(Editor’s Note: The currency conversion in paragraph one has be corrected to reflect accurate figure in US Dollars.) New Delhi: India’s Ministry of Defence today delegated financial powers up to Rs 300 crore ($40 million) to the armed forces to make emergency procurement of weapons and equipment to […]
New Delhi: It takes a China wake-up call in the Ladakh borders for the Indian Army to finally buy some fire power in light battle tanks for use against the nation’s enemy forces at high altitude battlefields. Amidst China amassing its battle tanks at the Debsang plains, Indian […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: The precarious situation that one of India’s private shipyards finds itself over its debts has put the navy in a quandary over how to proceed with a Rs 20,000-crore ($2.65-billion) tender for building four amphibious warships. One of the options being considered […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Global info-tech giant Googlee Inc‘s announcement today it will invest $10 billion in India has come as a major booster to the South Asian country locked in a bitter border face-off with China that also resulted in the ban on 59 Chinese-origin mobile […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: Amidst a rising China that wields power irresponsibly, India and the United States have to strengthen their diplomatic ties whether the Democrats or the Republicans win the presidential elections due in November to reach the White House. This is essential for the both […]
(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 Bhartendu Kumar Singh India‘s national security discourse has traditionally been a consensual project. Alternative voices and perspectives from the opposition leaders and scholars […]
New Delhi: India and China today agreed that ensuring peace between the two nations was the end state to be achieved in their bilateral relations so that there is no future military confrontation on the borders, as witnessed in Ladakh for the last 65 days now. At a […]
New Delhi: Amidst the two-month military face-off with China, India has quietly armed itself with all 22 Boeing Co. Apache gunships, a powerful weapon-delivery platform now being deployed in eastern Ladakh to showcase Indian intent to fight back. The Apache attack helicopters, designed for all kinds of missions, […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Diplomats from India and China will hold a virtual meet tomorrow to review the military disengagement currently in progress along the borders in Ladakh, even as their armies are contemplating fourth round of corps commanders talks next week. Indian government sources said […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has launched a procurement project for the design and development of a Mobile Integrated Network Terminal (MINT) for high altitude deployment under an industry-funded indigenous programme. The likely quantities required over the next five years (where applicable) has been projected at 129 MINT […]
New Delhi: The Indian Army has sought vendor responses to buy 804 night sights with thermal imaging capability for 30mm automatic anti-personnel grenade launchers, to enhance their utilisation during operations. The AGS-30 — as the grenade launcher is called in the Infantry Directorate — engagements at present are […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India has slammed Pakistan for continuing to push terrorists across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, charged it of peddling a false narrative against Indian laws and policies, and alleged that the neighbouring country is trying to portray military and financial help to […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India is committed to launching its first human space mission “Gaganyaan” on time before Aug. 2022 despite the roadblocks created by deadly COVID-19 which has severely impacted the country’s economy. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), supervising the Rs 10,000 crore ($1.33 billion) […]
(Editor’s Note: Updated with a nut graph at paragraphs six and seven.) By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, might offer a discount to Indian and other Asian buyers this month as a part of its strategy to ensure full compliance […]
New Delhi: The current two-month face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in Ladakh over infrastructure projects notwithstanding, India today said it will push ahead with the strategic border roads, bridges and tunnels that boost the nation’s forward connectivity. India‘s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh reviewed the progress […]
