New Delhi: India’s defence corridor in Uttar Pradeh is all set to get a boost with iconic United Kingdom firearms company Webley & Scott all set to begin production at its facility there, the first such development in 30 months. The company, which armed the Allied Powers during […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Swedish Saab AB is unsure of Indian major Adani Group as its strategic partner for the world’s largest combat aircraft programme in India, two years after they joined hands to work on the project. The Swedish defence major now wants to work […]
New Delhi/Abu Dhabi: India‘s shaky decision-making process on defence procurement has forced United Arab Emirates’ leading small arms maker, CARACAL, to pitch a ‘Make in India‘ offer along with a local partner for its carbines that the Indian Army was keen on buying. CARACAL’s CAR 816 was chosen […]
(Editor’s Note: Corrections in paragraph 3 and 4, to read the economic package as Rs 2,000,000 crore or Rs 20 trillion or $266 billion, and production target Rs 30,000 crore as $4 billion respectively.) By Ayaskant Das The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has fallen short of its production […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: On a day five Rafale fighter jets landed at the Ambala air base, political slug fest over the aircraft purchased continued with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailing the high-tech flying machines and the opposition Indian National Congress questioning the deal. Union Minister 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 Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Imitation is the best form of flattery. And in a first, India is trying to set up a system to manage its energy data, energy modeling and low carbon technologies on the lines of the United States. As part of the India-US Strategic […]
By Captain Sanjay Prashar All shipping crew changes globally may be near normal by Aug. 10. Every one of us has done our bit and we can say proudly that we are doing a good job despite a war called COVID-19 forced upon us. Seafarers, declared as essential […]
New Delhi: With an expansionist People’s Republic of China (PRC) nibbling at India‘s borders, a group of experts have said that India should have a ‘One Tibet‘ policy and reject the unrealistic ‘One China‘ idea that the Communist Party of China (CCP) keeps floating. At a webinar organised […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Locked in a bitter turf war with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, India today banned 59 Chinese Apps, though the notification did not name the Asian country, saying they were working against national security and public order, […]
New Delhi: India has signed a cumulative $5.67-billion defence offset from 21 contracts with foreign companies in the last three years. This would mean the Narendra Modi government clinched overseas deals worth at least $20 billion during the period, bringing benefits to the local industry India’s defence offset […]