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TopicDefence production

Topic: defence production

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

Snehesh Alex Philip -
White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

SMPP secures order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces

Vaibhav Pant -
SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.

Record 16.7% growth in defence production in a year — PSUs contribute 79.2% & private sector 20.8%

Smruti Deshpande -
Ministry of Defence claims 60 percent rise in indigenous defence production in past 5 yrs, attributing it to policy reforms and soaring defence exports.

Defence PSUs are headless. Struggle for power hurting national security

Lt General Prakash Menon -
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has been without a head since Feb this year due to power struggle between naval officers and civil servants on criteria of qualifications.

As India reduces reliance on defence imports from Russia, production crosses $12 billion

Sakshi Dayal -
The defence ministry said value of India's local defence production jumped to 1.07 trillion rupees in the year that ended on March 31.

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Opinion

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

Swasti Rao -
The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Siddharth in Lust Stories 3 shows Bollywood’s men have come a long way since shirtless Salman

Alfred Cooke is the Bull who cooked the PAF’s goose. He deserved more than a Vir Chakra

Economy

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

Defence

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

National Interest

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

Shekhar Gupta -
India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.

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