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TopicHammer

Topic: Hammer

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

Rafale’s Hammer story captures what’s wrong with India’s defence acquisition

The Hammer is only the latest and most high profile case in a frenzy of ‘emergency procurements’ kicked off by the Ladakh crisis.

On Camera

Desi Bling’s Tabinda Sanpal is no Shalini Passi. There’s no glamour to her absurdity

Tabinda Sanpal owns over 40 kg of gold. And she claims that massaging her husband’s feet, trimming his nails, and ‘pampering’ him brings ‘Lakshmi’ into the house.

RBI may revisit 2013 crisis playbook as rupee slides to record low

With the rupee nearing 97 against the dollar, the RBI is weighing rate hikes and dollar-raising measures to stem investor panic and capital outflows.

After Naxalism, Shah sets agenda for BSF to weed out infiltrators—don’t just stop, identify & deport

Amit Shah urged BSF to move beyond border prevention and identify, track and deport illegal infiltrators as part of a wider national strategy against demographic change.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.