Topic: DRDO
50 doctors and medical staff contract Covid-19, DRDO steps up work on protective gear
A DRDO lab has devised a special fabric that it says can protect healthcare workers dealing with coronavirus cases from an infection.
DRDO starts detection tests for COVID-19, producing hand sanitisers in small quantities
The Madhya Pradesh government will be using the DRDE lab in Gwalior to test suspect coronavirus cases.
DRDO confirms Chinese ship India stopped was carrying nuclear-capable equipment to Pakistan
According to DRDO officials, it is now up to India’s national security planners to expose the nuclear proliferation nexus between Beijing and Islamabad.
India’s K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile aces second test in a week
The missile has a range of 3,500km, with 'almost all parts of Pakistan and several areas of China within its reach'.
India test fires K-4, a 3,500 km nuclear-capable missile meant for Arihant submarine
K-4 is the most potent missile that India can fire from a submarine, giving the country unprecedented second-strike capability and huge deterrence power.
IAF set to get two more warning systems, awaits nod from Cabinet Committee on Security
The Rs 9,000-crore DRDO-IAF joint project has been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council, and is expected to take three years to complete.
Rajnath Singh says performance standards being to make govt more efficient
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said mechanisms were being put in place for more prudence in financial management under to ensure the Centre's 'minimum government, maximum governance' vision.
Parliamentary panel recommends DRDO revamp, wants private sector & academic institutions involved
The recommendations by the panel, headed by former Union minister Jual Oram, also included plans to reduce DRDO dependence on foreign vendors.
Navy’s Tejas aims for first-ever take-off from aircraft carrier Vikramaditya
DRDO & its Aeronautical Development Agency are aiming to pull off the maiden flight of naval Tejas from Vikramaditya as a technology demonstration.
DRDO and SFC to look into why nuclear-capable Agni night test failed
The Strategic Forces Command conducted India’s first night trial of the missile as part of its training, and the DRDO provided logistic support.
Delhi University has one obsession and it’s making a mess of it. Exams
After months of back-and-forth over the much-criticised online Open Book Examinations, Delhi University has postponed its exams once again.
India has fiscal and monetary space to boost demand: Principal Economic Advisor Sanyal
Sanjeev Sanyal said at India Global Week that the government has been careful not to spray money and take a step-by-step approach to economic revival.
Defence
144 armed forces veterans sign statement on China, highlight need to revamp intelligence
Statement also underlines ‘communication gap’ on India-China stand-off from the govt and the military, urges national policy and strategy on neighbours.
Read my lips, forget the camera
Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.