New Delhi: An indigenous Low-level Transportable Radar (LLTR) is set to enhance India’s air defence capabilities by providing advanced surveillance and tracking of low-altitude...
Defence spending saw an annual increase of 9 percent between 2013-14 & 2025-26, a PRS analysis, published on 4 Feb, showed. In FY 2025-26, Centre allocated Rs 6,81,210 cr to the MoD.
The Supreme Court Tuesday granted accused British national Christian Michel James bail, a little more than six years after the CBI took him in custody on extradition from the UAE in 2018.
The two types of ammunition are being procured for nearly 10 Pinaka regiments. The procurement is expected boost the firepower of the Army along its northern borders.
Sanjay has been developed by BEL for Army under ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ at an estimated cost of Rs 2,402 cr. It is equipped with ‘state-of-the-art sensors and cutting-edge analytics’.
Areas now accessible to tourists under ‘battle tourism’ plan include Kibithoo and Bum La Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, Rezang La and Pangong Tso in Ladakh, besides Doklam.
India’s political leadership must recognise that defence preparedness requires more than the current 2 per cent of GDP, especially with rapid technological changes.
Efforts are underway to make DAP 2020 ‘amenable to service requirements’. Ministry lays out the plan for next 15 yrs, which includes 500+ schemes to boost fighting capability acquisition.
In 2017, L&T won the Rs 4,500-crore contract to supply 100 K9 Vajras under ‘Make in India’ initiative for which it signed a transfer of technology contract with Hanwha Corporation.
An explosive email from ICC CEO to the PCB, accusing it of compromising ICC rules by making a video of match officials before the match with UAE, shows the fire isn’t doused yet.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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