New Delhi: India will host the AeroIndia-2021 air show in Bengaluru only on business days from Feb. 3 to 5, to conform to global COVID-19 pandemic safety standards and precautions. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, who carried out a review of the air show preparations, directed the organisers, […]
Hyderabad (India): India has opened a new Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility here, becoming only the third nation globally after the United States and Russia to have such large capabilities in terms of size and operations. The facility was opened yesterday by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh […]
By Dr S. Jaishankar We are all here virtually to remember Manohar Parrikar, who would have turned 65 years old today. It is natural for us to express our feelings and recall our associations. I myself had the opportunity of working with him as Foreign Secretary. Quite apart […]
New Delhi/Hazira: India’s Larsen & Toubro today delivered the 81st K-9 VAJRA-T howitzer to the Indian Army, in a clear indication that the 2017 order will be completed well within the 42-month schedule, providing for the delays permitted under the Force Majeure clause due to COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
Bengaluru/New Delhi: India‘s lone aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed up a $54-million deal with digital technology company Tech Mahindra to implement a project for overhaul of its business operations. In a statement, HAL said it has got Tech Mahindra for a Rs 400-crore ($54-million) contract […]
New Delhi: Shifting its ties with Myanmar to a higher gear, India today officially confirmed it is all set to formally hand over a submarine to its neighbour for boosting its naval capability. India will transfer the Russian-origin Kilo-class, which will be commissioned by Myanmar as its first-ever […]
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 […]
By Atul Kumar Rare Earth Metals (REMs), a suite of 17 chemical elements from the periodic table, are critically vital for the empowerment of the economic growth, as well as the national security of a nation. Also, this suite of REMs can even influence geopolitics. The most recent […]
New Delhi: India should join other global powers to stop China from backing Pakistan and only if the China-Pakistan nexus is broken can the question of Kashmir between New Delhi and Islamabad be resolved, a senior Uighur leader, currently in self-imposed exile in the United States, has said. […]
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 […]
(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 Despite relative peace on the Sino-Indian border since 1962 (disturbed occasionally, like the Galwan Valley incident), war probabilities often cloud […]
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: China, whose aggression along the Himalayan border in Ladakh as well as in the South China Sea has angered the western powers, is clearly riled at the growing convergence between the United States, India and Australia against the Asian dragon. A day after […]
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 […]
