The exercise, which will see India’s Su 30 MKI in action, will be carried out at the Hyakuri Air Base and its surrounding airspace in Omitama, and the Iruma Air Base in Sayama.
India's bilateral trade with Russia during 2020-21 amounted to $8.1 billion. Indian exports totalled $2.6 billion, while imports from Russia came to $5.5 billion
According to officials, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria also held extensive talks with the top military brass of Bangladesh to further expand bilateral defence cooperation.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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