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Global Public Square reader Rahul lays out five thoughtful counterarguments to Fareed's latest post, India's strategic planners aren't thinking. Fareed argued that India made a mistake in deciding to buy European warplanes instead of American ones. Rahul argues that it was a wise move: There...

NEW DELHI: After a long hiatus, the government seems to be getting serious about liberalization of the foreign direct investment regime. The government is set to revive discussions on increasing the FDI limit in defence production from 26% to 49%. And this time, the proposal -- which was on the...

NEW DELHI: India may have ejected American fighters out of the $10.4 billion race to supply 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) but US really has no reason to crib. Decks have now been cleared for the biggest-ever Indo-US defence deal: the $4.1 billion contract for 10 C-17...

The Indian Ordnance Factories board has begun augmentation projects to meet the increasing demand for armored vehicles, spare parts and other equipment for the armed forces. “Augmentation projects worth about 10 billion rupees ($224 million) [for] mine-protected vehicles, armored vehicle...

User trials for India’s future main battle tank, the Arjun Mk. II Phase I, will begin in June, and the first batch of the advanced variant should be ready by 2014. Two regiments of the Arjun Mk. I are already deployed in India’s western sector of Rajasthan by the army, and a further order...

INS Delhi and INS Kirch pay three day visit to Ho Chi Minh City

In a major boost to India's fight against terrorism, the US on Wednesday banned Haqqani Network (HQN) commander, Badruddin Haqqani. Badruddin is one of India's biggest headaches and the main suspect in the Kabul Embassy car bombing. The HQN is also believed to be the main hand behind the hotel...

New Delhi: Shobhit Niranjan had an offer to join Mentor Graphics for seven lakhs per annum. US based Symantec wanted to recruit Mohit Mundra for nine lakhs per year. Raman Puri had a comfortable job at Hero Honda and a seat at IIM Lucknow. But the 26-year-olds decided to grind their lucrative...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Boeing remains confident of bolstering its C-17 backlog with additional international sales on top of the expected order from India, despite the challenges of maintaining unit cost in the face of reduced production rates, possible gaps in the delivery stream and no new U.S...

BANGALORE: The country's largest aerospace company, Hindustan Aeronautics, will be undergoing a complete overhaul of its top management over the next five months, following the retirement of several of its senior executives. These senior executives are slated to step down beginning May. The...

NTRO to map telecom, power networks for identifying vulnerable points The government has mooted a proposal for a mandatory 30 per cent offset clause in equipment orders for building the country’s fibre optic communication networks, considered crucial for security. It means a foreign...

New Delhi/Kabul, May 12: India and Afghanistan are likely to discuss and assess the impact of Al Qaeda chief. Osama Bin laden's death during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Kabul from Thursday. "Although it is too early to evaluate the implications of Bin laden's killing...

The government’s attempt to sort out a shortfall in production of gas from the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin faces a new hurdle — from the defence ministry. At least two of four KG basin blocks allotted to developers in the eighth round of the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (Nelp) have...

India will soon place orders worth $5 billion to various US companies. Besides, India shares a wide range of interests with the US. Finally, the Indian government seems to have convinced its domestic detractors that it is indeed ‘non-aligned’ and that its foreign policy is not being crafted...

INS Ranvijay visits Sepanggar Bay Naval Base

The maiden flight of the naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) will take to the skies in July, exactly a year after it rolled out from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL’s) Aircraft Research and Design Centre hangar in Bangalore. “We would be conducting the first flight of...

New Delhi, May 10 (PTI) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) would be testing some of the new military platforms during the Indian Army''s six day-long ongoing exercise ''Vijayee Bhava'' in northern Rajasthan. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would also be testing its...

The NIS 158m order brings SDS's backlog to NIS 250 million. SDS has received a NIS 153 million order for three types of night vision equipment for targeting and observation from India's Ministry of Defense. Deliveries will begin in the third quarter and continue through 2012. The order...

Pakistan on Thursday warned the US and India against any further covert operation in Pakistani territory, saying this would lead to a 'terrible catastrophe'. Admitting that the US assault that killed Osama bin Laden did achieve 'important results', Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told the...

Government planning to set Rs 25,000 crore chip-manufacturing units fearing rogue programs in imported chips KOLKATA: Fearing the possibility of rogue programs getting embedded in imported chips that could compromise security of critical installations, the government is planning to two...