OpIndia Explains

On 9th July 1999, the first contract for the BrahMos project was signed under PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

To thwart the wave of Pakistani missiles and drones, India activated its multi-layered air-defence system, including Akashteer ADCRS, S-400 Sudarshan Chakra, S400 Triumf, Barak 8 MRSAM (Medium Range Surface to Air Missile) and Akash Missile System.

The airborne warning system, AWACS, is more capable than ground mounted radars and work as eyes in the skies.

In response to Pakistani strikes, Indian armed forces activated the indigenously developed Akashteer Air Defence System to intercept and destroy a wave of Pakistani missiles and drones

This caste census conducted in 1931 continued to influence Indian politics for decades to come. It was stated in this report that the total population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country is 52%. On this basis, politics like 'backwards should get 60 out of 100' started. This politics later on turned into Mandal-Kamandal politics.

The nationwide civil defense mock is designed to assess the country’s emergency preparedness for wartime scenarios like missile strikes, air raids, and large-scale evacuations.

The increase in the length of Gujarat's coastline is the result of new methods of accurate measurement and calculation rather than geographical expansion. The Government of India has used new technology and methods to calculate the length of the coastline.

India, which is an upstream nation, possesses a natural hydrological high ground. The Indus’s headwaters and five major tributaries flow from the Himalayan mountains in India into Pakistan.

Signed on 19th September 1960 in Karachi, the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan was brokered by the World Bank. This water-sharing agreement governs the use of the Indus River system.

The Hindu victims left their homes for India to save their lives but Razakars informed the Pakistani Army about the movement of Hindus.