February 2022

From left: Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand; HE Chairat Sirivat, Consul-General of Thailand to the UAE; HE Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports; HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Group Chairman; Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates; and Orhan Abbas, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations – Far East at Emirates.

Emirates Signs Agreement with Tourism Authority of Thailand

Dubai: Emirates has pledged its support to promoting tourism in Thailand through a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Under the agreement, both the tourism body and Emirates will explore joint initiatives and opportunities for collaboration that will enhance each party’s marketing and promotional efforts to attract travellers to

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Western Naval Command Conducts High-Level Meeting on Theatre Commands

Mumbai: Tri-services discussions on the modalities and structural framework for the creation of Integrated Theatre Commands for the Indian Armed Forces were held under the aegis of Western Naval Command at Mumbai. This is yet another milestone towards building jointness and enhancing organisational synergy among the three Services, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. The

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Indo-Oman Exercise Eastern Bridge-VI Successfully Conducted

Jodhpur: The Indo-Oman exercise, Eastern Bridge-VI (2022) was successfully conducted at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 21 to 25 February. The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) participated with Indian Air Force (lAF) in the exercise which was aimed at providing operational exposure and undertaking mutual exchange of best practices, towards enhancing operational capabilities of

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Japanese Ground Self Defence Forces Contingent Arrives in India for Ex Dharma Guardian-2022

New Delhi: A joint military exercise, “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022”, between India and Japan will be conducted at Foreign Training Node, Belagavi (Belgaum, Karnataka) from 27 February to 10 March. Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022 is an annual training event that is being conducted in India since 2018. Notably, in the series of military training exercises undertaken by

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India Extends Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme Until March 31, 2026

New Delhi: The Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of the Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme beyond March 31, 2021, for a period of five years from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2026, with a financial outlay of Rs. 1,364.88 crore, it was announced by the

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At Least 5 Make-I Projects to be Sanctioned During FY 2022-23: Defence Minister

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday (February 25) organised a post-budget webinar titled ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence – Call to Action’ on the announcements made in Union budget 2022-23. The Union Budget 2022-23 related to MoD has given further impetus to Aatmanirbharta in Defence and the objective of the webinar was to involve

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India Providing Made in India Defence Equipments, Services to More Than 75 Countries: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a post-budget webinar titled ‘Aatmnirbharta in Defence – Call to Action’ on the announcements made in the Budget 2022-23. Also read: At Least 5 Make-I Projects to be Sanctioned During FY 2022-23: Defence Minister The webinar was organised by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday (February 25).

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Indian Navy and HAL Sign Mutual Expression of Interest

New Delhi: The Indian Navy and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have signed a ‘Mutual Expression of Interest’ to facilitate Faculty Exchange Programme between the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi and HAL Management Academy, Bengaluru. This association is aimed to facilitate development of key skillsets among the trainees to help them imbibe latest aviation technologies

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