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India, Russia sign $500 million deal for construction of 2 Classic warships The deal for the project was signed between India’s defence PSU Goa Shipyard Ltd and Russia’s state-run defence major Rosoboronexport  Published on:  Tue, Nov 20 2018.  Vehicles are parked near the office building of Rosoboronexport company in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters New Delhi:  India and Russia Tuesday signed a $500 million deal for construction of two warships in Goa for the Indian Navy under the technology transfer model, officials said. They said the agreement for the project was signed between defence PSU Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and Russia’s state-run defence major Rosoboronexport under the government-to-government framework for defence cooperation. Under the deal, Russia will provide design, technology and some materials to GSL for construction of the ships in India. “We have finalised a $500 million deal with Russia for construction of two warships ...

0 Russia to bag $1.5-billion deal for air defence missiles |  Updated:  Nov 20, 2018, 10.52 AM IST Whatsapp Facebook Twitter After major deals to sell the S-400 system as well as naval warships to   India ,   Russia   is set to bag a $1.5-billion contract for   air defence missiles , even though the shadow of financial sanctions by the US for weapons purchased from Moscow still looms. The Army had told the parliamentary panel on defence in March that lack of funds will impact the Vshorad procurement. ADVERTISEMENT ET has learnt that the Russian Igla-S system has been confirmed as the lowest bidder for a mega deal to procure shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles for the  Indian Army  in a meeting held on Monday. The Russian bid for $1.5 billion considerably undercut offers by France and Sweden and is believed to be even lower than the benchmark price of $2 billion that was estimated by the Ind...

NETANYAHU: GOLAN WILL STAY FOREVER A PART OF ISRAEL 3 minute read. Play Video Netanyahu on the Golan Heights, Lt.-Col. M and the possible upcoming elections, November 18, 2018 (Courtesy) US for 1st time votes with Israel against annual UN resolution. Calling for Israel to give Golan to Syria; Australia voted for resolution in 2017, abstained this year. The  Golan Heights is part of Israel  and will remain under its sovereignty forever, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu’s comments came at the weekly cabinet meeting, where he thanked the US for voting for the first time against an annual UN resolution calling for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria. In the past, the US abstained. “We have for some time been speaking with our friends the Americans on the present administration’s policies at the UN,” he said. On Thursday, US Ambassador David Friedman updated me that  the US decided to vote against the traditi...

Damage from Gaza Missiles Exceeds Israeli Estimates News   Arab World A     A Israeli soldiers stand next to armored personnel carrie ... Gaza - Asharq Al-Awsat Direct damage suffered by Israel during the last escalation with the Gaza Strip has exceeded estimates, according to a report published by Israel Hayom newspaper.  Until now, up to 406 compensation applications have been submitted, 317 out of them are for houses and residential apartments, 81 are for vehicles and for are for farms.  Applications are likely to increase in the coming days and compensations would amount to dozen millions of shekels, according to the newspaper. Israel Hayom added that Ashkelon was most damaged by missiles from where 312 compensation applications have been submitted, 286 out of them are for residential apartments and houses, while 36 are for vehicles.  In Sderot, there are 40 direct damages, 19 out of them are houses and residential a...

Netanyahu: ‘Sometimes we also need to go against the US’ Published:  11.18.18 , 16:45     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the annual memorial for Israel's third prime minister Golda Meir on Sunday, and spoke of her achievements: “Golda Meir lead the country firmly and decisively, and approved many military actions.” Netanyahu referred to Meir’s decision not to approve one attack during the Yom Kippur War, and said that she decided against it in light of the US demands and Israel tight relationship with Washington, but added that “sometimes we need to also go against the US.”

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 Syria threatens Israel with war over Golan region An Israeli tank in the occupied Golan Heights  Photo:  Gowidenews SYRIA threatened Israel with war over its continued occupation of the Golan region during a stormy United Nations meeting in New York on Friday. Syrian UN permanent representative Dr Bashar al-Jaafari warned Israel must comply with international resolutions and hand back the occupied territory or face the consequences. “We will reclaim Golan by peace or by war. This is our message to Israel and its ambassador,” he warned. The United Nations has voted overwhelmingly in support of Syrian sovereignty over the occupied Golan region. A draft resolution presented at the UN general assembly’s fourth committee in New York was supported by 151 states, with the US and Israel voting against and 14 abstentions. Mr Jaafari said the vote sent a message to Israel that its occupation of the Golan Heights is unlawful, ...

Democrats And Republicans Unite Over What A Mess The Florida Election Recounts Are If the election doesn't go one way or another, that's fair, one voter said. "But to have all this chaos, it’s just not democracy," she added. Posted on November 17, 2018,  Workers at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office show Republican and Democratic observers ballots during a hand recount on Nov. 16, 2018.  Florida(Gowidenews)  — Democratic and Republican voters in South Florida’s two most contested counties don’t agree on much, but on this they do: that the election recount has been a giant mess and they’ve lost faith in their electoral system. “My family and I voted for different people — they’re Republicans — but all of us were like, ‘Oh my God, we’re the laughing stock of America right now because we can’t get our shit straight,’” Fallon Williams, a Democrat in her thirties, told Gowidenews. ADVERTISEMENT Members ...