{"id":315505,"date":"2019-10-08T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=315505"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:10:25","slug":"india-receives-first-rafale-jet-in-france-rajnath-singh-calls-it-a-historic-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/india-receives-first-rafale-jet-in-france-rajnath-singh-calls-it-a-historic-day\/","title":{"rendered":"India receives first Rafale Jet in France, Rajnath Singh calls it \u2018A Historic Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315506 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/rajnath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/10\/rajnath.jpg 712w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/10\/rajnath-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/10\/rajnath-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/10\/rajnath-696x511.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/10\/rajnath-572x420.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday received the first of 36 Rafale fighter jet at Dassault Aviation in France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded by Shastra Puja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u2018It is a historic day,\u2019 Rajnath Singh said before accepting the aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThis ceremony indeed is a historic and landmark day for the Indian Armed Forces. This ceremony signifies the depth of the strategic partnership between India and France,\u201d the minister added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Singh said, \u201cI look forward to flying in the Rafale aircraft. This will be a great honour and experience for me. I thank Minister Parly for this gesture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday marks a new milestone in the Indo-French Strategic Partnership and indeed a new high in the bilateral defence cooperation,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier today, Singh held wide-ranging talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHad an excellent meeting with the President of France Mr. @EmmanuelMacron at Elysee Palace in Paris today. We had a comprehensive discussion covering a wide range of issues,\u201d Rajnath said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday received the first of 36 Rafale fighter jet at Dassault Aviation in France. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was preceded by Shastra Puja. \u2018It is a historic day,\u2019 Rajnath Singh said before accepting the aircraft. \u201cThis ceremony indeed is a historic and landmark day for the Indian Armed Forces. This ceremony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":315506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,53],"tags":[1776,9868,2597],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315507,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315505\/revisions\/315507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/315506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}