symbolising their commitment to promote technology development, innovative solutions and joint R&D. Noteworthy, Rear Admiral K Srinivas, Asst Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refits) and Professor Subramaniam Ganesh, Officiating Director IIT Kanpur concluded this MoU. The…