DPSU, Private Sector Integration Need of the Day: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria
The focus on Make in India and its big acquisition programmes will give a boost to indigenous industry in this hour of need, says Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. He says even... Read more
Defence Industry More Aggravated State than other Sectors Due to Pandemic: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said defence manufacturing has been adversely affected by COVID-19 at the MSMEs E-Conclave of Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), today. Acknowledg... Read more
Employees Plan Protest
Thousands of civilian employees in Ordnance Factory and the Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project Factory will send letters to the Prime Minister and Defence Minister against corporatisation of ord... Read more
Plan to Buy 114 Foreign Fighters, Says Air Marshal Days After CDS’s Push for Made-in-India Tejas
Days after Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that the Indian Air Force was planning to the locally-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, Air Chief Marshal RKS... Read more
In the wake of Cyclone Amphan, the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) is monitoring the developments in the Bay of Bengal closely and ships at Visakhapatnam have been kept on standby to proceed to... Read more
India today said Nepal’s claim to Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapani was “artificial enlargement of territorial claim” and will not be accepted. Nepal has even issued a n... Read more
Assistance Formula Designed with Everyone in Mind… First See where the Money is Going: Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman says learnings from the experiences of 2009-13 have prompted the government to be responsible while announcing the ₹20 lakh crore stimulus package and not... Read more
India isn’t Prepared to Meet Its Defence Needs
Last week, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled some major structural reforms in India’s moribund defence sector, as part of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19)-related macroeconomic st... Read more
Philippines Explores Options to Buy BrahMos Missile from India
India and the Phillipines are in talks for the purchase of a number of defence platforms from India including the Brahmos missile, India’s ambassador to the Phillipines Jaideep Majumdar has... Read more
Indian Navy Benefits from Pentagon Paranoia Over China
To say the Pentagon is concerned about China’s military expansion would be an understatement — just ask the Indian Navy. According to a report by Paul McLeary for Breaking Defense, the US go... Read more