Close to 70 per cent of India’s military hardware requirement is import-dependent and in foreseeable future, its import-export ratio may not get balanced out. However, that doesn’t stop the indigenous defence industry from aiming bigger, their spirits especially fuelled by the high-octane ‘Make...
Pakistan, on Thursday, accused India of politicizing the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee by making unfounded “insinuations” against it, days after China blocked India’s move calling for action against Pakistan over 26/11 mastermind Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi’s release.
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India’s first underground rock cavern on the eastern coast for storage of crude oil to hold country’s emergency reserves will be dedicated to the nation next month, officials said on Thursday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission the project developed by Indian Strategic Petroleum...
Close on the heels of NSCN-K faction announcing a bounty on the head of every Indian soldier “captured alive”, the Army has asked its personnel to remain extra-cautious while visiting their native places on holiday. “We have issued an advisory to our soldiers asking them to be extra-cautious...
The Rafale deal with France is yet to materialise, but the Indian Air Force is set to lose 54 fighter jets within the next six months. The planes - MiG 21s and MiG 27s, bought from Russia in the 60s and 70s - will be de-commissioned, bringing down the strength of the Air Force from 35 to 32...