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  1. Chanakya's_Chant

    Decided to travel to China, Pakistan and India help me.

    As far as money is concerned - Premium services in India are pretty cost effective and will come well within your budget - the following article will come in handy - the real cost of living explained! - Where’s the Cheapest Place to Buy…? Probably India By JOANNA SUGDEN If cities were...
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    Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gun

    They both have but in cooperation with foreign partners - TATA Power SED's 155mm/52-cal Motorised Howitzer developed with South Africa’s DENEL Land Systems is dubbed as 55% indigenous by content. Indian Army has a requirement of 1,800 such Mounted Gun Systems. Bharat forge has developed...
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    Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gun

    Also to mention - The components of the original Bofors have been indigenized as well - saving the exchequer INR 1,04,200 per kit. Indian Army Innovations
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    Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gun

    It is important to place on record a little known fact about this Project Dhanush. It was started with a unique initiative from Lt Gen Anjan Mukherjee, an Artillery Officer, who was then Director General of Financial Planning (DGFP) maintained the need for in self-reliance in artillery...
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    Indigenous 155 mm/45 calibre Dhanush Howitzers Enter Bulk Production

    Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gun Dhanush Howitzers undergoing User Trails JABALPUR: In what would be a shot in the arm for a force that has not had a new 155mm artillery gun inducted since the Bofors scandal of 1987, the Indian Army is set to soon be handed over...
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    India announces $500,000 assistance to Jordan

    India's transformation from an Aid Recipient to a Net Aid Donor. In latest Indian budget, aid spending dwarfs aid receipts | Devex
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    IAF to get mini drones for covert operations

    ***Too many to select from!
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    Army Variant of K-4 on Cards, Submarine test deferred

    They are not boosters - This mechanism is known as supercavitation - through a cavitator which is a an explosive gas generator, pushing the water aside to facilitate free upward motion of the missile, and is ejected after the missile's ejection. Supercavitation - Wikipedia, the free...
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    Navy wants NLCA and Mig29K validated for EMALS and AAG

    No he is not - @kahonapyarhai might be but he is not - He did reply me once at least - EL/W-2090 AEW&C RADAR Systems being mounted on A-50E/I (Il-76) Platforms for IAF's two new AWACS
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    Pakistan Company Declares Eco-War on India

    These FICN's (Fake India Currency Notes) just happen to be peanuts far from doing any considerable harm to the Indian economy - At the moment, the data on total FICN in circulation in the Indian economy varies from Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 5,000 crore depending on the agency projecting it. Every...
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    5.56mm EXCALIBUR Rifle Prototype Pass 'Water' & 'Mud' Tests; only 2 stoppage after 2,400 rounds fire

    They were probably thinking to market it as an export variant since Excalibur was not originally envisaged to replace INSAS 1B1. Yeah - it's like that only - Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb recalled the quote that way only after Trinity Nuclear Tests, the first ever...
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    5.56mm EXCALIBUR Rifle Prototype Pass 'Water' & 'Mud' Tests; only 2 stoppage after 2,400 rounds fire

    Since the cost of it has been compared to multi-cal's tender - It includes a conversion kit and accessories package including UBL's, holographic and laser sights etc. INSAS 1B1 with conversion kit costs INR 35,000. According to the original multi-cals' tender - At over Rs 2 lakh a piece, each...
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    Everyone dream is to become bigger than what they are now

    Two more to add - >> Dr. Kalam from a newspaper hawker to the President of India - the most loved ever. >> Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag - he tilled his land in a remote Haryana village in his childhood - His father was a foot-soldier in the Indian army. India's 26th Army chief...
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    Haryana metro - Badarpur-Faridabad

    DMRC is procuring some 17 new eight coach trains from Bombardier and converting 61 six coach trains into eight coach ones to tackle the rising traffic on its network. 162 new coaches are being procured which will be assembled at Bombardier's facility in Savli, Gujarat, and 96 new coaches will be...
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    India's First Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Under Construction!

    Floating test range for missile defence system Officials say the present Wheeler Island facility poses several limitations. India is building a unique floating testing range — a huge ship — to overcome the limitations imposed by the land mass for carrying out missile tests of varying ranges...
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    After Pinaka MK-II, Next is Pinaka Short Range Ballistic Missile: DRDO

    In the long run - Prithvi I, II III, and Agni I - all will be replaced with Shaurya tactical ballistic missile - composite canister and TEL capability make it more mobile and safe and convenient to handle.
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    Haryana metro - Badarpur-Faridabad

    It's essentially Delhi Metro only operated by DMRC - Delhi Metro is also the world's 13th largest metro system in terms of length spanning 208 km and 15th largest in terms of number of stations. Evolution of the Delhi Metro - Eagerly waiting for Phase III to be completed by 2016 - will have...
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    Indian Automotive industry predicted to reach $300 billion by 2026, create 65 million more jobs

    Actually I did open one after the Modi Government completed it's first year in office - India Then and Now - Modi's First Year in Office
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    ENERGY SECURITY: RUSSIA'S ROSNEFT SELLS 15% IN VANKORNEFT TO INDIA'S ONGC

    This happens to be Russia's second largest oil field. ONGC Videsh has presence across 16 countries. Presence of ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) in Latin America - Brazil (Block BC-10, BM-SEAL-4, BM-BAR-1, BM-ES-42, BM-S-73 & S-74) Colombia (Block LLA-69, RC-8, RC-9, RC-10, SSJN-7 & CPO-5) Cuba...
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