Rs78K cr spent to import weapon
New Delhi: India has spent over Rs78,000 crore in the last three years for importing weapon systems and military hardware from countries including the US, Russia, Germany, Israel and the United Kingdom, Defence Minister AK Antony told the lok Sabha.
IAF lost 29 fighter planes in last 3 years
New Delhi: In the last three years, the Indian Air Force has lost 29 fighter planes including 12 MiG 21s in crashes in which six pilots lost their lives, Defence Minister Ak Antony informed the lok Sabha.
‘no row in selecting Black Shark torpedoes’
New Delhi: An internal committee of the Defence Ministry has opined that there were no wrongdoings in the selection of Black Shark torpedoes being procured for the Indian Navy after irregularities were alleged in the process, Defence Minister AK Antony told lok Sabha. “The Special Technical Oversight Committee (STOC) has opined that the procurement has been progressed in accordance with the laid down procedures, in keeping with the provisions of the Request for Proposal and DPP-06 in transparent and fair manner,” he said.
bill to amend N-E Council Act introduced
New Delhi: A bill seeking to amend the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, by giving powers to the President of India to nominate for three years two non-official members and Planning Commission member to the Council, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
bill to declare NID Ahmedabad important
New Delhi: A bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Monday for declaring NID Ahmedabad, an institution of national importance in order to enable it to promote quality and excellence in design education by acting as a nucleus between academia and industry.
339 jawans killed
in last 3 years
New Delhi: A total of 339 Army soldiers were killed in last three years in different counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-Eastern States, lok Sabha was informed. As many as 186 Army soldiers died in 2010, 73 in 2011, 78 in 2012 and two died in the current year, Defence Minister A K Antony said in a written reply.
editor responsible for false news: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the Editor of a newspaper will be responsible for any civil or criminal case initiated against a publication carrying false or offensive news report. A bench of Justices CK Prasad and V Gopala Gowda read the scheme of the Press and Registration of Books Act to conclude, “It is the Editor who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper….once the name of the Editor is shown, he shall be held responsible in any civil and criminal proceeding.” The order was passed while the Court dismissed the appeal of a Gujarati daily editor seeking quashing of proceedings against him for publishing defamatory news.
women’s day gift to science & Maths Dept
New Delhi: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Union HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju designated the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NCERT campus, as Dr E K Janaki Ammal Block. Dr Ammal, a renowned botanist and plant cytologist, and the first woman scientist in the country to get Ph. D., was born in 1897 in Kerala. On this occasion Raju also launched the NCERT flag. Addressing the faculty Raju said NCERT is a very, very important constituent in shaping education in the country. Faculty members of the Council apprised him of their concerns on many aspects of school education and granting of Institute of National Importance status to NCERT, and so on.