Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a new Very Low Frequency (VLF) Station of the Indian Navy at the Damagundam Reserve Forest site, Pudur Mandal in Vikarabad, Telangana on October 15, 2024. The facility, built at a cost of Rs 3,200 crore, will be spread across 2,900 acres. It will bolster the Indian Navy’s operational readiness, ensuring effective command and control capabilities in challenging maritime environments. It will play a pivotal role in strengthening the Naval communication infrastructure, enabling reliable and secure transmission over long distances.
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The Sea Phase of Exercise MALABAR 2024 commenced on 14 Oct 24 off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
A Task Force from Indian Army Corps of Engineers was inducted to assist in the recovery of an Advanced Light Helicopter ALH of Indian Air Force from the flood waters of Lakhandei river in Bihar. The Task Force paved the way to the site and constructed working platforms for the IAF Technical Team to recover the Helicopter from the site.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer are responsible for nearly 90 percent of deaths in the Western Pacific region, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
India has issued it's first ever LoC (Line of Credit) in Indian Rupees (INR) to Mauritius (₹487 crores) for financing of a water pipeline replacement project.
BRICS officially unveils a new demo of its payment system, BRICS Pay.