‘Dear POTUS…,’ tweets farmer leader ahead of Joe Biden’s meeting with Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday appealed to Indians living in the US to hold a protest during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in New York on Saturday in support of the 10-month-long farmers’ agitation at Delhi’s borders. He also urged US President Joe Biden to focus on concerns of […]
Bank deposits rise 12% in FY21 on higher CASA growth: RBI data
NEW DELHI: Bank deposits grew 11.9 per cent year-on-year during 2020-21 compared to 8.8 per cent in 2019-20 on the back of high growth in current account and savings account (CASA) deposits, RBI data showed. The share of CASA deposits increased to 43.7 per cent in March 2021 compared to 41.7 per cent a year […]
Indian Army to procure 118 Arjun Mk-1A Main Battle Tanks for Rs 7,523 crore
NEW DELHI: The Defence Ministry placed an order to procure 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mk-1A with the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Chennai for the Indian Army on Thursday. The order, worth Rs 7,523 crore, will provide further boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative in the defence sector and is a big […]
Airbus gets Rs 22,000 crore contract form Defence Ministry for 56 C-295 transport aircraft
NEW DELHI: India has formalised the acquisition of 56 Airbus C295 aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force (IAF) legacy AVRO fleet as India’s Defence Ministry inked a nearly Rs 22,000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748 planes of the Indian […]