New Delhi: The target with 500 billion over the next five years from the exporting of defense said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The prime minister said the defense expo 2020 in Lucknow. Defense Expo’s 11th edition was inaugurated by Modi.

India has a lot to do in defense manufacturing. Government has favorable policies on this occasion.

Have always been helpful to the industry, Modi said. In the last five years, the defense sector made emphasis on local production. Activities are underway for investment in this field is continuing now, he added.

It is the ideal environment for innovation. Defense Exports surged by Rs 17,000 crore, in India. Build the Way for India, Build the Way for the World is the country’s development  strategy is to build.

The Prime Minister welcomed the global defense sector elite to set up their defense units in India. The implementation of artificial intelligence in the defense zone is in the final stage, Modi said.

Cabinet expansion in Karnataka has been taken place. According to reports, 10 more ministers sworn in the cabinet. To Governor Wajubhai Wala took the oath for Ministers. The ten Congress, JD (S) Rebel MLAs won in the BJP ticket also included in this. With this, the number of ministers in the Karnataka cabinet has increased to 28.

New Delhi: President Ramnath Kovind also rejected the mercy plea of one of the four accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. With this, all petitions in the President’s office have been decided. Akshay had issued a mercy plea to the President a few days ago. The President had earlier rejected the mercy pleas of Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh, the other accused in the Nirbhaya case.

The Supreme Court will hear the central government’s petition challenging the Delhi High Court verdict in the Nirbhaya case. The High Court yesterday dismissed the plea filed by the Center challenging the trial court’s decision that stayed the death sentence. Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Center, told the apex court that despite the mercy petitions rejected, the prison authorities could not carry out the death penalty. A bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, and Krishna Murari will hear the case tomorrow.

Srinagar: Terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. A CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) jawan was killed in an attack by terrorists at the Parimbora check post in Srinagar.

Security forces have confirmed that two militants were killed in the attack. Conflict persists in the area. No further information is known.

Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth support Citizenship Amendment Act. Rajinikanth responded that the protests against the citizenship law were politically motivated: “Students should not be an instrument of religious leaders and politicians. The national citizenship register is essential to the country. The response came after senior leaders of the party invited Rajinikanth to the BJP.

The Income Tax Department had terminated tax evasion cases against Rajinikanth following the direction of the Central Direct Tax Board. The Income Tax Department was behind the move by BJP leaders to invite Rajinikanth to the NDA. Since 2002, the Income Tax department has ended tax evasion cases. The action was taken following the direction of the Central Direct Tax Board, which did not want action in cases of less than Rs 1 crore.

Rajinikanth had reported earnings of Rs 61.12 lakh in 2002, Rs 1.75 crore in 2003 and Rs 33.93 lakh in 2004. Following the raid on his residence at Poise Gardens, he was fined more than Rs 67 lakh. The Income Tax Department had filed an appeal in the Madras High Court challenging the trial court’s order. This appeal was withdrawn by the Income Tax Department. This was followed by a decision to suspend the tax evasion cases imposed in 2007 and 2012.

India has revoked visas granted to Chinese nationals and foreigners residing in China in the wake of coronavirus. Anyone planning to visit India should contact the Embassy of Bai Jing or the Consulate in Shanghai or Guang Cho. For new visa, should contact the Indian Embassy in Beijing,

Currently, Chinese nationals in India and those traveling to China after January 15 should contact the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Indian Embassy.

The embassy and consulates have been getting a lot of questions about travel from Chinese citizens and foreign nationals who have visited China for the past two weeks. They are also looking into whether they can use the existing single / multiple entry visas to travel to India. However, the existing visa is invalid and new ones must be applied through the Embassy / Consulate.

It is also advised to contact the Visa Section at the Embassy of Beijing or the Indian Consulates in China to verify the validity of the visa before visiting India.

India has suspended online visa services for Chinese nationals and foreigners in China. The Embassy announced on its official Twitter page that following current developments, travel to India with an e-visa has been suspended and will apply to Chinese passport holders and foreigners residing in China. Visas have been revoked immediately following this procedure.