Mission Shakti's fourth phase was recently launched by UP CM Yogi Adityanath under which the Agra Commissionerate launched a decoy operation to tackle the issue of eve-teasing.
Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday launched the third phase of 'Mission Shakti'.In the program, under Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana, Yogi Adiyanath will address 1.5 lakh girls about the Yojana. Foundation stone for the courtyard of Veerangana Avantibai Battalion in Badaun will also be laid.
Uttar Pradesh will commence the third phase of 'Mission Shakti' today.
With the aim to teach boys in Uttar Pradesh that they should respect a woman, the Yogi Adityanath government has gone in for a paradigm shift in the syllabus for basic and secondary education.
The Uttar Pradesh government has sentenced 23 accused to life imprisonment in the past 24 hours, in connection with cases of crime against women and children.
ASAT (Anti-satellite weapon) -- Mission Shakthi developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) -- Army's battle tank Bhishma, infantry combat vehicles, Air Forces' newly inducted Chinook and Apache helicopters in display at R-Day parade today.
Talking to media after a special presentation on Mission Shakti, Reddy said that the test will work for deterrence in case of space warfare.
State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino's remarks came a day after National Aeronautics and Space Administration termed as a "terrible thing" India's shooting down of one of its satellites that has created about 400 pieces of orbital debris.
CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury had approached the EC alleging that the PM's address violated the model code.
Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena, who heads the committee to look into the issue, told a press conference that the poll panel is examining three aspects of the matter -- MCC, law and media. He said the committee had written to Doordarshan and All India Radio seeking details of the source of the video feed.
Prominent American experts have said that India has a long way to go when it comes to ensuring space security after it successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite.
"In the last 6 months when the A-SAT missile programme entered "mission mode" level, about 100 scientists worked round-the-clock to reach the intended launch date target that was set", DRDO Chairman Dr,. G. Satheesh Reddy added.
India shot down one of its satellites in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile to demonstrate this complex capability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, making it only the fourth country to have used such a weapon.
After the post came in for trolling, the minister's social media team deleted it.
India has achieved a milestone in its space exploration programme under the Modi government.
Asked if India could have demonstrated the anti-satellite missile capability in 2007 itself, Nair said "certainly", but it could not be done due to absence of "political decision" to go ahead with it at that time.
Pakistan, in an official statement, today called on international community to condemn India's Mission Shakti and draft stronger international laws for any such future weaponry development.
Firebrand West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is known not to mince words. Today was also no different. Hours after India registered its name in the elite club of space superpowers by test firing ASAT missiles, Mamata Banerjee asked what was the need to shoot down the satellite lying in space since long.
The successful conduct of Mission Shakti today, has made India the fourth nation in the world, with the capability to successfully target satellites through an Anti-Satellite Missile.
India has always held the stand that any new technologies that it develops or acquires are not aimed at any country but only boosts India’s deterrence and aspirations for peace.
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