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  New Delhi:   Three days after the flag at the Indian high commission was removed by protestors, India has removed the security barriers outside the UK high commission and the residence of the British high commissioner in retaliation. O n Sunday , the Indian flag at the High Commission in London was brought down by a pro-Khalistan protestor. India summoned the UK deputy high commissioner to India to lodge a protest and accused the British government of “indifference” to the security of diplomatic premises.On Monday, the Indian high commissioner in the UK Vikram Doraiswami interacted with “concerned Indian community leaders” and appreciated their solidarity following the attack on the High Commission. A day later, Doraiswamy issued a video about the situation in Punjab and the efforts to arrest Amritpal Singh.Three days after the attack, on March 22, the long concrete blocks that restricted vehicular movement outside the Gates of the UK high commission in Chanakyapuri wer...

  Indian Navy Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces on Thursday met in Mumbai and gave final touches to preparations for India-Saudi Arabia Naval Exercise 'Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23' planned for May 2023 in Saudi Arabia's Jubail. The exercise will be the second such Naval Exercise. The first was in August 2021. "A team from Royal Saudi Naval Forces met with the Indian side in Mumbai, giving final touches to the preparations for India-Saudi Arabia Naval Exercise, 'Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23' planned for May this year off Jubail in Saudi Arabia. This will be the second such Naval Exercise, the 1st one was in Aug 2021," the Indian Embassy in Riyadh tweeted on Thursday. Al-Mohed-Al Hindi is a joint Naval Exercise between India and Saudi Arabia. The decision on the Bilateral exercise was taken during the Riyadh Summit held in 2019.The exercise aims to carry out tactical manoeuvres, search and rescue operations, and an electronic warfare drill to enhance interoperabili...

  Doctors at AIIMS Delhi have successfully performed a risky surgery on the heart of an unborn baby. Called balloon dilation, the procedure was done on a grape-sized baby's heart in the womb. The child had a heart condition, but since the parents wanted to keep the baby, they went ahead with the procedure.  The 28-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with three previous pregnancy losses. With the hope to improve the condition of the baby, the mother underwent the procedure at the Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, AIIMS. The team of interventional cardiologists and fetal medicine specialists performed a successful procedure. The team of doctors involved in the procedure said that both the mother and the unborn foetus are doing fine.  "The foetus and the mother are both doing well after the procedure. The teams of doctors are monitoring the growth of the heart chambers to ultimately determine the baby's future management." "Some types of serious heart ...

  With India’s help, 4 million children in economic crisis in Sri Lanka will get books. The Indian High Commission itself has given this information. In fact, in March last year, India extended a loan facility of Rs 8,196 crore to Sri Lanka, which was going through an economic crisis. So that there is continuous supply of daily necessities. Using Rs 8 crore from this credit facility, printing paper and related materials will be purchased from Sri Lanka and India. Due to which children’s books will be printed there. India has given 32 thousand crore rupees to Sri Lanka so far India has provided aid to Sri Lanka under the Neighborhood First Policy. According to the report, India has so far given a loan of 32 thousand crores to Sri Lanka. It has been spent on essential commodities, petrol, fertilisers, railways and energy related works. In fact, Sri Lanka went bankrupt a few months ago. Then there was a situation of civil war. During this period, besides food, fuel and medicine...

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might embark on a state visit to the United States in the third week of June. To decide on the visit's dates, both parties have been involved in diplomatic negotiations. According to sources, Modi may visit New York on 21 June, International Yoga Day, before travelling to the capital with Biden. Although neither side has publicly acknowledged the same.  “June 21 to 25 is a possible window both sides are looking at. There will be an announcement at the appropriate time,” said a source US President Joe Biden's team had reportedly extended an invitation to Modi for a bilateral summit later this year. India's prime minister Modi met Biden last on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia, where both the leaders discussed global and regional developments. At the time, Biden said that he looks forward to continuing to support the G20’s work under India’s Presidency. The visit will be crucial against t...

  countries where the Indian rupee is accepted, thereby, eliminating the need to carry Forex and pay for conversion. It is to be noted that the Indian rupee is legal tender or widely accepted in some neighbouring countries such as Bhutan and Nepal. Here is a list of countries where you could use the Indian rupee. Bangladesh Wikipedia Bangladesh’s trade deficit with India crossed $10 billion in FY22 due to a big jump in imports from India. Rupee has not been declared a legal tender  yet  here. 1 Bangladeshi Taka is equal to ₹0.81, which is widely accepted in the country amid Bangladesh’s rising imports and falling  reserves . Maldives Wikipedia One Maldivian Rufiyaa is equal to ₹5.33 Indian rupees but a traveller can exchange their Indian rupees upon arrival. However, in Maldives the Indian rupee does not have transactional value and it is important to carry a convertible currency like the US dollar. Bhutan Bhutan allows travellers to use Indian rupees except f...

  There are around 9 radars of DRDO. Radar stands for Radio Detection and Ranging is one of the important part of any Armed Forces in the world. LRDE (Electronics and Radar Development Organisation) is the laboratory which comes under Defence reasearch of Development Organisation which is responsible for developing radar systems for the Indian Armed Forces. We will discuss about 9 radar systems developed by LRDE/DRDO for the Indian Armed Forces. 1. INDRA-I (Indian Doppler Radar) Indra-I is a Tactical Surveillance Radar for Army for point and area defence or as gap filler for the air defence, especially against aircraft threat at very low altitudes. This was the first high power radar system for the Indian Army developed by DRDO, followed by Indra Pulse Compression (PC) version for the Indian Air Force, also known as the Indra-II, which is a low level radar to search and track low flying cruise missiles, helicopters and aircraft. Users : Indian Army and Indian Air Force Sta...