The Indian Air Force’s pet project for 56 medium transport aircraft by the Tata-Airbus consortium is in the pipeline to get started this year, TOI has reported. Another long-pending “Make in India” plane project worth ₹1.5 lakh crore that involves 114 fighter jets is awaiting the final nod.
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The Union Budget allocation for the Indian space programme is estimated to go up by 11 per cent to about ₹12,473 crore, which is revised from the estimate of around ₹11,200 crore in 2018-19.
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In the wake of growing international pressure on Pakistan to act against money laundering and terrorism financing, Pakistani authorities announced that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and his 12 accomplices have been booked for financing terror.
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India is expecting the Pakistani government to fully comply with the action plan set out by global body Financial Action Task Force by September 2019, which is less than three months from now, to show progress on curbing terror financing.
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After the BJP ally Shiv Sena, in Lucknow, suggested that the Centre might bring an ordinance to clear the decks for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Babri Masjid Action Committee has cautioned the Narendra Modi government against bringing such an ordinance.
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The IAF announced that the mortal remains of 13 crew members of the ill-fated An-32 plane have been recovered from the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh.
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The BJP-led NDA nominated Om Birla, two-time BJP MP from Rajasthan, for the speaker’s post in Lok Sabha.Birla has been a three-time MLA in the Rajasthan assembly and represents the Kota-Boondi constituency in the Lok Sabha.
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Doctors across West Bengal finally agreed to withdraw the ongoing protest after state chief minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to their demands during a meeting at Nabanna, in Kolkata.
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she has accepted all demands made by the striking doctors and asked them to return to work immediately. This comes after the striking doctors refused to meet Banerjee at her office.
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After the doctors’ strike that started from Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital following assault of junior doctors by the family members of a patient who died, junior doctors in several states boycotted work affecting medical services.
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