Topic: Defence Expo
Modi govt made defence exports jump 700%. Now it must radically reform ordnance factories
PM Modi targets $5 billion in defence exports in next 5 years. If 'Make in India’ reaches its full potential, $10-15 billion is achievable in a decade.
Jagran calls for coronavirus antidote, Bhaskar criticises ‘bitter’ Delhi election campaigns
A weekend round up of editorial comment in leading Hindi newspapers on the most topical issues of the day.
Boeing plans trials of its Super Hornet jets on ski-jump ramp to meet Indian requirements
Top Boeing official Thom Breckenridge said the aircraft will fulfill the Indian requirements and that they are in discussion with the Indian Navy for the trials.
HAL ties up with Israeli firm & Dynamatic Technologies to manufacture drones
The MoU, signed at DefExpo 2020, calls for manufacturing & selling of drones to Indian defence forces, paramilitary forces & central armed police forces.
India to strengthen outer space capabilities but responsibly: Modi at DefExpo inauguration
At the biennial event in Lucknow, PM Modi said India’s focus is on increasing defence exports to Rs 35,000 crore from Rs 17,000 crore.
150 foreign stalls, state-of-art weapons & VIPs — what Defence Expo in Lucknow will offer
The expo, scheduled from 5-9 February, has led to a sharp increase in the price of hotel rooms, with some touching nearly Rs 70,000 per night.
Will Starbucks ‘exhibit’ its military equipment at the great Indian Defence Expo?
The ministry will have little defence for the fiasco that the show is heading towards, with exaggerated numbers and important tenders set in the midst of it.
Govt spells out defence industry vision: $5 billion exports by 2025, leader in AI, cyberspace
Rs 1,000 crore startup funds, 3 million jobs in defence ministry’s plan for next seven years.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.