SIPRI report shows India no longer world's biggest arms importer, says its imports from Russia fell to 58 per cent in 2014–18 from 76 per cent in 2009–13.
New Delhi saw an increase of 5.5 per cent in defence spending in 2017. However, this doesn't mean the armed forces are deploying state-of-the-art equipment.
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Russia is a failed state which earns only from arms sales and natural resources. It’s weapon qualities are low and it only sells old models to lazy Indians who cannot get their R&D act together to manufacture weapons themselves. Russian meanwhile buys few enters weapons, re-engineers it and improves it and sells it and also spies on western nations for new weapons. Indian spies are only in Pak and India is afraid to spy China.
Russia is a failed state which earns only from arms sales and natural resources. It’s weapon qualities are low and it only sells old models to lazy Indians who cannot get their R&D act together to manufacture weapons themselves. Russian meanwhile buys few enters weapons, re-engineers it and improves it and sells it and also spies on western nations for new weapons. Indian spies are only in Pak and India is afraid to spy China.
I may humbly point out that this acquisition was made by IGA route and there was no sovereign guarantee as well as no offset.
Very reassuring. One cannot picture the United States leasing out an Ohio class submarine to India.