by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance
Bengaluru : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a Rs 6,100 crore contract to supply 41 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) to the Indian Army and one to the Navy, an official statement said on Monday.
“The latest order reflects the trust in HAL’s capabilities and gives an impetus to the Make In India campaign,” HAL Chairman and Managing Director T. Suvarna Raju said in the statement.
“It reposes faith of Indian defence forces in indigenous ALH, which has been serving them with distinction for a long time.”
The contract for the supply would be executed in 60 months, the Bengaluru-based defence and aerospace company said.
In March, HAL had signed another contract to supply 32 ALHs to the Navy and Indian Coast Guard.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
Jammu, (IANS) An Indian Army mountaineering team led by an officer belonging to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday scaled Mount Everest.
Colonel S D Goswami, spokesman of army’s Udhampur-headquarter Northern Command told IANS in winter capital Jammu on Thursday: “Indian Army Mountaineering team scaled Mount Everest today at 6.07 a.m. in spite of inclement weather conditions after a hiatus of two years following the Nepal earthquake.
“The team was led by Lieutenant Colonel Ranveer Jamwal who belongs to Jammu district of J&K.
“The team included one officer, one junior commissioned officer (JCO) and five other ranks,” he said.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh has congratulated the team.
The team, led by Lt Col Jamwal, a reputed climber, was at the Everest base camp last year when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake stuck Nepal on 25 April, 2015.
In 2015, following the Nepal quake, an avalanche had struck the Everest Base Camp from Mount Pumori destroying camps of many expedition teams, killing 22 international climbers and local sherpas, and injuring more than 70, some of whom were critical due to severe head injuries.
The Indian Army’s Everest Expedition Camp was also in the path of the avalanche, but its members were safe.
The team had immediately taken control of the situation by regrouping and started helping in rescue operations by providing stretcher bearers, as well as providing shelter and rations to those in need.
As various agencies gradually moved their mountaineers down, the Indian Army team was the last to leave Everest Base Camp.
