New Delhi: To provide an impetus to self-reliance theme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India today made public a draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020, reiterating the already stated policy guidelines such as arms manufacturing target of Rs 175,000 crore ($25 billion), including Rs 35,000 crore […]
New Delhi: India needs to instill fear in the minds of Communist China if it has to achieve equilibrium in the bilateral relationship, Indian National Congress leader Dr Abhishek Singhvi said, calling for a comprehensive, aggressive change in India’s policy on China, against the Ladakh conflict backdrop. Advocating […]
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 […]
In the United Nations General Assembly session of 2015, China introduced its vision of a world order called “Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”. The vision document contained a lot of high-principled words such as consultation, dialogue, inclusivity, consensus, and cooperation but was vague and ambiguous on […]
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: India has amended draft procedures for defence acquisitions and has now sought remarks from stakeholders by Aug. 10 for a final round of discussions before the document is finalised. The second draft of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020, now titled ‘Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020‘ […]
New Delhi: India today launched a contest for defence innovator and startups, to mark the fifth death anniversary of its tallest military scientist and former President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) opened its second edition of the ‘Dare to Dream […]
New Delhi: India and China will hold a military commanders’ meet next week to further thrash out differences over the disengagement of their army soldiers along the Ladakh de facto border, which is yet to be completed. The need for the military talks were felt, as the Chinese […]
New Delhi: The United States is negotiating a joint development project for an air-launched drone with India involving both nations’ armed forces and defence research agencies, an American official from the Pentagon has said. At the ‘India Ideas Summit‘ organised by the US-India Business Council yesterday, the official […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched India as one of the most attractive global investment destination and urged American multinational companies and corporate sector to pump in money into key sectors such as defence, aviation, infrastructure, technology, agriculture and other manufacturing industries. Modi […]
(Editor’s Note: First update on June 23 with Department of Defence Production comments on Offset Guidelines in the last paragraph. Second update with details of July 17 amended order keeping the policy on Banking Offsets in abeyance in paragraph one.) New Delhi: India kept in abeyance its June […]
Hyderabad: Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), a joint venture between Indian major Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and American defence giant Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, today said it has appointed Kiran Dambala as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dambala assumes this position from the outgoing TLMAL COO Abhay Paranjape, […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
