After the successful use of drones in several countries like the US, UK, Africa, etc, companies like Amazon and Flipkart will soon start to deliver their packages through drones, as the aviation ministry revealed a proposed policy to allow commercial use of these unmanned aerial vehicles.
In a recent announcement by the Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, it has come to light that the Town Vending Committees (TVC) of the capital has taken up the task to survey hawkers in the city. The survey is being conducted for the fresh issue of vending certificates, which will entitle them to operate their business from a fixed place. With this move of the Delhi government, it will soon become the first Indian city to come up with a law protecting the street vendors against eviction.
Russian Defense Ministry has developed a 6-ton Altius-U drone. A few days ago, a video of the first flight of this drone has been posted by the Ministry. The specialty of this drone is that it is capable of staying in the air for more than 24 hours. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a fighter aircraft, so that the common man can mistake it as a fighter jet, not a drone. This Russian drone is equivalent to the MQ-9 Reaper of America.
A video of this drone has also been posted on YouTube by the Ministry. By watching this one minute and 3 second video, the specialty and size of this drone can be known. During the test, the drone was run over the outstanding runway, then flew in the air for hours. The video shows the drone taking off and landing.
The flashing red lights along with the drones in the border villages caused panic on Wednesday night. According to people in the border village of Hazara Singh, Chandiwala and Tendiwala, bright flashing red colored lights were seen in the Pakistani area around 8.30 pm on Wednesday night. In this, people were troubled by the sight of drones & got frightened.
Addressing an election rally in Sangli, Maharashtra, Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah said that we have worked to unite the country by removing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, while the Congress and NCP opposed us.