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India’s First Private Sector Small Arms Manufacturing Unit Unveiled
India’s
first private sector small arms manufacturing plant has been inaugurated at
Malanpur in Madhya Pradesh. This unit is a joint venture of India based Punj
Lloyd Raksha Systems Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of infrastructure giant
Punj Lloyd, and Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). The plant will manufacture
small arms X95 Carbine & Assault Rifle, Galil Sniper Rifle, Tavor Assault
Rifle and Negev Light Machine Gun for use by Indian forces as well as for
export to other countries of the world. This is likely to greatly boost the
defence indigenisation programme and will help in replacing the outdated small
arms and weaponry being used by our forces. |
INS Chennai Dedicated to Chennai City
Indian
Naval Ship INS Chennai (D65) has been dedicated Chennai city. INS Chennai is a
Kolkata class stealth guided missile destroyer built by the Mazagaon dockyard. The
ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 21st November, 2016 by
Mr Manohar Parrikar, the then Defence Minister of India. MPs & MLAs from Tamil Nadu were invited to pay a visit to
the ship and many of them spent the whole day aboard it. This was the first
ever visit of the warship to city after which she has been christened. |