Wishing you all a Happy Rakshabandhan

China 🇨🇳 constructs tunnels in Aksai Hind 🇮🇳

👉Satellite images reveal that Chinese 🇨🇳forces have begun digging tunnels and shafts 60Km east of the Depsang Plains in Northern Ladakh, says an NDTV report.

👉This being done into a hillside along a narrow river valley to construct multiple reinforced shelters and bunkers for soldiers and weaponry.
👉Report says images show massive construction activity which may have begun few months ago and are a likely attempt to protect heavy weaponry and soldiers from Indian airstrikes and extended-range artillery.

Pic credit: Maxar

#Defence #India #Geopolitics

LPG gas cylinder price cut by 200 rupees. #Inflation

https://www.livemint.com/market/commodities/cabinet-cuts-lpg-cylinder-prices-by-rs-200-under-ujjwala-scheme-11693302874001.html

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

Smile, please📸!

Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander this morning.

The 'image of the mission' was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam).

#CH3 #Moon

#Manufacturing #MakeInIndia

🚨 Army signs deals for 130 tethered #drones and 19 tank driving simulators

In its modernisation drive, Indian Army has ordered the following drone systems from Indian #startups on Emergency Procurement -

🔸48 mR-20 logistics drones from Noida-based start-up Raphe mPhibr Pvt. Ltd.
🔸200 logistic drones from Dhaksha startup
🔸100 Quadcopter drones from Raphe mPhibr for Armoured corps
🔸200 VTOLs from Mumbai-based IdeaForge
🔸Kinetic Swarm Drones from Bengaluru-based Newspace Research
🔸3500 unit swarm drones from Botlabs

#Defence #aatmanirbharbharat
https://t.co/iG3aPH3kVZ

Delhi has emerged as the world’s most polluted city in a new study which has also found that its residents are on track to lose 11.9 years of life if the current levels of pollution persist. #Health #environment

Read here

Philips will expand manufacturing in India by starting local manufacturing of mother & childcare products.

#Manufacturing #MakeInIndia

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🇨🇳 China's debt-hit real estate giant Country Garden reported half-year losses of 48.9 billion yuan ($6.7 billion) in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, as it flirts with a potentially catastrophic default.

#Economy

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China defended its move on releasing the so called STANDARD MAP showing AP & Aksai Chin as its territory

"It is a ROUTINE PRACTICE in accordance with its law, urging India to STAY OBJECTIVE & CALM & refrain from OVER INTERPRETING the issue": Wang Wenbin 🇨🇳 spox

#Geopolitics

BHEL has secured an order from state-owned power producer NTPC for setting up the 2x800 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-II at Lara in Chhattisgarh.

#Infra #Energy
https://t.co/AS8pKQFPpF

🚆 Vande Bharat Express to replace Rajdhani trains;

🚢 Govt to start 'made in India' VB trains export.

🇮🇳 The Indian Railways is all set to introduce sleeper versions of Vande Bharat Express trains, which would run at a speed of 200 km per hour.

#Railways #MakeInIndia

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🔴India is seen more favourably than not in
Most countries— PEW Research

1️⃣INDIA 🇮🇳
👉A median of 46% of adults hold a favorable view of India, while a median of 34% have unfavorable views.

👉Views of India are most positive in Israel, 71% have a favorable view
👉 South Africans 🇿🇦 see India more critically than favorably.
👉in the U.S.🇺🇸 liberals are 10% points more likely than conservatives to hold a favorable opinion of India.

👉Favorable views of India have declined by roughly 10% in European countries where past data is available.

2️⃣MODI
👉About 8-in-10 Indians (79%) have a favorable view of Modi, incl 55% with a very favorable view.
👉Around 7-in-10 Indians believe their country has recently become more influential.
👉Kenyans 🇰🇪 are especially confident of Modi with 60% saying they trust him regarding world affairs,

👉Just 12% in Argentines have confidence in Modi.

👉 Japan 🇯🇵 , Kenya 🇰🇪 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 are more likely to have confidence in Modi’s abilities.

#Geopolitics #India

India has a negative impression in Latin America. Work needs to be done in this area.
We can feel this by increasing stereotypes about India in this region.

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/08/29/views-of-india-lean-positive-across-23-countries/

Ram ram laddar. Ke kah tha? Gaddi rokega? Asla ham bhi rakhte hai pehelwaan 💪🇮🇳

https://vxtwitter.com/tweetKishorec/status/1697102133240504679 #Infra

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
In-situ Scientific Experiments

Another instrument onboard the Rover confirms the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region, through another technique.

The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectroscope (APXS) has detected S, as well as other minor elements.

This finding by Ch-3 compels scientists to develop fresh explanations for the source of Sulphur (S) in the area: intrinsic?, volcanic?, meteoritic?,......?.

#CH3 #Moon #Research #ISRO