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The Global Innovation and Technology Centre (GITC) in Chennai will be hiring around 1,300 people in the next 18 months, while another 900 will be hired in Bengaluru

This will be the company's largest GCC in the world. This is a monumental addition by the company, joining other global giants like Hitachi Energy in establishing their biggest GCCs in Chennai

Indigenously-developed light combat aircraft Tejas on Wednesday successfully test-fired an ASTRA beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 feet, officials said. "Tejas, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7 successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa on August 23," the defence ministry said. It said all the objectives of the test were met and it was a perfect text book launch. The test launch was monitored by the test director and scientists of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with officials from Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DG-AQA). Defence Minister Rajnath Singh complimented ADA, DRDO, CEMILAC, DG-AQA and the industr

The company will 'progressively' transition to vaccine profitability from the fourth quarter, Astra said

India joins exclusive club of US, Europe, Russia and China