Making Gujarat India’s Defence Factory
GANDHINAGAR: Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has taken a resolve to turn the state into India’s Defence Factory within the next 2-3 years. Explaining his vision to media persons, he said, “Gujarat not only allows the industries to localize supply chains and de-risk their operations but also reinforce the local ecosystem, which enables them […]
With Eye on China: India Raising its Stature as ‘Key Defence Exporter’
MUMBAI: With an eye on China, India is keen to raise its stature as a key defence exporter in the Indo-Pacific region. The moves come close on the heels of competitive vaccine diplomacy, in which, both the nations were engaged in the secret war and left no tricks of the trade-in scoring brownie points over […]
Infrastructure for Anti-Tank Ammunition Project Ready
MUMBAI: Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is currently working on a prominent assignment for New India@75. The assignment has been taken under the Government’s Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat Policy for setting up a new ammunition hardware project for manufacturing of 125 mm FSAPDS (Fin Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot) AMK 339 ammunition with Russian […]
Army Recruitment Scam: Candidates Paid Bribes to Get in
NEW DELHI: In a hall of shame, an internal inquiry conducted by Army revealed that some candidates have paid bribes to get selected in armed forces. They made it into the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, and cleared the Service Selection Board (SSB) of the National Defence Academy (NDA) in December 2020 by paying bribes. […]
INS Dhruv to Track Satellites, Strategic Missiles
MUMBAI: To meet the security challenges posed by China’s new-found aggression, which is exhibited by the fast-expanding People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in the Indo-Pacific region,. India is set to commission INS Dhruv to boost surveillance capabilities, track satellites, strategic missiles and map the Indian Ocean bed. INS Dhruv will be deployed in the Indian […]
Connectivity Achieved on 59 Roads of Over 3K km in Length
NEW DELHI: Perturbed over recent clashes and aggression exhibited by the Chinese Army in recent years, the Government of India has accelerated the pace of sprucing up arrangements and infrastructure along the China border. Queries over the preparedness of India in terms of infrastructure development along the China border was raised in the Parliament. Union […]
‘Neither Democracy nor Autocracy, Report by Western Think Tanks Reveals Hypocrisy’
NEW DELHI: Unperturbed by adverse reports on India’s democracy, including civil liberties and minority rights by America’s Freedom House and Sweden’s V-Dem Institute, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar reacted angrily and claimed that these reports had nothing to do with democracy or autocracy, but speaks volumes about the hypocrisy of Western think tanks. “We […]
Local Youths of Bihar & UP Acting as Money Courier for Terrorists in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: The heightened security cordon at LoC and border areas has deterred the transfer of money from Pakistan to terror modules at Jammu & Kashmir. However, in an escape route, the money is now being transferred via handlers of ISI modules based in Nepal. They are utilizing their contacts in bordering areas of Bihar […]
Galwan Clash: Posthumous Awards Proof of Chinese Casualties, Claims Govt
NEW DELHI: Exposing the hollow claims of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), MoS External Affairs, V Muraleedharan while replying to a query in Parliament over China suffering the loss of lives in the Galwan Valley clash last year, pointed out towards the announcement last month by the Central Military Commission of China. “The move by China […]
Group Captain Harkirat Singh CO of First Rafale Squadron Transferred
MUMBAI: In a move that has raised eyebrows, IAF has transferred the commanding officer (CO) of the first Rafale fighter squadron to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command (EAC) at Shillong. According to a press communiqué issued by IAF, “Group Captain Harkirat Singh has been transferred and Group Captain Rohit Kataria will be the […]