Rosatom supplies TVS-2M #nuclear fuel to India, enables Kudankulam NPP to start operations in longer fuel cycle

Russian state-owned Rosatom, which offers energy solutions across the nuclear supply chain, has supplied the first batches of TVS-2M nuclear fuel to India for the two functioning units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), powered by VVER-1000 reactors.

After the nearest refuelling, power unit 1 will start operations in 18-months fuel cycle, according to an official statement.
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For first time, UN General Assembly resolution on multilingualism mentions Hindi language

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HTT-40 recently received airworthiness certification from the Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification. #AatmanirbharBharat boost - The project set a record as the fastest to reach certification from first flight.

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India is developing two advanced variants of the Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missiles, with one of them capable of striking targets at a range of 160km, when ready, and the other at almost 300km .

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Bajaj Auto announced that the Chetak electric scooter will now be almost completely localised with only the battery cells being imported.

The newly constructed facility is capable of producing 800 units per day and around 2.5 lakh units per year

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that a decision has been taken to set up an international-level furniture cluster near Mangaluru

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#Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has handed over one million dollar to a Vietnamese Air Force training institute for a language and IT laboratory on the final day of his three-day visit to Vietnam.

The defence minister also visited the Telecommunications University in Nha Trang where an Army software park is being established with a five million dollar grant from India.

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Thread on last 8 years of Development.

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IIT Madras deploys its septic tank cleaning robots in Tamil Nadu

After numerous tests and trials, the IIT-M is now deploying 10 such robots in various parts of Tamil Nadu

The robot can homogenize the hard sludge in septic tanks through a custom-developed rotary blade mechanism and pump the tank slurry using an integrated suction mechanism, the IIT-M said, adding that sanitation workers will be able to operate the Homo...

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India hands over 50-bed hospital in Bokhtar to Tajikistan

India's Ambassador to Tajikistan Viraj Singh on Saturday handed over the 50-bed India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital (ITFH) in Bokhtar to the Tajik Deputy Defence Minister Major General Shohiyon Abdusottor. The medical equipment, medicines, stores and support equipment were also handed over, a press release said. The ITFH, which was renovated by the Indian government, was inaugurated in 2014.

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19 lakh devotees have undertaken the Char Dham Yatra . Reports said that 6,57,547 pilgrims reached Badrinath Dham From May 8 to June 11 evening, while 6,33,548 pilgrims have reached the Kedarnath Dham from May 6 to June 11 evening.

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In a major boost to the Make in India initiative, the Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to build around 100 advanced fighter jets in India, for which it has begun talks with the global aircraft manufacturers.
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IAF to acquire 114 fighter jets for Rs 1.5 lakh crore, 96 of them to be built in India

Amid a big push for the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme by the PM Narendra Modi-led government, the Indian Air Force is planning to acquire 114 fighter jets of which 96 would be built in India, and rest 18 would be imported from the foreign vendor chosen for the project.

The Indian Air Force has plans of acquiring 114 Multirole Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) under ‘Buy Global and Make in India’ scheme under which Indian companies would be allowed to partner with a foreign vendor.

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Maruti Suzuki India records highest ever dispatch! Ships 2.33 lakh vehicles through Indian Railways in FY22

Maruti Suzuki India records the highest-ever dispatch in a financial year so far as the auto major ships 2.33 lakh units of vehicles through Indian Railways last fiscal. The company's dispatch in 2021-22 was 23 percent up from 1.89 lakh units it transported using Railways in the 2020-21 financial year. Cumulatively, the auto major has transported close to 11 lakh vehicles through Indian Railways in the last eight years, helping avoid over 4,800 MT of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Tejas Mk-1: IAF has received 25 aircraft out of the total 40 contracted. And another 11 aircraft are expected to be delivered by March next year with the balance being delivered in 2023-24- IAF chief.
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Iran shipping company transfering Russia goods to India

Iran’s state-run shipping company said it started its first transfer of Russian goods to India, using a new trade corridor that transits the Islamic Republic.

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Indian Rupee hits record low, goes past ₹78 against $1.

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Bengaluru’s first #waterway project at Koramangala is almost 70 per cent complete and may be inaugurated by August 15. The project was designed along the lines of the Sabarmati waterway in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 175 crore.

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Investment in renewable energy in India touched a record US$14.5 billion in the last financial year (FY2021-22), an increase of 125 per cent compared to FY2020-21 and 72 per cent over pre-pandemic FY2019-20

India added 15.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in FY2021-22, which brings the total installed renewable capacity (excluding large hydro) to 110GW as of March 2022.

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