Day: December 17, 2019

Successful Firing of Brahmos Air Launched Missile from Su-30 MKI Aircraft

open view news desk The IAF today successfully fired the BrahMos air version missile from its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The launch from the aircraft was smooth and the missile followed the desired trajectory and achieved a direct hit on the sea target, off Odisha Coast line. […]

Lt Gen M.M. Naravane appointed as Chief of Army Staff

open view news desk Government has decided to appoint Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, as the next Chief of the Army Staff after the retirement of General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC on December 31, 2019. […]

ADB, India sign $250 million loan to expand energy efficiency investments in India

open view news desk The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 16th December 2019 signed a $250 million loan to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers. In addition, $46 million financing […]

Boeing gets FAA message, will halt Max production in January By TOM KRISHER today

The message to Boeing Co. from the Federal Aviation Administration was clear: The grounded 737 Max won’t get approval to fly again anytime soon. So the company had little choice but to idle the giant factory where the plane is made. Boeing announced Monday that it will suspend […]

Indian students decry police as citizenship protests grow

NEW DELHI — Indian student protests that turned into violent clashes with police galvanized nationwide opposition on Tuesday to a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants who entered the country illegally from several neighboring countries. Police fired tear gas in the Seelampur area […]

Boeing, suppliers slip as planemaker’s crisis deepens

Shares of Boeing Co (BA.N) and its main global suppliers fell on Tuesday after the U.S. planemaker said it would suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX jet in January, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than two decades. The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after […]

Imran Khan says millions of Muslim refugees could flee India

GENEVA – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that millions of Muslims could flee India due to the curfew in the disputed territory of Kashmir and India’s new citizenship law, creating “a refugee crisis that would dwarf other crises”. Khan, addressing the Global Forum on Refugees […]

“Night of horrors”: Inside the Indian university stormed by police

NEW DELHI – As dusk fell on Sunday, police smashed their way into the main library of New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University, firing tear gas shells as scores of terrified students barricaded doors and hid inside bathrooms to protect themselves. Video footage shot by a student inside the […]

Clashes erupt in New Delhi over citizenship law; Modi rejects criticism

NEW DELHI – Clashes erupted in New Delhi on Tuesday between thousands of protesters and police, the latest violence in a week of opposition to a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslims from neighbouring countries to gain citizenship. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the new […]

Protests against CAA: SC asks petitioners to approach HC, declines to set up committee

New Delhi, Dec 17: The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to set up a committee of a retired apex court judge to inquire into the incidents of violent protests in different parts of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said that such panels may be appointed by […]

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