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Finally, after all the waiting. Congrats to Rafale! It will be interesting to see the details of this deal - the offsets, tot, weapons, delivery time for the first batch, AESA.

7 years ago, China's GDP and per capita resembled that of today's India. China GDP per capita (2004): $ 1486 India GDP per capita (2011): $ 1527 IMF World Economics Outlook So, on a per capita basis, India is about 6 to 7 years behind China. Like I said in my previous post, both India and...

In 2004, China's GDP was $ 1.9 tn for a population on 1.3 bn. India is now close to that GDP figure of 1.9 trillion for a population of 1.2 billion. The gap in terms of economy is about 6 to 7 years, but China has done well in building a large manufacturing base with supporting infrastructure...

Hope this brings N Korea out of isolation. Asian leaders have to push for reunification of Koreas and remove the American influence in the region.

There are two separate forces: 1) The 10,000 strong Special Frontier Force, made up of ethnic-Tibetans, involved in intelligence gathering, that is under the the Special Services Bureau (SSB) of the R&AW? 2) The 50,000 strong border police force "Sashastra Seema Bal" (SSB) is under Home...

Congrats Stealth. Neat job there!

As long as the world continues to use USD as international reserve, they can continue printing these notes. Its time for The large emerging markets to trade in their own currencies and phase out the use of USD and permanently dismantle the Bretton-Woods system.

This whole idea that kirana stores will close down is a myth. We have seen the malls and organized Indian retailers have grown side-by-side with the kirana stores over the last decade. A few large format joint ventures in the outskirts of big cities is not going to take away any business from...

Veena Malik to be featured on NDTV Imagine on the reality show "Swayamvar Season 4". The promos have started airing. Looks like this magazine cover is just a publicity stunt to create controversy and build curiosity for the upcoming reality show.

This incident will pass by just like the OBL raid, drone attacks, Raymond Davis, and numerous other spats.

Good job by Kashmiri police. The stone throwing has stopped.

Turkey is trying to outgrow itself. Interfering with India on Kashmir, taking on China on behalf of Uyghurs, antagonizing Russia-backed Armenians in Nogorno-Karabakh, rivaling Greece for power in Cyprus, threatening Syria and playing against the Israelis is a bit adventurous for its size and...

This news has been going around for more than a year now. IAF is locked on to Typhoon/Rafale. US has failed to meet the MMRCA requirements. IN may consider the F-35C for the second carrier by 2018 or so if it comes with latest tech.

Kazakh, Niger, South Africa, Mongolia have already signed aagreements with India for supply of uranium. Australia is missing out on a great business opportunities.

There is no nuclear muscle, just a media spin. Kayani was merely stating that Pakistan is not like Afghanistan, and it has a much more capable fighting force and weapons to resist any invasion. But the US is not in a mood for any invasions. Most likely the US will launch a limited raid into NW...

These drones have been a boon to the war on terror. Kill them all the terrorists, you beauty of a bird.

Certainly not in one day, but gradually such a change will benefit global economy.

US will not be able to create any jobs with such protectionist policies. Large businesses will now diversify their global exposure by moving to ASEAN, India or East Europe. On the other hand, China can benefit by moving to a free currency regime, trade more with the rest of the world. A stronger...

Obama and the US can't do anything, it is no longer the power that it was in the 1990s. Pakistan must stand on its own feet, make peace with India and Afghanistan and not allow the Americans to exploit the geopolitical environment.

The armed forces must stay away from manufacturing weapons. HAL can be divested to private corporates and a professional management must run the show. Now that HAL is going to be a listed company, there would be some pressure from market forces to show better performance. Some of the DRDO...