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Siemens would definitely quote for a version of its successful Velaro (already operating in 6 countries). This platform is already proven on Russian Broad gauge networks.

He really is a movie star? Good Heavens :o:

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In a first, free water, toilets at Lucknow Metro stations LUCKNOW: Lucknow Metro stations will be the first in the country to provide free drinking water to commuters at all 21 metro stations of the North-South metro corridor. The stations will have a kiosk providing purified, chilled water to...

Isro's satellite launcher turns into money-spinner On Wednesday , the government said the launch of 29 satellites helped Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm of Isro, earn Rs 45 crore. (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organisation's rockstar Polar Satellite...

Three consortia led by Alstom, Siemens and Stadler Bussnang eye Rs 2,000 crore coach factory project NEW DELHI: Three consortia led by multinational transportation giants Alstom, Siemens and Stadler Bussnang AG are in the race to set up an electric rail coach factory in West Bengal. The...

East-South Corridor (Connecting West Bengal and Andhra) is in serious discussion. Lets see how funding is arranged. For some strange reason rail connectivity for Eastern ports is still not upto the mark and considering mineral wealth in states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, it would be...

Attention to freight business Rationalizing Passenger fares Investment in safety Capacity creation to improve volume and speed I hope IR had these on its priority list as it prepares to transform itself.

Any news on order of further Pilatus trainers? I suppose government linked additional purchase of BTs with HTT-40. @Abingdonboy

Sir, maybe at some other thread, can you please detail the roadmap for J-17 in near to medium term timeframe. One thing done smartly is that JF-17, assumes the role of several previous generation platform roles and given its cost effectiveness, can be produced in numbers. So it is worthy of...

True. It simply isn't possible to have complete fleet consisting of twin engine fighters, it is very costly to operate that way. LCA and F-16/Grippen will cover that area and for point defence duties, these single engine fighters will perform the duty. FGFA and AMCA will comeup in about 15...

I guess @Abingdonboy has explained nicely, how numbers will stack in favor of Rafale. It is likely to replace a lot of legacy fighter bomber platforms and rest assured these numbers will buildup in similar manner as did MKI (initially only 30 were purchased in 1996, today order stands at 272 in...

Rafale is really a class apart, arguably the best fighter of its generation. & IAF is surely not stopping at that 36 number!

Not necessarily. Aircraft carriers are definitely mightiest tools for power projection and if you excuse the pun, they are in every sense Showboats. But do remember that even if India gets 3 ACs by 2030, the current doctrine is for placing one each on Eastern and Western coast of India and use...

If you talking about Indian Navy, the strategic goal we are pursuing is keeping the maritime trade route of Malacca straits from Gulf of Aden and Suez canal safe, more so keeping in mind piracy on eastern African coast and assistance in search and rescue. If this route remains free, it is going...

Seriously :o: Thats not a profile you are likely to find on Linkden

He really reads the game better than most of his peers. Luckily for him, he had a team to take advantage of that fact. He shall remain the most loved captain of national team for me :-)

Amarnath terror strike: Driver Salim Sheikh ensured the safety of more than 50 pilgrims on attacked bus Salim Sheikh, the brave driver of the bus of Amarnath pilgrims that was attacked on Monday (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: But for Gujarat's Salim Sheikh, there would have been a lot more than...

Malabar 2017: India kicks off naval exercise with US, Japan CHENNAI: Amidst concern raised by China, navies of India, US and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force on Monday began Malabar naval exercise 2017, aimed at achieving deeper military ties between the three nations. It is the 21st...

In long run, treaties like NPT will become irrelevant, especially when we see that some member nations have openly or through a clandestine network, resorted to proliferation, defeating the very purpose of having such an arrangement. As and when that happens, the whole premise that a nation...