Saab setting up manufacturing facility for Carl-Gustaf weapons

Bengaluru (PTI):

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Saab on Saturday announced it is setting up a manufacturing facility in India for Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifles that will support the production of the manportable multi-role weapon system for the Indian armed forces.

Bengaluru (ANI):

Three teams of the Election Commission of India (ECI) visited some districts of Karnataka and held meetings with the local officials to review the district-level preparations for upcoming Assembly polls. The visit was intended to find the possible reasons and solutions to poor voter turnout in the state during Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

The team led by Deputy Chief Commissioner of ECI, Ajay Badu, visited the Yadgiri district and conducted preliminary inspections of EVMs and VVPATs, here. He initiated the programs organized for voter awareness and held a meeting with Kalaburagi zone district commissioners regarding the pre-election preparations.

State Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena and Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Rajendra Cholan also participated in the said programme with the ECI's team.

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Big improvement in disaster preparedness, response: IUCN

New Delhi (PTI):

While India’s disaster preparedness and response has improved, the fragility of the Himalayas and the increase in population and infrastructure are at the root of crises like the Joshimath incident, officials at International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said.

Uttarakhand Authorities have declared Joshimath in Chamoli district a landslide and subsidence-hit zone. Wide cracks have appeared on residential and commercial buildings, roads and fields in the town.