After the successful launch of the Agni V Missile, India is now developing an Anti-Radar Missile (ARM). This will significantly boost the country’s strike capabilities by destroying the enemy’s Advance Warning Systems. ARM Missiles are one of the most advance missiles in the world and only the US has...
New Delhi — The US pavilion at Def Expo 2012 stood out primarily for two reasons. One, for its largest industry delegation comprising America’s premier aerospace and defence companies; and two, the expansive displays showcasing their cutting-edge technology in support of land, sea and internal security operations. Inaugurating the...
The indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’ will be inducted into the Indian Air Force this year, the DRDO chief, Dr V.K. Saraswat, has said. Tejas has completed almost 1,855 flying hours (flight tests), and all problems it encountered during the initial operational clearance have been solved. It...
The Indian Air Force has expressed to achieve the target of 42 aircraft squadron over the next five-year plan as against the current inventory of 34. While delivering a speech at L M Katre Memorial Lecture here on Saturday, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said:...
HYDERABAD: Imagine an Agni-V that can be fired from your neighbourhood! The armed forces will soon have an inter-continental ballistic missile ( ICMB) that can be fired from anywhere. No, it is not necessary to do it from the Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast. The long-range 5,000-km missile...
Mumbai: Aditya Birla Nuvo (ABNL), part of the $35-billion Aditya Birla group, said on Monday it would purchase a majority stake in Future Group’s Pantaloons Format, which houses the apparel and fashion businesses of Pantaloon Retail, for for R800 crore. The move will allow Aditya Birla group company Madura...
NEW DELHI: India and Japan broke all records today with an extraordinary interaction between their two establishments consisting of four dialogues across the economic and political spectrum, for which as many as seven Japanese ministers had flown in from Tokyo to meet their Indian counterparts. Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro...
NEW DELHI:India’s key infrastructure industries grew at a sluggish pace in March, weighed down by a contraction in output of natural gas and crude oil, suggesting that broader industrial growth may remain muted. Output at eight core industries-coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizer, steel, cement and electricity-grew...
In a large and raucous democracy like ours, sometimes it becomes hard to execute progressive policies and offer investors an India which is an attractive investment destination, says Tarun Kataria, chief executive officer – India, Religare Capital Markets. But he is sanguine that issues like GAAR in itself will...
NEW DELHI: Offering a glimmer of hope to telecom operators, the sector’s highest decision-making body has refused to endorse regulator Trai’s controversial proposals that included a 13-fold increase in the base price for spectrum auctions. The Telecom Commission on Monday said it will soon seek clarity from Trai on...