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New Delhi:  One person died, while several people are feared trapped after a six-storey building collapsed in Surat's Sachin Pali village amid several days of incessant rains. One woman was pulled out alive from under the debris, while 15 people have been injured in the incident, officials said. The building had 30 apartments, of which five were occupied. Horrifying visuals from the spot showed what remained of the building that was built just eight years ago - large chunks of concrete slabs lay on top of the other in a mountain of debris. Play Unmute Loaded :  0.52% Fullscreen Five families were inside the building when it collapsed this afternoon, spiking fears of several being trapped in the concrete rubble. The police and fire department officials rushed to the spot and launched an operation to look for those trapped and rescue them. Visuals showed rescue officials climbing through the wreckage, looking for life under it. By late evening, they pulled out a body.  A National Dis

India produces a raft of weapons and systems including the Tejas light combat aircraft, different types of helicopters, warships and tanks NEW DELHI:  India recorded the highest ever growth in the value of local defence production in the financial year 2023-24 on the back of enabling policy measures, with the figure reaching almost  ₹ 1.27 lakh crore, defence minister Rajnath Singh announced on Friday. Defence minister Rajnath Singh said the value of production has reached  ₹ 1,26,887 crore in 2023-24, 16.8% higher than the previous financial year (PTI FILE) The development, hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes at a time when the country is pursuing an ambitious agenda for achieving self-reliance in the defence manufacturing sector. Of the total value of production in 2023-24, 79.2% was contributed by defence public sector undertakings and other PSUs, and the remaining 20.8% by the private sector, the defence ministry said in a statement. The value of defence production is aro