SOURCE: PIB

In a major boost to Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 240 AL-31FP Aero Engines for Su-30MKI aircraft at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore. The contract was inked by the senior officials of MoD and HAL in the presence of Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari in New Delhi on September 09, 2024.

These aeroengines will be manufactured by the Koraput Division of HAL and are expected to fulfil the need of the Indian Air Force to sustain the operational capability of the Su-30 fleet for the defence preparedness of the country. HAL would  supply 30 aero-engines per annum as per the contractual delivery schedule. The supply of all 240 engines would be completed over the period of next eight years.

SOURCE: PTI

A routine traffic check in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar area has led to the seizure of 500 sniper rifle bullets while being transported on a motorcycle, police said on Monday.

The traffic police were checking vehicles on Saturday night when they signalled a motorcycle rider to stop. Instead, the rider picked up speed and tried to flee, leading to a chase, said a senior police officer privy to the probe into the matter.

SOURCE: AFP

India’s Adani Group has been repeatedly requesting the interim government to immediately clear dues of around $800 million on their electricity sales, according to officials of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB). 

Multiple officials confirmed that the group recently asked the PDB, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh Bank and the interim government’s chief adviser several times to clear the outstanding bill. Adani Power supplies electricity from its coal-based plant in Godda, Jharkhand, to Bangladesh under a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board, or PDB. The plant has a capacity of 1,600MW.

SOURCE: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to join the leaders of the US, Japan and Australia at the Quad summit in the US later this month as the influential grouping is likely to deliberate on pressing global challenges including the situation in Ukraine. The summit is likely to take place on September 21 in US President Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington in Delaware, people familiar with the matter said.

There is no official announcement yet on the date and venue of the high-profile summit. It was India’s turn to host the Quad summit this year. However, the leaders of the grouping decided to hold the summit at a venue convenient to all in view of constraints of a tight calendar.

SOURCE: ANI

The US Department of State is partnering with the India Semiconductor Mission of the Union Electronics and IT Ministry to explore opportunities for growing and diversifying the global semiconductor ecosystem under the International Technology Security and Innovation (ITSI) Fund, created by the CHIPS Act of 2022.

This partnership aims to create a more resilient, secure, and sustainable global semiconductor value chain. Speaking at the event, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Trade Policy and Negotiations, J Robert Garverick, from the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB), said, “The Department of State is partnering with the Government of India to explore opportunities to grow and diversify the global semiconductor ecosystem under the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund.

SOURCE: ANI

Amid reports about National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s likely visit to Moscow this week, Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev, has said that the NSA’s visit to Russia, has multiple objectives, including his participation at the BRICS NSA meeting. He said that NSA Doval will carry some message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russian National Security Advisor and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Asked about Doval’s likely visit to Moscow and what message he will carry, Robinder Sachdev said, “The visit of National Security Advisor Doval to Moscow has multiple objectives. The first objective is to participate in the meetings of the NSAs of the 10 BRICS countries. So that’s the first objective. But I think there are two other objectives which are even more important than that meeting for which Mr Doval is going. First is that, it is expected that he will carry some message from Prime Minister Modi to the NSA of Russia as well as President Putin.”

SOURCE: ANI

Two terrorists were neutralised, as well as a large number of warlike stores, including two AK-47s and one pistol recovered so far following an anti-infiltration operation launched by the Indian Army on the intervening nights of September 8 and September 9 in the Nowshera region of Jammu and Kashmir.

As per information received from the White Knight Corps, the anti-filtration operation named “Operation Kanchi” was conducted based on information obtained from intelligence agencies and the Jammu and Kashmir Police regarding an infiltration bid.

SOURCE: REUTERS

News agency ANI has sued Netflix Inc and producers of an Indian series about a plane hijack, asking for four episodes to be taken down as they used ANI content without permission, ANI’s lawyer told Reuters on Monday. The series, called “IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack” – a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu – has been embroiled in controversy since its release last month.

Social media users and members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party have criticised the show for what they said was an incorrect portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims.