DefExpo 2020 attracts more than 1,000 defence companies: Rajnath Singh

Current Affairs
Proceeding with the act of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protection pastors moving the biennial DefExpo barrier gear display to their home state, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will commence DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow on Wednesday.
In 2016, at that point protection serve Manohar Parrikar moved DefExpo from New Delhi to Goa, in the midst of tremendous resistance from ecological activists. After two years, Nirmala Sitharaman moved DefExpo 2018 to Chennai. Like Parrikar and Sitharaman, Singh asserted on Tuesday that the present form of DefExpo had broken every single past record. Tending to the media in Lucknow, alongside his co-have, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the safeguard serve expressed that in excess of 1,000 guard firms — including 856 Indian and 172 outside organizations — would take part in Defexpo.
"In the DefExpo 2018, held in Chennai, 702 organizations had taken an interest. In this manner, this has become by a long shot the greatest ever DefExpo to be held in India," expressed the protection service in an official discharge on Tuesday.
The service likewise guaranteed that exhibitors had booked 42,800 square meters of presentation space this year, 60 percent higher than the 26,774 square meters booked in Chennai. Safeguard priests and military head of 40 nations will go to the occasion this year, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. 200 memoranda of undertaking (MoUs) are relied upon to be inked, manufacturing new business coordinated efforts.

Just because, the nearness of the neighborhood boss clergyman discernibly overshadowed that of the guard serve. Adityanath's appearance decorated all the notices on equivalent terms with that of Singh...READ MORE

Country's first private train, Tejas Express to pay you if there is a delay

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Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will be compensated in case of delays, the Railway subsidiary said on Tuesday, announcing a first of its kind offer from any national carrier.
An amount of Rs 100 will be paid in case the delay is for over an hour and Rs 250 for delay of over two hours, the IRCTC said ahead of the launch of its first train.
This latest offer is in addition to the Rs 25-lakh free insurance that will be given to passengers of the train.
Tejas Express is the first private train in the country.
This travel insurance also includes a coverage of Rs 1 lakh against household theft and robbery during travel period of the passengers, again a first for those travelling on board trains.
The train will be flagged off on October 4.
Many countries and cities over the globe compensate passengers for delays - some do so as monetary compensation and some in kind.In Japan and Paris, a delay certificate is issued to passengers by railway companies as proof that a train arrived at a station later than stated in the company's scheduled timetable which can be shown in schools or offices for late admission at university exams. The certificate is issued when delays as little as five minutes occur. In the UK, rail passengers are entitled to get automatic compensation for delayed journeys.

 The IRCTC said a passenger is required to fill up a claim form with the insurance company in the link provided online or lodge a claim for train delay on its toll free number....READ MORE