Topic: Defence Ministry
Govt wants adultery to stay criminalised for armed forces, challenges 2018 SC verdict
In a plea in the Supreme Court, Defence Ministry said the 2018 judgment scrapping Section 497 of IPC ‘may cause instability’ within the applicant’s services.
Army halts monetisation of defence land plan amid Covid-induced real estate slump
Army chief General M.M. Naravane says land monetisation plan is a good way to beat the budgetary constraints, and it will resume once the sector picks up.
No kids under 15, no standing spectators, shorter parade — Covid forces a ‘different’ R-Day
The 2021 Republic Day parade on 26 January will come just days before India completes a year of its battle against Covid-19.
Upgraded Israeli drones, Airbus aircraft, Tejas — deals on defence ministry agenda for 2021
The defence ministry is expected to sign a deal for the 83 LCA Mk 1 A around next month when India’s air show Aero India takes off in Bengaluru.
Army well entrenched to counter any misadventure by China in Ladakh, says defence ministry
Defence Ministry says airlift assets proved their mettle by mobilising huge quantum of war-waging machinery and battle-ready troops in the Northern Sector in quick time frames.
Political leadership was a letdown. Indian armed forces can’t afford another decade like that
A multi-billion-dollar process for armed forces' modernisation is currently underway. India's political class must deliver and not carry on with the piecemeal approach.
Indian military won’t reform by itself. But Parliament’s diluted role is a bigger concern
In developed nations, the defence committee is the main driver for national security reforms. But the Modi govt in India has completely diluted Parliament's role.
India stocks up missile arsenal as it prepares for another tense summer in Ladakh
India has awarded a $200 million contract to Israel for supplying an undisclosed number of SPICE bomb-guidance kits, and between 300 and 320 Spike-Long Range Anti-Tank Guided Missiles.
DRDO sub-machine gun clears defence ministry trials, could soon be inducted in armed forces
The 5.56x30 mm joint protective venture carbine is a gas-operated semi automatic weapon and has a rate of fire more than 700 rounds per minute.
Navy orders Israeli SMASH 2000 Plus systems to tackle drones, more contracts in offing
The contract, awarded by the defence ministry, is expected to increase operational effectiveness with quicker and more accurate strike abilities against drones.
Herd immunity could be closer than we think, vaccines must end isolation
Evidence is compelling that a robust and rapid vaccination campaign could render Covid less of a threat than seasonal flu through building herd immunity.
Why bankrupt DHFL’s ordinary FD holders will lose more money than banks that supported it
DHFL’s committee of creditors has approved Piramal Capital’s offer of around Rs 37,000 crore for the company, which has a debt of nearly Rs 85,000 crore.
Defence
This R-Day, catch a glimpse of IAF’s vintage Dakota that ‘saved Srinagar’ in 1947-48 war
The aircraft, which participated in the 1971 war too but began to be phased out soon after, will be flanked by two Mi-17-1V at the flypast in a Rudra formation — a first for the Dakota.
Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13
Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.