Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day Air Force Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on Thursday, an official statement from the Defense Ministry said.
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is set to address the second Indian Air Force Commanders' Conference of 2023 in the national capital on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan offered prayers at Maa Kundheibira Mandir on the ocassion of Vijayadashami festival at Pallahara in Angul district.
Rajnath Singh recalled that in 2014, the value of defence exports was about Rs 1,000 crore, "but today we are exporting defence equipment worth thousands of crores," he said.
During the day, Rajnath Singh who on Monday arrived in Tezpur for a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh attended the wreath-laying ceremony, engaged with the security personnel deployed in the strategically vital Tawang sector, performed Shashtra Puja, held special prayers.
According to an official statement issued by the CM's office on Monday, CM Siddaramaiah thanked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for his immediate response to organising the air show.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who arrived in Tezpur on Monday for a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh interacted with Armed Forces personnel deployed in the region during 'Barakhana' organised in Tezpur on Monday evening.
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that the whole world should unite against terrorism adding that adequate measures should be taken so that innocent civilians do not get affected because of it.