From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.
India is the fourth largest and fastest-growing aviation market after the US, Russia, and China, valued at a mind-boggling $16 billion in FY25. It is expected to grow threefold by 2033.
Gujarat will focus on manufacturing of satellites & payloads, Tamil Nadu on launch vehicles, and Karnataka will look at the overall manufacturing and assembling.
Simplify compliance. Repair regulatory logjams. Provide transparent and equitable access to credit. Above all, change the culture—to one that celebrates effort.
A researcher at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies argues that India has aligned itself with the US since the trade war began, seeking favourable terms to attract relocating industries.
At the launch of Satya Mohanty's book, ‘Unpolitically Correct’, Tharoor discussed the successes of India’s vaccine diplomacy and the failure of its initiatives to tackle unemployment.
As Modi’s podcast remarks reshape India-China ties, global media highlights stalled manufacturing goals, weak administrative efficiency, and economic hurdles in India’s PLI scheme.
One of the highlights at IAI pavilion has been the 400-km range Air LORA, the air launched ballistic missile (ALBM). The missile, which was introduced last year, is on offer to India.
The imposition of industry-breaking tariffs on Indian goods is with a view to sending a strong message to China: ‘look what we can do if you don’t toe our line.’
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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