Indian aircraft carrier Rafale jets will be equipped with French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation. But American fighter plane manufacturer Boeing is pitching for the new ship, offering F-18s. A 43,000-ton ship, INS Vikrant, was commissioned by India this week. There are 30 aeroplanes and helicopters that can be accommodated on the giant vessel, less than half the number of Nimitz class carriers in the US Navy. INS Vikramaditya is equipped with Russian-made MiG-29s. In the beginning, INS Vikrant will be fitted with Russian-made MiG-29s. When the deal has been approved by the governme
Nuclear cooperation between India and Russia got a boost with Atommash AEM Technologies, Volgodonsk branch (part of Rosatom Machine Building Division - Atomenergomash) completing welding of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Unit No. 5. According to an official statement, 11,000 heat-exchange coils and preliminary components have been installed inside the steam generator. Over the course of seven days, the heads are automatically welded at a temperature between 120 and 250 degrees. In addition, 935 kg of flux and 660 kg of wire were required to weld the two welds. As part of the assessment,
The United States seeks to step-up maritime security cooperation with allies Japan and the Philippines, in the wake of China's “increasingly hostile maritime actions” in the Indo-Pacific waters. The U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Greene said non-observance of international law and coercive actions by Beijing are aimed at increasing its control over the region. “Specifically, the increasingly hostile maritime actions by the People’s Republic of China threaten the safety of our waterways,” he said at a news conference before meeting officials from the three countries.
On Tuesday, Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman became the UK's new Home Secretary, succeeding her colleague of Indian descent Priti Patel. As a member of Parliament for Fareham in south-east England, who served as the Attorney General under Boris Johnson, she was among the first to put her hat in the ring to replace Johnson as Tory leader and Prime Minister. The newly-elected Prime Minister Liz Truss has named Braverman as her Home Secretary. In addition to having two children, Uma is the daughter of Christie Fernandes, a Goan-origin father. During the 1960s, her father immigrated fr
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in India on Monday on a four-day visit to meet the top leaders to further strengthen the multidimensional relationship and make a deal on at least seven bilateral agreements in areas like water management, railway, and science and technology. The Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and landed at Palam International Airport in New Delhi. “This is a state visit and she (Hasina) is going to Delhi at the invitation of her Indian counterp
On Monday, a drawn-out election process resulted in Liz Truss being named the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party and new prime minister of the U.K. There was an 82.6% turnout, with Truss taking about 57% of the vote, while Sunak received 42%. The country's former finance minister Rishi Sunak was beaten to the top spot by Truss, until now the country's foreign minister. In the last few weeks, Conservative Party members voted on their favorite candidate, 81,326 for Truss and 60,399 for Sunak. In her speech, Truss thanked her supporters and ostensibly mentioned Boris Johnson, her
On September 6, Rajnath Singh met with Mongolian counterpart Saikhanbayar Gursed in order to boost defense cooperation between the two countries. His visit to Mongolia between September 5 and 7 is the first visit by an Indian defense minister to an East Asian country. Mr. Singh is on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan beginning Monday with the aim of enhancing India's strategic and defense ties with the two countries amid a shifting regional security matrix and geopolitical turmoil. He tweeted, "Productive interaction with Mongolia’s Defence Minister, Mr. Saikhanbayar Gursed in Ul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi put in writing to UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to further cement the bilateral strategic relations and the possibility of growing them to serve their common interests, the official media reported. Modi’s letter was handed over to the UAE President Mohammed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday during his recent visit to the UAE. Jaishankar visited UAE this week to attend the meetings of the 14th session of the UAE-India Joint Committee and the 3rd session of the UAE-India Strategic Dialogue. “During the meeting
The White House announced on Thursday that US President Joe Biden will meet his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa this month. The administration considers bringing African nations closer to the US when South Africa and most of its neighboring countries have taken a neutral stand on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The announcement of the September 16 visit followed close post-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to South Africa last month, in which he stated the Biden government sees the 54 nations of Africa as "equal partners" in tackling global issues. However, South Africa
The governor of Arizona, Dough Ducey, arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday on a trip that is focused on securing critical chips that are the focal point of the inflamed tech rivalry between the United States and China. Ducey is expected to meet the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, as well as business tycoons and university representatives in the semiconductor industry during his three-day visit to the self-ruled island. He becomes the latest US politician to visit Taiwan after recent trips by the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, and some US senator