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According to the statement, the ship was built using an integrated construction methodology that included hull block construction in various geographical locations and integration and erection on the MDL slipway. On September 10, 2020, the 'Taragiri' keel was laid. According to the statement, the ship is scheduled to be delivered in August 2025.

As per India’s foreign ministry, the troops of India and China have to disengage from the area by September 12, which the two sides also have to mutually verify. 

A military station on the banks of Lohit Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and a key road in this mountain hamlet were on Saturday named after India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, around nine months after he died in a helicopter crash.

Both countries still need to take several steps to maintain the pre-April 2020 status quo. Besides the disengagement process, the troops will have to carry out de-escalation and de-induction processes to get to the pre-April 2020 levels. 

Lance Naik Gopal Singh Bhadoriya laid down his life during a gun-battle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir five years ago. He was earlier awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal for being part of a NSG commando group that clearing the Taj Hotel during the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.

India and China have arrived at a consensus during the 16th round of Corps Commander Level meeting, following which troops from both sides stationed in the area of Gogra-Hotsprings (PP-15) have begun to disengage in a coordinated and planned way.

IAF historian Anchit Gupta stumbled upon research material that he could not resist sharing for it characterised a grit and derring-do that typified the early pioneers of aviation. That the story unfolds in India makes it even more interesting.

The weapon system, which has state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms including a warhead chain, operated with pinpoint accuracy. The system performance was confirmed from the data captured by a number of Range instruments deployed by the ITR. 

Maintaining a high vigil at the forward post in Keran sector, the northern most part of Kashmir along the LoC, troops are maintaining a birds-eye vigil despite ceasefire between the two countries since February last year.

The 'Taragiri' warship has been made using an integrated construction methodology, which involves hull block construction in different geographical locations and integration on the slipway at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.