India Successfully Test Fires New Medium Range Missile
India has successfully test-fired a new surface-to-air medium-range missile off the Odisha coast. On Wednesday, sources related to the defense sector gave this information. The source said that India successfully test-fired a ground-to-air missile medium range missile (MRSAM) off the Odisha coast on Wednesday. The missile was fired at 3.55 minutes from the ‘ground mobile launcher’ at the test site-1 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) and hit the target with perfect accuracy. Earlier, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ‘Banshee’ was sent to fly in the air and was precisely targeted by MRSAM. Bharat Dynamics Limited has manufactured MRSAM. He
India-Japan Dialogue Conference 2020 : PM Modi suggests Buddhist library
India-Japan Dialogue Conference 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the sixth India-Japan Dialogue Conference on 21 December 2020 through video conferencing. He said during this time that discussion on global development cannot be done only among select countries and its scope should be big and the issues should be wide. He also strongly advocated adopting a humanitarian approach in the form of development. The Prime Minister also proposed the creation of a library for traditional Buddhist literature and scriptures. PM Modi said that in the past, from imperialism to world wars, from the arms race to the space race, humanity
Boxing World Cup: India won 9 medals including 3 golds
Recently Indian women boxers Simranjit Kaur (60 kg) and Manish (57 kg) won gold medals at the Cologne Boxing World Cup in Germany. Manish defeated compatriot Sakshi 3–2 while Simranjit won the title by defeating Maya Kilihans of Germany 4–1. India won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals in this competition and finished second in the overall table. India’s AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medalist Simranjit Kaur impressed in the semi-finals and took on Germany’s local boxer Maya Kleinhans in the title match. With this, Indian boxers successfully ended their 67-day Europe training and competition campaign. For
India’s economic diplomacy website launched
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has launched the Economic Diplomacy website of the Ministry on 16 December 2020. The purpose of this website is to demonstrate regional and state-wise strength along with India’s economic strength. Jaishankar said that, this website will work as a two-way system, which helps our country and state level businesses to increase exports globally, explore employment opportunities as well as help foreign industry and business towards India. Will work to attract. This website will also showcase India’s economic, regional and state-wise strength to make attractive economic partnership. It aims to provide important and relevant information on key
Pakistan afraid of India’s surgical strike, Qureshi seeks security from the world
Pakistan has once again started to fear the Surgical Strike from India. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated his point in the UAE that India can do a surgical strike on Pakistan anytime. He even said that Pakistan has evidence of an upcoming surgical strike by India. Pakistan’s foreign minister said that intelligence agencies have reported that India is preparing a plan for surgical strike against Pakistan, which is a serious matter. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that India has also tried to get approval from its important allies to carry out a surgical strike on Pakistan. The countries that
Human Development Index 2020 : India ranked at 131
According to a report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), India has been ranked 131 out of 189 countries in the 2020 Human Development Index (HDI). In this, India was ranked 129th last year, meaning that this year India has slipped two places. Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of health, education and standard of living in a nation. However, UNDP says that India’s slipping in the list does not necessarily mean that work is not being done there, but rather it means that other countries have done better. The Human Development Index is a statistical index
Army Chief General Narwane’s visit to Saudi Arabia will strengthen cooperation in defense sector: Indian Army
The historic visit of Army Chief General MM Narwane to Saudi Arabia will strengthen bilateral relations in the defence sector. This information was given by the Indian Army on Monday. General Narwane, who arrived in Saudi Arabia in the second leg of the two-nation tour, is the first chief of the Indian Army to travel to two strategically important Gulf countries. He was on a tour of the United Arab Emirates before Saudi Arabia. In a tweet, the Indian Army’s Additional Director General of Public Information said, the visit of COAS (Chief of Army Staff) to Saudi Arabia will strengthen
India surpassed the targets of Paris Agreement : PM Narendra Modi
On 12 December 2020, Prime Minister Modi addressed the Climate Ambition Summit, 2020 and stated that, India is not only on track to achieve the goals of its Paris Agreement but is exceeding the expectations is. He also informed that, India has reduced its carbon emission intensity by 21% from the 2005 level. The Prime Minister also said in his address that India’s renewable energy capacity is the fourth largest in the world and will reach 175 GW in the year 2022. He also informed that the country has a more ambitious target of achieving 450 GW of renewable energy
India At 10th Spot In Climate Change Performance Index 2020
Morocco Morocco has become the fourth country to have an agreement with Israel since August. Earlier, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Sudan have reached a peace agreement by forgetting decades-old rivalry with Israel. The following are four evaluation categories: GHG emissions (40%) Renewable energy (20%) Energy use (20%) Climate Policy (20%). Main characteristics • India has been ranked 10th in the Climate Change Performance Index, 2021. India was ranked 9th in this index last year, while now it has dropped one place. • Only two G20 countries – UK and India – are among the high ranker countries
Army Chief Narwane talks with UAE commander on defense cooperation
The Chief of the Indian Army, General MM Narwane, met the Commander of the UAE’s Land Army and Staff Major General Saleh Mohammed Saleh Al Ameri. The army chief also discussed key issues of mutual interest and defence cooperation on Friday. General Narwane is currently on a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, the first visit by the Chief of the Indian Army to two strategically important Gulf countries. According to the Indian Army, General Narwane received a Guard of Honor at UAE’s ground forces headquarters on Wednesday and garlanded at Martyr Point. The Indian