The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared the purchase of 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The deal, wort

83 LCA Tejas jets to join IAF fleet, Cabinet clears ₹48,000 cr mega deal

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared the purchase of 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The deal, worth ₹48,000 crore, will be the biggest ever in the indigenous military aviation sector. The approval by the CCS, which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes 10 months after the Defence Acquisition Council in March 2020 okayed the procurement of 83 additional advanced Mark 1A version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the deal will strengthen the IAF&rsquo;s fleet of homegrown fighter jets. He added that it will be a game changer for self reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing. HAL has already set up second line manufacturing facilities at its Nasik and Bengaluru divisions.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared the purchase of 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The deal, worth ₹48,000 crore, will be the biggest ever in the indigenous military aviation sector. The approval by the CCS, which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes 10 months after the Defence Acquisition Council in March 2020 okayed the procurement of 83 additional advanced Mark 1A version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the deal will strengthen the IAF’s fleet of homegrown fighter jets. He added that it will be a game changer for self reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing. HAL has already set up second line manufacturing facilities at its Nasik and Bengaluru divisions.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territ

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territory reported its first case of infection.
The case was reported on January 18. The index case is a traveller who had come to Lakshadweep from Kerala's Kochi on January 4 by a ship.
The patient had reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and tested positive.

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement stating India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in India&rsquo; vaccine to partner countries in the coming few weeks and months. Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be supplied the two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, under grant assistance. Regulatory clearances are awaited from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius.
India, which started&nbsp;vaccination drive from January 16 for health workers, said its committed to help all humanity to fight the pandemic.

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may now finally come to a hault as the makers of the Amazon Prime series agreed to make changes to the content of the show which sparked an

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may come to an end as the makers of the Amazon Prime series have agreed to make changes to the show which sparked anger amongst citizens and political leaders who accused the creators of&nbsp;hurting religious sentiments. A police complaint filed in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh alleged that some scenes &lsquo;insulted Hindu gods and goddesses&rsquo;. This move by the makers comes after the cast and crew offered an &ldquo;unconditional apology&rdquo;.

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has demanded the state government to allow healthcare workers to make a decision regarding which vaccine out of the two th

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has asked the government to allow&nbsp;healthcare workers to make a choice between the two available&nbsp;Covid-19 vaccines. A letter written to Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar mentions that resident doctors of six districts in the state feel they are being discriminated against. The resident doctors are concerned that they have been given Covaxin vaccine as the only choice, whereas other centres in Karnataka have been receiving Covishield. The concern has arisen because&nbsp;the clinical efficacy of Covaxin is yet to be established.&nbsp;

In a viral clip posted by the official Twitter account of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a man at the Delhi Metro Station in Delhi who collapsed at a met

In a viral clip posted by the official Twitter account of the Central Industrial Security Force, a man who collapsed at a metro station was saved by a CISF personnel. Satyanaran, a passenger at the Dabri More Metro Station fell unconscious and was revived by Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or&nbsp;CPR&nbsp;performed by the CISF personnel stationed at the metro station. The CISF&nbsp;is being hailed on the internet&nbsp;for saving a life.

Nearly a month after winning a majority in the local body polls, the People&rsquo;s Alliance for&nbsp;Gupkar&nbsp;Declaration or PAGD in Jammu and Kashmir suffered a ma

Nearly a month after winning a majority in the local body polls, the People&rsquo;s Alliance for&nbsp;Gupkar&nbsp;Declaration or PAGD in Jammu and Kashmir suffered a major blow Tuesday after People&rsquo;s Conference chief Sajad Lone moved out of the multi-party amalgam.&nbsp;In a letter to PAGD head and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Lone said PAGD won these elections having won the maximum number of seats&nbsp;and&nbsp;other important statistical variable in the context of Abrogation of&nbsp;Article 370&nbsp;is the number of votes polled against the&nbsp;PAGD.&nbsp;Lone was part of the alliance of Opposition parties in the Valley, which included the People&rsquo;s Democratic Party, National Conference and CPM with Congress giving outside support.&nbsp;He&nbsp;was the spokesperson for the alliance.&nbsp;

Doctors, nurses and other key workers who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot, the government said t

Amid multiple Doctor groups across the country expressing doubts over the&nbsp;indigenously&nbsp;made&nbsp;Covaxin, the Centre on Tuesday said&nbsp;health professionals&nbsp;who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot.&nbsp;NITI Aayog member on health Dr VK Paul, who is the head of government&rsquo;s Covid&nbsp;panel,&nbsp;said the reports of doctors and nurses refusing to take the jab is upsetting.&nbsp;Dr Paul said minor&nbsp;unfavourable&nbsp;effects are common after the jab and this should not discourage people from inoculation.

Maldives will become the first country to receive the Indian coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to 

Maldives will become the first country to receive India made&nbsp;coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to Oxford Astrazeneca's Covishield&nbsp;vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India.&nbsp; According to reports, the vaccine is being sent to cover frontline health workers and senior citizens. The consignment is to land in&nbsp;Mal&eacute; via an Air India flight.&nbsp;

Days after Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel to resolve the impasse over the three farm laws, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde

Days after Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel to resolve the impasse over the three farm laws, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde Tuesday was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying that panel members expressing their views on the farm laws before their selection is no ground for disqualification and that their opinion can change.&nbsp;Without taking any names, the CJI&nbsp;reportedly&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;person may have an opinion before being a part of the committee but his opinion can change.&nbsp;Mann, president of his faction of Bharti Kisan Union and chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee, had recused himself from the court-appointed panel two days after his induction. He allegedly pulled out of the committee following protests over his pro-farm laws stand in the past.&nbsp;

Subsidy in Parliament canteen will cease to exist and food for Parliamentarians and others will get costlier. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Lok Sabha Secreta

Subsidy in Parliament canteen will cease to exist and food for Parliamentarians and others will get costlier. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Lok Sabha Secretariat will save more than ₹8 crore with the end of subsidy and canteens now will be run by ITDC instead of Northern Railways. The move comes before the start of the Budget session on January 29.

Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, farmers protesting on Delhi's borders against the new agriculture&nbsp;laws on Tues

Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, farmers protesting on Delhi's borders against the new agriculture&nbsp;laws on Tuesday said their preparations for the "peaceful march" are in full gear and there is no question of going back.
Protesting unions, which have announced that thousands of farmers will take out the tractor rally on the Outer Ring Road in the national capital on January 26, claimed more farmers are likely to flock to the protest sites after Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti on Wednesday. The unions asked authorities to&nbsp;facilitate tractor rally.&nbsp;

Sanjay Jha on the challenges for institutions in India and what lies ahead for the Congress party.

Sanjay Jha on the challenges for institutions in India and what lies ahead for the Congress party.

BJP leader&nbsp;Suvendu&nbsp;Adhikari on Tuesday asked Mamata Banerjee to prepare a letterhead describing her as the &lsquo;former chief minster&rsquo;. His remarks cam

BJP leader&nbsp;Suvendu&nbsp;Adhikari on Tuesday asked Mamata Banerjee to prepare a letterhead describing her as the &lsquo;former chief minster&rsquo;. His remarks came&nbsp;a day after the Bengal CM's announcement that she will contest the upcoming assembly elections from Nandigram. Adhikari, who crossed over to the BJP recently, while addressing a rally in&nbsp;Purba&nbsp;Medinipur district&nbsp;said&nbsp;again&nbsp;vowed to remove the Banerjee's government from power.&nbsp;Banerjee had said on Monday she will contest the assembly elections from both Nandigram and&nbsp;Bhawanipur&nbsp;constituencies. Banerjee said that Nandigram is close to her heart and continues to remain special.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, Last month, Mukerjea, who is lodged in Byculla&nbsp;jail,&nbsp;told the court that thoug

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, Last month, Mukerjea, who is lodged in Byculla&nbsp;jail,&nbsp;told the court that though she was an undertrial, jail authorities were asking her to wear a green sari, the uniform meant for convicts.&nbsp;She then through her lawyer submitted a petition&nbsp;seeking exemption from wearing this uniform.&nbsp;Sheena Bora, Mukerjea's daughter from an earlier relationship, was allegedly strangled in a car and her body was disposed of in neighbouring Raigad district in April 2012.

After Sunday&rsquo;s violent clash between two communities in Kutch during a procession to collect funds for the Ram Temple, 40 people have been arrested by police. The

After Sunday&rsquo;s violent clash between two communities in Kutch during a procession to collect funds for the Ram Temple, 40 people have been arrested by the police. The clash resulted in a death of a Jharkhand labourer with several getting injured, including policemen.
According to the police, loud religious slogans raised by a majoriy&nbsp;group provoked another community resulting in a clash with swords, sticks. Vehicles were set on fire and many injured.&nbsp;The group did not have the required permission for the procession.

Bangladesh will receive two million (20 lakh) doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from India as a gift on January 20th, the country&rsquo;s foreign ministry sa

Bangladesh will receive two million (20 lakh) doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield from India as a gift on January 20th, the country&rsquo;s foreign ministry said on its Facebook page. It added that &ldquo;a special flight of India carrying the consignment will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka&rsquo; on Wednesday. The ruling Awami League party posted on Twitter that Bangladesh is set to get two million (20 lakh) doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which would be in addition to 30 million doses that the government has contracted for with the Serum Institute of India.

Inspite of a hesitant to get vaccinated, Government of India has issued a Letter of Comfort to Bharat Biotech for 45 lakh doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, PTI re

Amid doubts in absence of phase 3 trial results, the Centre has issued a Letter of Comfort to Bharat Biotech for 45 lakh doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin. Out of the 45 lakh doses, over eight lakh will be supplied to friendly nations such as Mauritius, Philippines and Myanmar free of cost as a good will gesture.&nbsp;Bharat Biotech has also donated 16.5 lakh doses of Covaxin to the Centre&nbsp;apart from the first order of 55 lakh doses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been unanimously chosen as the new chairman of the trust which manages the world-famous Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan town in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been chosen as the new chairman of the trust which manages the Somnath Temple in Gujarat. A meeting of trustees attended by the PM&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;via video conferencing took the decision unanimously, a government press release said. It said the PM aims to improve the infrastructure, accommodation arrangements, recreation facilities and help establish the stronger connection of the pilgrims with India's great heritage.&nbsp;Modi is the second PM to hold the post after former PM Morarji Desai.&nbsp;

The High Court was informed on Tuesday that the Delhi government has reduced the reservation of COVID-19 ICU beds in private hospitals to 25 per cent, from 40 per cent 

The High Court was informed on Tuesday that the Delhi government has reduced the reservation of COVID-19 ICU beds in private hospitals to 25 per cent, from 40 per cent earlier. The reservation percentage has been gradually reduced by the government after reviewing the pandemic situation. From 8,000 fresh Covid cases in a day in November, 2020 in Delhi, the numbers have declined to 161 as on January 18, 2021.&nbsp;Advocate Sanyam Khetarpal&nbsp;informed the court that the government has issued an order on January 15 reducing the reservation to 25 percent in hospitals which have over 100 beds.

Days after&nbsp;Madhya Pradesh passed the 'Freedom of Religion' ordinance, the first case of &lsquo;love-jihad&rsquo; was lodged late evening on Sunday at Barwani distr

Days after&nbsp;Madhya Pradesh passed the 'Freedom of Religion' ordinance, the first case of &lsquo;love-jihad&rsquo; was lodged late evening on Sunday at Barwani district.
According to police, Sohail Mansoori, a resident of Palsud, had allegedly feigned love with an 18-year-old girl under a false identity four years ago. A truck driver who also works as DJ, Sohail had identified himself as Sunny and sexually exploited the girl on the pretext of marriage.&nbsp;The girl later learnt the true identity of Suhail and lodged a complaint with the Barwani police and claimed that Sohail had also beaten her up.
On Sunday, the police arrested the man and booked him under Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020.

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