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India, Japan to work together to strengthen energy security

The two leaders highlighted the importance of regional initiatives to strengthen energy resilience, such as India’s support for energy security in South Asia and Japan’s Partnership on Wide Energy and Resources Resilience (POWERR Asia).

CISF gets nod to increase force strength to 2.2 lakh

In an important initiative towards strengthening industrial security, with an overall aim to support economic rise, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved increasing the strength of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from the existing 1,62,000 personnel to an authorised ceiling of 2,20,000.

Mountaineering team summits Mt Merag-III and Kangju Kangri in Ladakh

A Joint Expedition Team comprising Instructors from the National Mountaineering Institutes Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIM&WS) Pahalgam; Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) Uttarkashi, and Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Darjeeling, successfully summited Mt Merag-III (6,480M) and Mt Kangju Kangri (6710M), the highest peaks in Pangong Tso region, Union Territory of Ladakh.