Indian govt enhanced FDI in defence sector upto 74% through Automatic Route: Rajnath Singh
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Indian govt enhanced FDI in defence sector upto 74% through Automatic Route: Rajnath Singh
While addressing at the Aero India Show in Bengaluru on February 03, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, "The government of India has enhanced FDI in Defence Sector upto 74% through the Automatic Route and 100% through the government route, which would act as a catalyst for foreign players to invest in India." "I am very happy that HAL has got the orders for development of 83 new indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) - Tejas MK1A from Indian Air Force (IAF) valued at more than Rs 48,000 crores, it is probably the biggest 'Make in India' Defence contract till date," he added.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the inaugural session of Indian Air Force commanders' conference at Air Headquarters in Delhi on April 15. It is the first bi-annual Indian Air Force (IAF) Commanders' Conference for the year 2021. IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria was also present in the conference. Conference aims to address strategies and policies related to IAF capabilities.
While addressing a public conference in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas on April 13, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took a jibe at state CM Mamata Banerjee for protesting against EC's decision for banning her from election campaigning over violation of Model Code of Conduct. He said, "You talk nonsense about our Prime Minister. Why do you blame him for everything? I have also been a Chief Minister, I know how a CM should behave...Election Commission has banned her for 24 hours citing Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation. She's now against the EC. Didi, can you spare anyone?"
Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev was accorded with the Guard of Honour at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on April 09. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was also present. Lt General Yermekbayev is on an official visit to India from April 7 to 10.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a webinar programme on budget allocation for Department of Financial Services where he focused on encouraging private enterprises. He said, "There is still great scope for the banking and insurance sectors in our economy. Keeping this in mind, we have taken many steps in this Budget - be it our decision to privatise two PSBs, raising FDI limit to 74% in insurance or our decision to bring LIC IPO. Our effort is to encourage private enterprises wherever possible. However, the country needs effective participation of the public sector in banking and insurance."
With the surge of COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Gaurav Gupta held a meeting with doctors and said that they had stepped up more on testing and vaccination and able to test people before who starts developing symptoms. Gaurav said, "Bangalore COVID cases have indeed risen sharply in the last few days. This second appears to be way more infectious. We are stepping up on the testing, where we find positive cases we are working on those places. We are able to test the people before they starts developing the symptoms so that's possible for everybody to be tested. We are stepping up the testing from 60,000 to 1,00,000 and vaccination from 35,000 to 70,000 everyday." Special Health Commissioner, Rajendra Cholan said, "As the numbers of cases are increasing, first thing is the bed availability and we had meeting with all the private hospitals and medical colleges. Now, we have received sufficient beds and we are setting up COVID care centre in 28 constituencies of Bengaluru to facilitate more beds, approx 2500-3000 beds.
Retired engineer fulfils his mission to convert spaces in home into thriving 'urban jungle'. Nataraja Upadhya's house reflects his love for nature. Upadhya used his skills to grow over 300 plant species that he inherited from his farmer father. This is what inspired him for this ambitious move.
Due to spike in COVID cases, night curfew has been imposed in Karnataka between 10 pm and 5 am to check the spread of coronavirus. Police barricades were placed to keep a check on the vehicular movement in Bengaluru. Similarly, the police officials kept a tab on movement during the curfew in Kalaburagi. They also baton charge people found wandering at public places during night curfew. DCP Kishore Kumar said, "Kalaburagi City Police are enforcing the night curfew (between 10 pm and 5 am) very strictly. We request people not to come out without any reason." The night curfew will remain in place till April 20.
While incidents of passengers misbehaving on a flight is not something new, but in a horrific incident, a passenger crossed all limits. AirAsia passengers on Tuesday witnessed an unprecedented incident on a Bengaluru to Delhi flight when an unruly passenger stripped onboard. The Delhi police have registered a case against the passenger under the appropriate section.
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To enhance its airbases' security, Indian Air Force has inducted 6-tonne Light Bullet Proof Vehicles. These vehicles can withstand any type of bullet and grenade attacks, and would help in countering any terrorist attack. These Light Bullet Proof Vehicle can carry 6 Garud commandos, Quick Reaction Team members.
The Indian Air Force has inducted Light Bulletproof Vehicles (LBVPs) for enhancing its airbases’ security. The vehicles weigh 6-tonnes and can withstand bullet and grenade attacks, as per reports. The vehicles can carry six Garud commandos or Quick Reaction Team members and would help in countering any terrorist attack. Watch the full video for more details.
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