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Swedish bid for Indian fighter contest gets Adani push

Manu Pubby -
Indian Air Force wants to procure 18 aircraft directly from a foreign vendor, while 96 more are to be made with the Indian partner
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Critical trials for desi trainer soon, HAL looks to start production in December

Manu Pubby -
Basic trainer aircraft to undergo crucial trials to check its stability and utility in devastating situations.
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Defence ministry retires 13 babus for non-performance

Manu Pubby -
Group-A officers from Ordnance Factory Service asked to leave; the move is part of larger plan to cut the flab.
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In big military reforms, 57000 personnel to be redeployed as govt cuts flab

Manu Pubby -
Postal establishment in peace locations to be shut; signals, ordnance, supply units restructured In a set of new reforms, described as the biggest post-independence, over...
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IAF gets operational training centre for C 130J aircraft at Hindon base

ThePrint Team -
Missions or maneuvers that are deemed too risky to be taught directly on aircraft will be practiced by pilots at the centre
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Indian offer to sell Brahmos missiles to Vietnam stalled

Manu Pubby -
Vietnam is reconsidering deal as it is in direct talks with Russia for supply of similar missiles
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For first air force exercise with Israel, IAF to send C 130 special operations aircraft

Manu Pubby -
Exercise Blue Flag will take place in November with US, France, Germany among other participants
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Boeing says Indian Army’s six new Apache choppers will be the ‘most lethal’

Manu Pubby -
The Indian Army is getting the first batch of these helicopters in 2019.
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Decoding Doklam: Back to status quo, no mention of road construction

Manu Pubby -
Both China and India refrain from mentioning ‘road construction’; patrols to continue
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Exclusive: ‘Aridaman’, India’s second nuclear-armed submarine, is ready for launch

Manu Pubby -
Launch within 6-8 weeks, will leave dry dock but induction to take some time.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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