This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.
Ambassador José María Ridao discusses growing defence cooperation with India & a raft of other challenges including FTA with EU as Madrid seeks to deepen ties with New Delhi.
The 3 new submarines are being built by the Mazagon Dock Ltd Shipyard in Mumbai, in partnership with France's Naval Group. They are designed for hunting down enemy submarines & surface ships.
Besides Spanish firm, South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company, and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems are in fray for contract.
Those onboard vessel include British billionaire Hamish Harding, businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Stockton Rush, OceanGate founder.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has been without a head since Feb this year due to power struggle between naval officers and civil servants on criteria of qualifications.
US Coast Guard said boat on the surface lost contact with sub, called Titan, about 1 hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward site of Titanic's wreckage on Sunday morning.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Now India powerful country in the world.