New Delhi: India has removed restrictions to do defence business on Italian arms major Leonardo S. p. A., but with riders including the company not making any financial claims over past deals. India had barred Leonardo in its earlier avatar as Finmeccanica in early 2014, even before Narendra […]
New Delhi: India is ready to sign a key geospatial cooperation agreement with the United States later this month that will firmly set their strategic relationship in the Indo-Pacific region, where both are threatened by a common rival in China. India is likely to put a seal of […]
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: 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 […]
New Delhi: The churn in geopolitics — both just before the outbreak of COVID-19 and during the pandemic — has forced every nation, particularly the more powerful ones, to look for options to further their own interest. Globalisation is paving way for nationalism and calls for self-reliance. This […]
New Delhi: The Indian Ministry of Defence today announced the extension of a ban on defence trade with Italian major Leonardo, which faced debarment from business dealings for the first time in 2014. In a notification put up on its website, the defence ministry said it “has again […]