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Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out around 10,000 sorties of its entire combat aircraft fleet in three days across the country to demonstrate its capability to undertake high intensity operations with the limited number of aircraft available. The 72-hour intense war games were part of the first...

The defence ministry on Tuesday gave initial approvals to several acquisition proposals, including the one for 7.4 lakh new assault rifles and 16,500 light machine guns, collectively worth an estimated Rs 15,935 crore to bolster firepower of infantry soldiers a few days after the terror attack...

India is all set to host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani later this week reasserting the growing ties between the twocountries that is expected to strengthen New Delhi’s relationship with the larger Arab world. Rouhani, who will be embarking on his maiden visit to India since coming to power...

The defence budget was increased by a mere 7.81% to Rs2.95 trillion against last year’s Rs2.74 trillion, belying expectations of a significant hike when the armed forces are facing growing challenge on the borders with both Pakistan and China. In his budget address, finance minister Arun...

Photographs of a smoggy Beijing and the face-mask wearing inhabitants of the big cities in China have become a common sight. But many may be surprised to hear that the problem of air pollution might be just as bad in rural areas. Professor Mette Halskov Hansen is leading a project at CAS where...

After having hosted Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, PM Modi will land in Ramallah on February 10 for what will be the first-ever visit by an Indian prime minister to Palestine. Modi’s visit to Israel last year was also the first by an Indian PM and the one to Palestine follows the...

India has plans to increase the output of uranium — the key fuel used in its nuclear weapons program — by ten times by 2031-32 and achieve self-sufficiency, the Department of Atomic Energy said. India is estimated to have 232,315 tons of uranium contained in deposits of 273,956 tons of...

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is likely to visit India soon. According to Mohammad Haghbin Ghomi, consul general of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad, the Iranian President has expressed interest to come to India. "Both India and Iran are preparing grounds for the visit," he said...

Indo-Russian collaboration: GLONASS ground station in Bangalore; NavIC’s in Novosibirsk Russia is planning to set up ground base stations in India for receiving communication signals of GLONASS. Similarly, ISRO will be allowed to set up IRNSS (now called NavIC) ground stations in Russia. This...

UAE Operationalises Sovereign Fund For India, To Invest $75 Billion Into Indian Economy Over Next Decade In a major move to further boost bilateral economic ties, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has operationalised a USD 75 billion sovereign fund for India of which USD one billion has already...

208 temples destroyed in Kashmir in 20 years, says J&K government In the last two decades of militancy in Jammu & Kashmir, nearly 208 Hindu temples have been destroyed in various acts of vandalism, said the Jammu & Kashmir government on Thursday. In response to a question by a BJP MLA, the...

Australia can ensure India’s energy security: PM Malcolm Turnbull Australia will be a reliable provider of coal, uranium, gas and renewable energy technology to ensure India has energy security as it grows into a regional power, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on the eve of his first...

New Warnings for March 31 / April 1 INDIA EAST COAST – OFF PARADIP (.)CHARTS 31 351 352 353 INT71 (.) EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TRIAL SCHEDULED FROM ITR ON 31 MAR AND 01 APR 17FROM 0430-0830 UTC IN DANGER ZONE BOUNDED BY 18-11.47N085-47.16E, 18-40.21N 089-17.82E, 20-18.33N...

India’s retail market expected to double to $3.6 trillion by 2020: report New Delhi: Backed by robust economic growth and rising household incomes, consumer spending in India is expected to touch $3.6 trillion (about Rs.240 trillion) by 2020, increasing India’s share in global consumption to...