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CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, wife among 13 dead in IAF chopper crash
13 Dec 2021
Lone survivor Capt Varun Singh SC, Directing Staff at DSSC with injuries is currently under treatment at Military Hospital, Wellington

India, Russia cement ties with 28 new agreements
07 Dec 2021
While moving towards the stage of becoming Russia’s defence development and production partner, India also raised Chinese aggression in Ladakh and agreed on a roadmap for consultation and cooperation on Afghanistan
PM inaugurates New Delhi’s modern defence complex at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue
16 Sep 2021

Russia to expand defence co-operation with India
07 Apr 2021
Moscow and New Delhi also reassured themselves that neither threats of sanctions from the United States nor military threat posed by China will stand in the way of bilateral trade and defence ties

First Quad Summit gives shape to an Indo-Pacific Vaccine Alliance
15 Mar 2021
Under the new initiative, vaccines will be developed in the US, manufactured in India, financed by Japan and the US, and supported by Australia, say eports

DRDO successfully flight-tests solid fuel ducted ramjet technology for air-to-air missiles
08 Mar 2021
The successful demonstration of Solid Fuel based Ducted Ramjet technology will enable DRDO to develop long range air-to-air missile

Pak pushing arms and drugs amidst farm stir: Punjab CM
05 Feb 2021
Since the farmers' stir started in October, the number of weaponry coming to Punjab from Pakistan has increased, chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said and alerted the centre of Pakistan maintaining sleeper cells which they can activate to create disturbance in Punjab and elsewhere

Four killed as Trump supporters storm Washington’s Capitol building
08 Jan 2021
But, after the last desperate stand-off, President Trump finally conceded defeat in last year’s presidential election, and issued a statement that there will be an orderly transition of power on 20 January

Badals let anti-nationals hijack farmers’ protest
09 Dec 2020
While SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal keeps shifting his stance, leaders of the anti-government protests are trying to avoid direct talks between farmers and the government for fear of their coming to terms, which could spoil their chances of cornering the Modi government

Important to respect sovereignty of nations, Modi tells SCO summit
12 Nov 2020
Modi said it is more important for countries to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, without which there cannot be any cooperation among nation

Journalist Arnab Goswami arrested, manhandled over a closed case
05 Nov 2020
In a series of tweets, union law minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "The arrest of senior journalist Arnab Goswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome...We had fought for freedoms of Press as well while opposing the Draconian Emergency of 1975"

Seven dead, several seriously wounded as terror strikes Vienna
04 Nov 2020
The location of the initial shooting was close to Vienna’s Stadttempel synagogue, but the synagogue and office buildings were closed at the time of the attack

Another terrorist beheads 3 in France, including a woman
02 Nov 2020
While the attacker slit the throat of a woman, he also beheaded the caretaker at the basilica near the city's Notre Dame church and an elderly victim who had come to pray
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
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The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.

The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)

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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!

COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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