| | | Making its presence felt in the highly competitive global defence market, India exported military hardware worth ₹15,920 crore in the financial year 2022-23, the highest ever and a notable tenfold increase since 2016-17, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attributing the surge to enthusiasm for Make in India, and key reforms to spur growth in the sector. | THE DAILY QUIZ The results are in. Scam 1992 is in tenth place; Mirzapur is at No. 3; Rudra at No.2; and with 37 lifetime views, this RAJ & DK show is the most watched Indian web series of all time. It’s not Family Man. It released only in February. Shahid and Vijay are pleased. Which? a. Farzi
b. Paatal Lok
c.Rocket Boys
d. Sacred Games TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | | | THE BIG STORY Defence will get all the resources it needs: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assessed the operational readiness of the armed forces in the backdrop of the lingering border row with China, carried out a security review, and asked the military to stay prepared for new and emerging threats at the Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal. The conference focused on a raft of issues including evolving a joint military vision for the future, theaterisation, self-reliance, modernisation and cyber security, officials familiar with the matter said. Read more. | | | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Budding interests: Citizen scientists are tracking changes in flowering patterns Feasts, festivals and rituals are altered when flowers go missing in spring. “I’ve been searching for the white neem blossoms. Grinding the flowers with a few tender neem leaves to make a chutney is an annual ritual during Gudi Padwa (the Maharashtrian new year celebrated in late March or early April). But there is no trace of either on the trees this year,” says Mumbai botanist Sayee Girdhari, 28. Girdhari is a project coordinator with SeasonWatch, a citizen-science initiative that invites people to record the arrival of flowers, fruits and leaves in the trees around them. In the 10 years since the initiative started collecting this data, anecdotal evidence has pointed to shifts in traditionally established patterns, she says. Read more. |  | | THE WEEKEND FIX Flying colours: A tribute to the Boeing 747 It was designed for the US military. In the 1960s, the United States Air Force invited bids for a larger-than-large plane for mass cargo and troop transport. Boeing lost out to fellow American plane-makers Lockheed Martin’s C-5 Galaxy. But what the company did with its rejected design would literally change the world. Read more. | | SPORTING LIFE BY RUDRANEIL SENGUPTA Ringing in a revolution The rich haul of four gold medals at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, which concluded in Delhi last week, proves that India’s fighters are serious contenders at the top level. This is great news, because just five or six years ago, a fading MC Mary Kom was still India’s best prospect in women’s boxing, the boxing federation was mired in factional politics and it had been banned by the international governing body for the sport. Then a change began. At the end of 2016, a reconstituted Indian Boxing Federation took over, run by an entirely new set of people, and acquired international recognition. This meant that fighters, whether at the elite or the grassroots levels, could finally hope to get the support they needed. Read more. | | HT This Day: April 2, 2004 India as dangerous as a bubbling volcano An Andhra State comprising the 11 Telugu-speaking districts of the present Madras State and a part of Bellary will come into being on October 1. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
