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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicAatmanirbhar Bharat

Topic: Aatmanirbhar Bharat

India’s defence needs financial institutions. Great powers build credit, not just arsenals

India spends heavily on defence but does not finance it. That distinction separates mature defence-industrial economies from those trapped in yearly budget cycles.

India doesn’t want to rely solely on HAL for fighter jets. AMCA project is the first step

India has long spoken of self-reliance, yet delays have repeatedly necessitated stopgap imports, including Jaguars, Mirages, Su-30MKIs, MiG-29Ks, and Rafales.

Imported car, local pride & quack-quack, Dr Duck takes charge

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Chipko inspired the...

India’s 1st commercial quantum computer has a task. Drug development

"Quantum computing is very important to actually move toward the next generation of intelligence modeling,” said Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder and CEO, QpiAI.

Amid India-US chill, Mumbai firm ties up with Texan MNC to make civil nuclear reactor equipment

An agreement to make primary coolant pumps was signed in Washington, DC, between India's CORE Energy Systems & US-based Flowserve Corporation.

What India can learn from Israel about atmanirbharta in defence

India’s fledgling defence industry has struggled to translate capacity into mass production or compete globally, resulting in continued reliance on imports.

Indians prefer tech tie-ups to atmanirbharta, US & Israel as partners—Takshashila Institution survey

Survey by The Takshashila Institution comes amid AMCA development by India and debate over import of fifth-gen fighters. Respondents included pvt sector representatives, defence personnel.

India’s soybean sector needs attention—domestic oversupply but rising imports

Despite having a cost advantage, domestic crushers are not purchasing locally grown soybeans, while the country continues to meet its rising soybean oil demand through expensive imports.

Asmi machine pistol, made by US-sanctioned Lokesh Machines, inducted by Army’s Northern Command

Army made the announcement Tuesday, though deliveries of the weapon were completed about 3 months ago. The firm is among 19 sanctioned by US for allegedly aiding Russia's 'war machine'.

National Workshop held on Right to Repair Framework for Mobile & Electronics sectors

Industry stakeholders discuss challenges in mobile, electronics repair.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.