Polling in the fifth phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced on 20th May 2024 simultaneously across 49 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 57.47%. Voters came out in large numbers braving hot weather in many parts of the states that went for polls today. Polling was closed at 6 PM, but a large…
KEY FACTS Expansion of military business: Consolidated sales of Rheinmetall climb by 16% to around €1.6 billion Further significant increase in orders – Rheinmetall Nomination rises to around €4 billion Rheinmetall Backlog rises by 43% from €28.2 billion to €40.2 billion Operating earnings increase by 60% to €134 million Operating margin improves significantly to 8.5% Guidance for 2024 confirmed…
Global defence budget / military spending reached $2,443 billion in 2023, marking a significant 6.8 per cent increase from the previous year and the most significant year-on-year rise since 2009, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The average military spending per person was the highest since 1990, at $306….
Vice-President of India Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on 22 May 2024 to attend official ceremony to pay condolences on the tragic demise of H.E. President Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, H.E. Foreign Minister Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials in an unfortunate helicopter crash on 19…
After a fiercely contested battle for becoming the national champion, the Yachting Association of India (YAI) Senior National Championship 2024 concluded with four Medal Races conducted on 18 May to decide the winners. Held from 12-18 May 2024 at the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre (INWTC) in Mumbai. The event offered challenging conditions, with winds…
Polling in the fifth phase of General Elections of India recorded an approximate voter turnout of 60.09 %. The same shall continue to be updated by the field level officers as polling parties keep returning and will be available PC wise (along with respective AC segments) live at VTR App, as was the case in…
Indigenisation in the defence sector under the Make in India policy has helped the Indian Army significantly cut down its dependence on ammunition imports to meet its requirements. Senior defence officials said the rise of the private sector industry in the field of ammunition has helped the force in a big way to achieve this….
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 16, 2024, at the Great Hall of the People. The meeting featured a guard of honor by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and underscored the deepening ties between the two nations. Putin emphasized the non-opportunistic nature of their relationship, while Xi described…
The Indian defence ministry has trashed reports that a model of a Chinook chopper installed by the DRDO at the 2020 edition of DefExpo went missing. Defence Ministry spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) never installed any helicopter model in Lucknow. “The news circulating about a DRDO installed…
