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Sep 25, 2017

Gurugram Municipal Polls

Thirteen BJP, twenty--one independents and one INLD candidate emerged victorious in the Gurugram Municipal Corporation elections.
A total of 202 candidates were in the fray for 35 wards.
There are a total 5,58,884 voters in Gurgaon out of which 2,76,420 cast their votes at 546 polling booths.

Sep 24, 2017

India Third in Nuclear Power Installations

According to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017, India is third in the world in the number of nuclear reactors being installed, while China is leading.
The number of nuclear reactor units under construction is, however, declining globally for the fourth year in a row, from 68 reactors at the end of 2013 to 53 by mid-2017.

Child Mortality on the Decline

India’s child mortality rate has always been a cause for concern, but a recent study published in the medical journal Lancet suggests that the situation may be changing for the better.
The study shows a significant decline in cause-specific child mortality rates between 2000 and 2015 in the country.

Sep 23, 2017

India Plans to Train Afghan Police Officers

After training Afghan National Army officers and soldiers for four years, India is now planning to train Afghan police officers here as well, says Afghanistan’s envoy to India.
The MoU for the proposal, which will be supported by the United Nations Development Programme, is a first, and was discussed as part of enhancing the security partnership between India and Afghanistan during the meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council in Delhi this month.

Sep 22, 2017

UP CM and Deputy CM Resign from Lok Sabha

Days after being elected to the state legislative council, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya resigned as Lok Sabha members.
CM Adityanath represented the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat and Maurya represented the Phulpur (Allahabad) constituency.

Scorpene Submarine

The first Scorpene submarine Kalvari was delivered to the Indian Navy at the Mazagon Dock Ltd shipyard, paving way for it to be commissioned soon.
The second one INS Khanderi is slated for delivery by December.
The contract for the construction and transfer-of-technology for six Scorpene submarines in series was signed in October 2005 with M/s DCNS of France as 'collaborator' and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) as builder.

Sep 21, 2017

Ships and One Submarine Put on Deployment

Two Indian naval ships, a submarine and two long-range maritime reconnaissance aircrafts of the Western Naval Command have been deployed in the Western Arabian Sea and the southern Indian Ocean reached Oman.
This is after a long time that a submarine has been put on long-range deployment by the Indian Navy, and comes at a time when Chinese submarines are being spotted more frequently in the international waters of the Indian Ocean.
The Naval units are on a month-long deployment with the aim of enhancing surveillance and cooperation with the Arabian Sea rim nations.

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