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‘Sequential decision-making key factor in DRDO earning bad name’

27 July 2013 4:12 AM IST
Scientific adviser to the defence minister, Avinash Chander, blamed the organisation’s style of ‘sequential decision-making’ as a key factor for the...

‘India keeps its options open even when Pak nukes army’

25 July 2013 5:38 AM IST
India will keep its option open for full-scale, nuclear second strike even in the case where Pakistan uses battlefield tactical nuclear weapons like...

IB sticks to bitter pill policy

21 July 2013 10:53 PM IST
Ishrat Jahan Raza, 19, was killed in 2004 along with three other men on a lonely stretch of road between Gandhi Nagar and Ahmedabad. The actual act of...

DRDO confident of meeting Op clearance deadline for Tejas

20 July 2013 5:22 AM IST
Aeronautical Development Agency, the DRDO lab, which has built Tejas, the indigenous light combat aircraft, in collaboration with Hindustan...

49% FDI in defence favoured by Army, babus and DRDO

18 July 2013 6:02 AM IST
The government’s decision to introduce 49 per cent FDI into defence on a ‘case by case’ basis is a necessity for the country’s access to cutting edge,...

Indo-Russia arms joint venture to cost approx $35 billion

18 July 2013 6:00 AM IST
The Indo-Russian joint venture on the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) will end up costing the country two-and-half-times more than the...

Armed forces want 49% FDI in defence; Antony pitches for 26%

9 July 2013 4:49 AM IST
Defence minister AK Antony’s last week, on the eve of his visit to China, stated that only 26 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) into the...

Land reforms, a poll plank?

8 July 2013 12:11 AM IST
The attempt to get a clearer, futuristic view of what’s going to happen in 2014, post the general elections, has already begun in right earnest. And...

Indian bureaucracy keeps US arms lobby at bay

29 Jun 2013 4:59 AM IST
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry’s entourage for the fourth strategic level dialogue between the India and the US, included a quiet member,...

Sky warriors: Dhruv, Cheetah proving as life-savers

26 Jun 2013 4:57 AM IST
Army’s aviation wing – or rather the Army’s own air force – existing, much to the chagrin of the real IAF, have deployed four indigenously made Dhruv...

Bad weather: C-130Js stay grounded but on stand-by

25 Jun 2013 5:01 AM IST
The C-130Js were on stand-by throughout the day.  One of the three designated aircraft had what the air force calls ‘weather recce’- a reconnaissance...

Decoding the Modi Mantra

24 Jun 2013 5:19 AM IST
You may have wondered over the past fortnight, where could Narendra Modi be. In this short span of last one year, when he has sought to launch himself...
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