Russia and India will expand military cooperation with focus on Navy projects
The Russian and Indian defense ministries have been instructed to expand military and military-technical cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said today. “The extra tasks set in the course of the meeting Russian and Indian leaders held on October 15-16 indicate that we should expand the sphere of our military-technical cooperation,” Shoigu said as the Russian-Indian inter-government commission for...
India Launches Phone App to Monitor New Delhi’s Pollution
India’s capital, laboring under the label of being the world’s most polluted city, is trying something new to help clean up its air. A smartphone application that allows residents to report the presence of construction dust or the burning of leaves and garbage in New Delhi’s public parks to authorities was launched Oct. 21. The “Hawa Badlo,” or “Change the Air,” app has two versions. One allows people to...
Indian washermen keep tradition alive despite daily grind
Standing knee deep in a cement tank of milky water, Dinesh Kumar dunks clothes before vigorously scrubbing them with a brush at an outdoor laundry in the Indian capital. After quitting high school, Kumar joined his father among the ranks of traditional washermen who have hand-cleaned the sprawling city’s dirty clothes for generations. Over the years, the work of “dhobi wallahs” has modernised to a degree, with...
In escalation, India says launches strikes on militants in Pakistan
India said today it had conducted “surgical strikes” on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir, making its first direct military response to an attack on an army base it blames on Pakistan. The cross-border action inflicted “significant casualties”, the Indian army’s head of operations told reporters in New Delhi. It was not immediately clear whether they involved any...
Rosatom ready to cast ‘first concrete’ for 2nd stage of NPP Kudnakulam in India
Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom is getting ready to cast “first concrete” at the construction site of units N3 and N4 of the nuclear power plant Kudankulam in India, head of the state corporation Sergei Kirienko said at the 60th Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference. “We are preparing the first concrete for units N3 and N4 of this plant and until the end of the year we expect to sign documents for...
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