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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The first phase is set to be completed by the end of this year and is expected to boost religious #tourism in the holy city and eventually the district's economy

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Welspun Corp Ltd (WCL) has partnered with Tata Steel to develop the "framework for and subsequently manufacturing" pipes for transportation of pure hydrogen and natural gas-blended #hydrogen

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After undertaking proof of concept for over five months, Tata Power is gearing up to start full-fledged drone operations for maintaining power lines, checking on theft of lines, remote power meter reading, and so on.

Against the seven or eight towers that could be inspected under manual operations, with drones they were able to inspect 10 to 11 towers. Also, the company made big savings on fuel for vehicles to visit the spots.

Tata Power was able to save around 30 percent in cost with the help of drones. “Earlier, we were giving around Rs 8 per meter reading. However, with drones we incurred an expense of only Rs 5,"

#Drones are the future!

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will invest about Rs 220 crore (3.1 billion yen) in its Indian subsidiary to set up a new factory in Maharashtra. It will manufacture inverters and other factory automation (FA) control system products.

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India's #economy recovered strongly despite 3 #COVID waves, says US Treasury report

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🇮🇳🌾#India's Rice Power: India has 40% of global rice trade

➡️India's 2021 rice exports = 21.5 million tons

➡️ More than 🇹🇭🇻🇳🇵🇰🇺🇸 combined!

➡️🇨🇳 #China and 🇪🇺 #EU vulnerable to price shocks

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A mysterious series of attacks on US Navy warships off the coast of California in 2019, which were assumed by many to be UFOs, have been revealed to be caused by a cluster of drones launched from Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier MV Bass Strait, owned and operated by Hong Kong-based Pacific Basin.
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Russia is now second-largest oil exporter to India: Report

According to tanker tracking data in May, Russian oil imports are now the second-largest source for India after imports from Iraq, according to data analytics firm Kpler.
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