Lack of direct flights hits tourist flow
February 16th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Lack of direct flights from eastern India to Europe is the main hurdle for people in the region from vacationing in Europe, a Switzerland Tourism official ... Read more...
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‘Year of Water’ to greet Indian tourists in Switzerland
January 24th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) Dedicating 2012 as the 'Year of Water', Switzerland Tourism will celebrate its famous glaciers, lakes and rivers and the role water plays in the lives of ... Read more...
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Putin visit: India may sign for 29 MiG-29K fighters
February 13th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) India is likely to ink a deal to purchase an additional 29 MiG-29K fighter jets, valued close to $1.12 billion, from Russia during the visit ... Read more...
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Navies step in as natural disasters rise four-fold
February 7th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Feb 7 (IANS) With natural disasters registering a four-fold increase in the past decade owing to a variety of factors, the navies of the Asia-Pacific region are gearing ... Read more...
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Indian Navy learns from nations with women onboard warships
February 7th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Feb 7 (IANS) Lieutenant Farah al Habshi, the weapons officer on board a Malaysian warship here for a multinational exercise, is a case in point for the Indian ... Read more...
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Andaman Nicobar islands to have more airbases
February 5th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Feb 5 (IANS) With hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago making it vulnerable from the security perspective, India is planning to open more airbases ... Read more...
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Gouping of 12 navies is not security bloc: Indian Navy chief
February 5th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Feb 5 (IANS) Thirteen navies, from India to Australia, gathered here Friday to participate in the largest regional exercise that underlines India's growing reputation as a blue-water maritime ... Read more...
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Coast Guard to hold trials for medium range patrol aircraft
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) With the need for patrolling and surveillance growing in these days of maritime terror, particularly after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, the Indian Coast Guard will ... Read more...
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Indian Navy to induct Mig-29K fighter jets
January 31st, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian Navy will induct on Feb 19 the first four Russian-made Mig-29K combat jets for deployment on the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov."The aircraft will ... Read more...
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Charm of the web lost for the BJP?
January 28th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had vowed to use cyberspace to reach out to the youth, with even octogenarian leader L.K. Advani ... Read more...
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Army wants more short service officers
January 26th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Unable to woo enough officers to join its permanent ranks, the Indian Army has proposed to increase their intake under the Short Service Commission (SSC) ... Read more...
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Radio programme for soldiers going strong since WW II
January 26th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A radio programme started during World War II for Indian soldiers posted in Afghanistan has not only gone from strength to strength but has also ... Read more...
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Indian Navy’s Foxtrot submarines to be history soon
January 24th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) They have been of valuable service to the Indian Navy for more than 35 years. The Soviet-built Foxtrot submarines, with which the navy's submarine arm ... Read more...
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22 Republic Days and counting…this musician plays on
January 22nd, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) When Master Chief Petty Officer Musician Ramesh Chand Katoch strides down Rajpath this Jan 26, it will be the 23rd time in a row he ... Read more...
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India’s second AWACS eye-in-the-sky to arrive in March
January 17th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will get its second Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), called the eye-in-the-sky, in March providing a dramatic boost to ... Read more...
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In final test, Arjun tank to take on Russian T-90
January 16th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Arjun main battle tank will take on the Russian built T-90 tanks March 1, when the core strength of the indigenously-built tank will be ... Read more...
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‘Night witches’ or mere symbols? India debates induction of women fighter pilots
December 17th, 2009 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) As India hotly debates whether to induct women fighter pilots, a look around the world reveals they have been so fearsome in some places that ... Read more...
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President Patil to get on board INS Viraat Dec 23
December 10th, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) After making history by becoming the first woman in India to fly in a fighter jet, President Pratibha Patil will now get on ... Read more...
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Tunnel vision 2014 - to Ladakh by road in sleet and snow
December 8th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Work on the strategic Rohtang Tunnel that will ensure all weather road connectivity to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will begin early next year and ... Read more...
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Nothing is impossible for disabled former soldier (Dec 3 is World Disability Day)
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Prabhajit Singh left the comfort of his home in Ambala, Haryana on Jan 19 to cycle across India alone. Sounds easy except that the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
(After 1) India to promote tourism in Ladakh, Kargil
November 22nd, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian government is planning to improve infrastructure in the stark but picturesque Ladakh and Kargil regions of Jammu and Kashmir to promote tourism. ... Read more...
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India works on to-do list to revamp homeland security (One year after 26/11)
November 14th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Armoured vehicles, surveillance radars, handheld imagers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), biometrics and software solutions... those are the buzzwords as India revamps its homeland security ... Read more...
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Indian Army still facing a dearth of officers
November 12th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Indian Army is grappling with an acute shortage of officers. Despite the recession, it has been unable to attract more talent and contain their ... Read more...
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Yoga, curry and a taste of India for US soldiers (With Images)
November 3rd, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Up with the sun to sit cross-legged, finishing the day with curry and naan, the 250-odd US soldiers in India for a fortnight-long joint ... Read more...
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The last of the Jarawas: Living on handouts (Letter from the Andamans)
November 1st, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Nov 1 (IANS) As we drove from this capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands towards the Mayabandar forest reserve, four Jarawa children blocked the road with bamboo ... Read more...
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IAF grappling with fighter squadron, manpower shortage
October 7th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) As the Indian Air Force (IAF), the world's fourth largest, turns 77 on Thursday, it is grappling with a shortage of fighter ... Read more...
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IAF’s Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team to be disbanded? (With images)
October 6th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) As the Indian Air Force's scintillating Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team (SKAT) takes to the sky during the Air Force Day parade Thursday, it might well ... Read more...
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Old Mig-21 phaseout hit by fighter jet shortage
September 19th, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) They have a poor safety record. But the Indian Air Force (IAF) is reluctant to phase out its old Soviet era warhorse MiG-21 due to ... Read more...
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India shelves proposal to set up airbase in Mongolia?
September 18th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) An Indian proposal to have an airbase in Mongolia to increase its strategic outreach in the Central Asian region appears to have been shelved, an ... Read more...
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Navy to get Black Panther squadron of MiG-29Ks by October (Lead)
September 9th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The squadron of the first four Russian-made Mig-29K/KUB fighter jets purchased for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will be inducted into the Indian Navy by ... Read more...
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Indian Navy to induct MiG-29 Ks by October
September 9th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The first four ship-borne Russian-made Mig-29 K/KUB fighter jets, purchased for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, will be inducted in the Indian Navy by October, ... Read more...
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Changing climate new adversary of India’s armed forces
September 6th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) A warmer world that threatens to change the battlefield and impact the capability of the military on land, sea and air is the new adversary ... Read more...
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Soldiers who join after school may keep studying
September 3rd, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Indian Army has outlined an ambitious plan by which its soldiers who join after school will be able to study for a degree while ... Read more...
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Indian Army flouting guidelines on sexual harassment?
August 31st, 2009 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Indian Army goes by the Army Act while probing allegations of sexual abuse. But in the process it may be blatantly overlooking guidelines issued ... Read more...
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Crashes, engine failures ground IAF trainer aircraft
August 30th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has grounded its entire fleet of HPT-32 initial trainer aircraft owing to a series of crashes and engine failures. ... Read more...
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