MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Multi-Mission Helicopters’ will provide India the capability to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions along with the ability to perform secondary missions, including vertical replenishment, search and rescue, and communications relay, as the sale of 24 helicopters worth a total of $2.6 billion to India has been approved by U.S Department of State under its Forei...
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South Korean & United States Launch 5G Networks
5G networks of three South Korean mobile operators went live ahead of schedule at 11PM on Wednesday 3 April 2019, two hours before U.S. carrier Verizon turned on its 5G network in some areas of Minneapolis and Chicago, a week ahead of schedule, in an attempt to ensure that the country becomes the first in the world to launch the services.
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PSLV-C45 Launches EMISAT & 28 Customer Satellites
EMISAT: country's first satellite for gathering electronic intelligence (ELINT) to locate hostile radars for military, and 28 foreign customer satellites were successfully launched by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV-C45, in its 47th mission and the 1st mission of PSLV-QL: a new variant of PSLV with four strap-on motors, from Satish Dhawan Spac...
Platinum Jubilee Commemoration of Battle of Kangla Tongbi
Battle of Kangla Tongbi, considered one of the fiercest battles of World War II, fought by ordnance personnel of 221 Advance Ordnance Depot (AOD), was fought on the night of 6/ 7 April 1944. Its Platinum Jubilee was commemorated by Army Ordnance Corps, honouring valiant brave hearts of 221 AOD who made their supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the battle, at Kangla Tongbi War Memorial n...
National Seminar on Greenery and Landscaping
“Greenery and Landscaping”, a National Seminar, which focused on Green Urban Areas for sustainable development by optimal harnessing of scarce resources of water, air, energy, land, biodiversity and use of new technologies, that play an important role in the social and natural sustainability and improve quality of life, organized by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), as a part of its co...
Dollar-Rupee Swap to Directly Influence Rupee Value & Liquidity
Dollar-Rupee Swap shall now be resorted to infuse durable liquidity into the economy to ease persistent tight liquidity in the banking and financial system instead of Open Market Operations, which suggests that Reserve Bank of India wants to use and develop alternate instruments to manage liquidity. RBI announced that this three-year currency swap scheme shall open on Tuesday 26 March 2019, unde...
Combat Management System for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Combat Management System (CMS) for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier developed under 'Make in India' policy of the Government by Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (TPSED) in collaboration with Weapon and Electronics System Engineering Establishment (WESEE) and MARS, Russia, after successful completion of all tests and trials, was handed over to Indian Navy on 28 Mar 2019 at TPSED, Bengaluru.
A Naval Comba...
GRIDTECH 2019 – International Exhibition & Conference
GRIDTECH 2019, the 6th International Exhibition and Conference to deliberate on new technologies in Transmission, Distribution, Renewable Integration, Smart Grid, Communication, organised by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited with the support of Ministry of Power and in association with CBIP and IEEMA from 3 to 5 April 2019, was inaugurated by M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice Presiden...
Chinook Helicopters Induction in Indian Air Force
Chinook CH-47F (I) heavy-lift Helicopters, an advanced multi-mission helicopter that will provide Indian Air Force (IAF) with unmatched strategic airlift capability across full spectrum of combat and humanitarian missions, which will significantly improve airlift to high-altitude areas, a significant step towards modernisation of IAF’s helicopter fleet, was formally inducted into its inventory with on schedule...