By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a clear indication of its strong will and intent to push ahead with the corporatisation of the state-run ordnance factories, India’s Narendra Modi government today set up a very powerful group of ministers headed by heavyweights such as Rajnath Singh and […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: World’s largest defence and aerospace company is keen on exploring the newly opened Indian market for the space sector in collaboration with both the government and the new entrants from the private industry, Lockheed Martin Corp.‘s India chief has said. In particular, […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to counter China’s growing influence in its neighbourhood, India has decided to speed up development assistance projects in Bangladesh and address its concerns. To demonstrate the priority India accords to Bangladesh under its ‘Neighbourhood First‘ policy, the South Asian giant rushed […]
By Anjali Chhabra New Delhi: With guidance from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), budding scientists are working overtime to surmount the temporary bumps caused by Coronavirus in their journey to make the first indigenously built nanosatellite from Birla Institute of Technology and Science at Pilani, or just […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today partnered with Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, to carry out research and development in space science, exploration of planets, ground stations and development of micro and mini satellites. The two countries signed an agreement that provides for capacity building assistance […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to counter China’s influence in the strategic Indian Ocean Region, India today announced a slew of projects in Maldives to deepen its relations with the maritime neighbour. The relationship was not cosy till two years ago. Former Maldives President Abdullah Yameen […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Russia, a trustworthy old friend, has backed India in the bitter face off with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. The support is significant for New Delhi as it has come ahead of the crucial BRICS meeting to be […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: In order to push India’s strategic-economic interests in the Indo-Pacific Region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched an ambitious project that will connect the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the mainland through an undersea Optic Fibre Cable (OFC). The Indian Ocean Region […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today called China‘s bluff on border peace between the two nations, saying the mutually agreed disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh was not yet complete. “There is some progress but the process of disengagement is not yet […]
New Delhi: The historic moment for which India and obviously the Asian neighbourhood was waiting for came true today at the Ambala air base, when the five Rafale combat jets from France touched down to a rousing welcome from the cantonment city’s general public. The five Rafales — […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Locked in a bitter border dispute with India along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, China has reached out to Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan in a bid to woo them to its side in this conflict with India that is now […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Rajiv Prakash Saxena With one stroke of a pen and $400 billion as long-term investment in Iran, China‘s military deal with Tehran under […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India is taking the economic diplomacy route to Bangladesh as a counter to the China–Pakistan combo’s desperate attempts to create a troubled neighbourhood for the South Asian giant. While India is locked in a bitter border dispute with China along the Line of […]
New Delhi/Saint-Cloud (France): As we write this, India‘s air force pilots are flying the five Rafale jets from Dassault Aviation‘s Mérignac facility to the Ambala air base, covering around 7,000 km with a stop over at the United Arab Emirates. The first five Rafale combat aircraft in Indian […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Pakistan and China, two of India’s arch rivals, have reached a secret three-year deal to jointly expand potential biological warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent Anthrax, people familiar with the development said. The Wuhan Institute of […]
