Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Staff who played a key role as lead negotiator for the mega deal.
As India's international role expands, so must our capabilities, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Invoking India's "civilisational ties" with Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew in to Tehran on Sunday on a two-day visit, saying his talks with the Iranian leadership would provide him an opportunity to advance the "strategic partnership" between the two countries.
Hurricane Gustav churning towards the Gulf Coast of the US nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated that region has not only killed any chance of Louisiana Governor Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal creating history once again, but may end up completely disrupting the Republican National Convention that was scheduled to kick off in Minneapolis-Saint Paul and run through September 4.
Pakistan failed to fulfil six of the 27 mandates so far as a result of which the country continues to be in the grey list of the FATF.
The government said on Monday that a prolonged US-led war against Iraq, along with the conflict's impact on oil prices, could hurt the nation's export performance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sudnay arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit.
The survey 'Relocating For Work', conducted by Manpower Middle East said that with the region growing as a popular destination for workers, the UAE was rated sixth among the top 10 preferred destinations, a leading gulf daily reported. Besides, for workers already based in West Asia, UAE has been ranked as the first choice while, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are ranked fifth, eighth and ninth respectively.
Swaraj is in Bahrain for a two-day visit to attend the first ministerial meeting of the India-Arab League Cooperation Forum to be held on Sunday.
Despite the Indian government's recent efforts anecdotal evidence indicates that there has been little change in the extortionist behaviour of a significant proportion of tax and police officials, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
The FATF warned Pakistan that if it doesn't complete a full action plan by June, it could lead to consequences on its businesses
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to visit Iran soon, said Manbir Singh, India's ambassador to Iran.
Contrary to reports, the defence ministry has not opened any other deal for investigation besides the AgustaWestland chopper contract, defence sources said on Friday.
The port is likely to ramp up trade between India, Afghanistan and Iran in the wake of Pakistan denying transit access to New Delhi for trade with the two countries.
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