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‘India-made’ Galaxy Z Flip7 selfie: PM Modi poses for pic with Samsung Chairman, South Korean President | Watch

‘India-made’ Galaxy Z Flip7 selfie: PM Modi poses for pic with Samsung Chairman, South Korean President | Watch

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi posed for a selfie with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong during the former’s state luncheon on Monday. PM Modi poses for a selfie with the Korean President (extreme right). (ANI screengrab) A clip of the three influential people posing for a group selfie is now going viral. The video, that captures a candid moment between them, is in focus because of the phone used to take the picture: Galaxy Z Flip7, a Samsung flagship model reportedly produced at a manufacturing facility in Noida. According to a report by news agency ANI, Samsung Chairman Lee’s selfie with Modi and the Korean President was symbolic of both the foldable tech and the firm’s economic integration with India. The selfie was taken at the India-Korea Business Leaders Dialogue at Hyderabad House. All about Galaxy Z Flip 7 The phone being used to take the selfie is Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7, news agency ANI said in a report. The smartphone is foldable and lean and is part …

‘Vajra Shot’ – The India-Made Handheld Anti-Drone Gun With Range of 4 Km

‘Vajra Shot’ – The India-Made Handheld Anti-Drone Gun With Range of 4 Km

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Vajra Shot has been designed for portability and ease of use by soldiers. New Delhi: A gun to counter drones, with a range of four kilometres, caught Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi’s attention, who examined the India-made gun at ‘Swavlamban 2024’ – Indian Navy’s Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) Seminar. ‘Vajra Shot’ developed by Big Bang Boom Solutions has been deployed in the Army and the Air Force. Representing the company at the exhibition, Ravi Kumar said, “We are into anti-drone solutions and this is ‘Vajra Shot’. It is a hand-held anti-drone gun that can detect up to a range of 4 km and can also do jamming. We have deployed it in the Indian Army and Air Force. We have received orders worth around $25 million (Over Rs 200 crore) so far.” #WATCH | Delhi: Ravi Kumar representing Big Bang Boom Solutions says, “We are into anti-drone solutions and this is ‘Vajra Shot’. It is a hand-held anti-drone gun that can detect up to a range of 4 km and can also …

India-made ammunition enters Ukraine, irks defence partner Russia

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Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government and defence industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data. The transfer of munitions to support Ukraine’s defence against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and the customs data. Indian arms export regulations limit the use of weaponry to the declared purchaser, who risks future sales being terminated if unauthorised transfers occur. The Kremlin has raised the issue on at least two occasions, including during a July meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, three Indian officials said. Details of the ammunition transfers are emergingfor the first time. The foreign and defence ministries of Russia and India did not respond to questions. In January, foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a news conference that India had not sent or sold artillery shells …

Hyundai, Kia to Launch First India-Made EVs Next Year

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South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will launch its first India-manufactured electric vehicles by 2025 as the parent of the Hyundai and Kia brands looks to boost its presence in the nascent space dominated by Tata Motors. Production of Hyundai’s locally manufactured EVs will begin by the end of 2024 and will be launched by 2025, along with Kia’s India-made EV, the Hyundai Motor Group said in a statement on Thursday, adding that it would unveil five models by 2030. Both brands will use batteries made by Exide Energy Solutions to power their EVs, they had said earlier this month. India is the biggest market outside North America and Europe for Hyundai, where its unit is headed for a $3 billion (roughly Rs. 24,997 crore) IPO – the country’s largest. Hyundai, India’s no. 2 carmaker, known for its top-selling ‘Creta’ sport utility vehicle, currently sells two electric models in India, the Kona and IONIQ 5, neither of which are produced in the country. Kia’s lone electric offering, the EV6, is imported. The company also reaffirmed Hyundai’s target …

India-Made New Generation Akash Missile Successfully Flight Tested In Odisha

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The system performance was also validated through the data captured by a number of radars. Balasore (Odisha): India on Friday conducted a successful flight test of the new generation AKASH missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, officials said. The flight test was conducted by DRDO against a high-speed unmanned aerial target at very low altitude. During the flight test, the target was successfully intercepted by the weapon system and destroyed, they said. Next Generation Akash missile successfully flight tested from ITR , Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today at 10:30hrs against a high speed unmanned aerial target at very low altitude. @[email protected]/ShRNi4dfAj — DRDO (@DRDO_India) January 12, 2024 “It has validated the functioning of the complete weapon system consisting of the missile with indigenously developed Radio Frequency Seeker, Launcher, Multi-Function Radar and Command, Control & Communication system”, the officials said. The system performance was also validated through the data captured by a number of radars, telemetry and electro-optical tracking system deployed by ITR, Chandipur. The flight test …

Navy gets its first India-made medium-altitude, long-endurance drone | Latest News India

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The Indian Navy on Wednesday got its first indigenous medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drone, the Drishti 10 Starliner unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which will boost its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Navy gets its first India-made medium-altitude, long-endurance drone Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said the drone will be a potent force multiplier in the Indian Ocean region that faces an array of security challenges. The Drishti 10 Starliner drone has been built by Adani Defence and Aerospace at its Hyderabad facility with technology transfer from Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems. The UAV is the first major defence platform to be delivered to the Indian military by Adani, and is a variant of Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Starliner drones. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Kumar was in Hyderabad for the drone’s unveiling and accepting its delivery. It is the first of the four drones (two each) ordered by the navy and the army by invoking emergency financial powers. The remaining systems will be delivered in …

Uzbekistan Says 18 Deaths Linked To India-Made Syrup, Pharma Firm Responds

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Uzbekistan Cough Syrup Deaths: India has launched a probe into the claims. New Delhi: Uzbekistan has claimed that at least 18 children in the country have died after allegedly taking an India-manufactured cough syrup. The health ministry of Uzbekistan, in a statement, said that the children who died had consumed cough syrup Doc-1 Max – manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech. India has launched a probe into the matter and the manufacturing of the cough syrup has been halted at the Noida unit of the pharmaceutical company until the samples are tested. According to the Uzbekistan’s health ministry, the laboratory tests of a batch of syrups found “the presence of ethylene glycol”, a toxic substance.  It also said the syrup was given to children at home without a doctor’s prescription, either by their parents or on the advice of pharmacists, with doses that exceeded the standard dose for children. It was found that the children, before being hospitalised, took this syrup at home for 2-7 days, in doses of 2.5 to 5 ml three to four times a day, which exceeds the …

The Gambia children deaths | WHO drew premature link with India-made cough syrups, says drugs regulator

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A photograph shows collected cough syrups at Banjul in The Gambia on October 6, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country’s pharmaceutical products across the globe, India’s drug regulator has told the global health body. In the latest letter to Dr. Rogerio Gaspar, Director (Regulation and Prequalification) at WHO, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr. V. G. Somani said a statement issued by the global health body in October in the wake of the deaths “was unfortunately amplified by the global media which led to a narrative being built internationally targeting the quality of Indian pharmaceutical products”.  Also Read | Explained: The Gambia deaths and the toxic cough syrups that are causing them The DCGI said Gambia has informed, according to media, that there has been no direct causal relation established yet between the cough syrup consumption and the deaths, and that certain children who had died had not …