Trundling after the tanks and assorted armoured vehicles on the parade was the Uran-9 autonomous combat vehicle. Field reports say these autonomous vehicles are often unable to find their targets. Russia’s Uran-9 unmanned combat ground vehicle in May 2021. If all goes according to plan – rare enough in any military procurement programme – this tank will begin full-scale production this year, too late for this phase of the war in Ukraine. As if technical problems were not enough, the company making the Armata is in financial trouble. Credible Russian reports indicate that the programme is suffering problems with production and complexity and “is a hostage to the many new technologies in it”. The trouble from the Russian army perspective is that there are very few of these tanks available. It is a significant advance over all previous Russian tanks, which were and are adaptations of old Soviet designs. Western analysts have been poring with some degree of trepidation over this system since 2015 when the tank first appeared. Most prominent among them was the T-14 Armata. The weaponry looked good on the parade ground – but how well are Russia’s high-tech weapons performing on the battlefield?Īs always in Russia’s Victory day parade, tanks and armoured vehicles took centre stage. This is not victory for the Left but a normal procedure,” Saurabh Kumar Sharma, Joint Secretary, JNUSU said in a joint statement.Every year, the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow showcases the latest in Russian weapons systems – and this year’s, of course, had special meaning. The case is still going on and he has also ben instructed by judiciary to cooperate with police in investigation. After being on the run for 10 days, they resurfaced on campus last Sunday. While Umar and Anirban later surrendered, three others have communicated to police that they are open to questioning, as and when required. Academicians and scholars from across the globe including Noam Chomsky have come out in support of JNU students and condemned the police action against them. While there were celebrations on campus tonight, members of ABVP said “bail doesn’t mean he has been declared innocent”. “Bail against a bond of Rs 10,000 doesn’t mean he has been proved innocent. Also Read - JNU Admin Asks Canteen/Dhabha Owners to Clear Dues, Amounting to Rs 10-20 Lakh Vacate Varsity Premises by June 30įive other students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ashutosh Kumar, Anant Prakash and Rama Naga, were wanted by the police in connection with the case.

Kanhaiya Kumar, a PhD student, was arrested on February 12 in connection with an event on the campus related to Afzal Guru. Members of the ABVP, the students front of RSS, had objected to the event and written to the Vice Chancellor against allowing it on the campus, prompting the university administration to order its cancellation of the march apprehending that it might “disrupt” peace. But the organisers went ahead with the programme despite withdrawal of permission and held a cultural programme, art and photo exhibition on the issue. Also Read - Jawaharlal Nehru University to Resume Physical Classes From August 3 Details Inside Our fight will now continue until the sedition charges are dropped and other two students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya”. Shouting “victory” slogans for Kanhaiya, they marched from Sabarmati Dhaba, which was the venue for the February 9 controversial event, to the administration block, where the protests have been going on since then. “I have been leading this protest against crackdown on students and branding of university as anti-national and I am glad that Comrade Kanhaiya will be back and lead the movement from now on,” JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora said. JNU Teachers Association General Secretary Bikramaditya Choudhary said, “It is a relief to see one of the students being granted bail. Also Read: JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar granted interim bail for 6 months by Delhi High Court Also Read - Violent Clash Between Students and Staff in JNU, Several Including ABVP President Injured

New Delhi, Mar 2: Celebrations erupted on the JNU campus after JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail in the sedition case today, with the varsity students and supporters now awaiting his release from jail. University students and teachers welcomed the decision by singing songs, taking out torchlight ‘victory march’, amid beating of ‘daflis’ and chants of “azaadi”. Many students and teachers hugged each other on the campus as the news spread. The celebrations broke out first outside Parliament Street Police Station where students had been camping since noon today.

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