IDEX

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of its prestigious annual photojournalism competition, crowning a World Press Photo of the Year, a World Press Photo Story of the Year, and honoring winners and runners up in eight separate categories. The coveted title of World Press Photo of the…

Image copyright Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP An image from last year's popular uprising in Sudan has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award.The photo, titled "Straight Voice", was taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba.It shows a demonstrator reciting protest poetry, while a crowd of fellow protesters illuminate him with…

Image copyright Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP An image from last year's popular uprising in Sudan has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award.The photo, titled "Straight Voice", was taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba.It shows a demonstrator reciting protest poetry, while a crowd of fellow protesters illuminate him with…

Dear Students, The 60 Days Training has finally begun:) DAY 29 is here! It is time to Introspect, Ideate and Improve!! We have come-up with articles to instil confidence, motivate you in the present situation. Do read these articles. Mark the words/lines in your dairy. These very lines can be the…

ARCHIVES Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020 stands passed in Parliament  (Topic: Society, Culture) This bill will convert  (i) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi (ii) Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi (iii) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati into Central Sanskrit Universities The Central University status awarded to these 3…

The following steps have been taken by the government which would help in bringing in critical technologies and modernize the Defence Industry in the country:- Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been revised in 2016 wherein specific provisions have been introduced such as ‘Buy Indian Designed Developed and Manufactured (IDDM)’ for…

Key point: When it comes to establishing a foothold in the highly competitive, politically fraught Gulf market, Rosoboronexport has their work cut out for them. Since 2010, Rosoboronexport-- Russia’s state defense export agency-- has made great strides in breaking into the Southeast Asian arms market. However, parts of the Middle-East present…

The efforts made by Government to boost country’s defence sector during the last two years are as follows:- Industrial licensing: Industrial licensing regime for Indian manufacturers in Defence sector has been liberalized.  Defence Products list requiring Industrial Licences has been rationalised and manufacture of most of the parts and components…

The 11th edition of Defexpo was organized from 05-09 February, 2020 at Sector-15, Vrindavan Yojna, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The theme of the event was “Digital Transformation of Defence”. 856 Domestic and 172 Foreign companies/exhibitors respectively participated in Defexpo 2020. Over 200 partnerships involving Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), Transfer…

Government has taken various policy measures to promote new and innovative defence production projects under the “Make in India” program:- i.        A new category of procurement ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ has been introduced in Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2016 to promote indigenous design and development of defence equipment.…