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After India, Russia Offers Brazil Joint Development Of T-50 Fighter Aircraft Russia plans to offer Brazil joint development of the fifth-generation combat aircraft, the Sukhoi T-50, according to Alexander Fomin, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. The proposal...

When Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy and the seventh largest in the world, discovered in 2006 the deepwater oil fields called pre-salt, then-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated that “God has given us another chance.” The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that Brazil can...

NEW DELHI: The Indian IT sector took 15 years to reach the $100-billion mark and now the improvement seen in global economy, industry consolidation led by M&A and new technology platforms can propel the industry to $200 billion in the next five years. IT & ITES was one of the top performing...

New Delhi: A traumatised 18-year-old Afghan girl, left with a gaping hole in her face after she was shot in the face at point-blank range by her husband, is desperate to stay on in India so that she can get her face reconstructed, and begin life afresh. Shakila Zareen was just 17 when her poor...

Firms may collaborate in Rosneft’s yet-to-be built liquefied gas plant to benefit LNG consumers in India Moscow: Rosneft NK OAO, the world’s top listed oil producer by output, may join forces with Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) to supply oil to India over the long term...

Argentina buying 30-year-old Israeli fighter jets A high-level Argentine military delegation visited Israel recently to finalize a purchase of Israeli fighter-jets. The Kfir has not been in operational use by the Israel Air Force for nearly 20 years and will be upgraded by Israel...

TEL AVIV, -- There are countries that want to buy the Merkava tank, but they are not countries that Israel can trade with. The decision taken four years ago by Ministry of Defense director general Uri Shani to export the Merkava, the mainstay of the IDF Armored Corps. There are countries that...

Bajaj Auto is facing slowing down sales in India and is therefore looking at the export market for solace. Like India, China is a huge bike market but Bajaj doesn’t have a presence in that country. Bajaj is planning to make its Chinese debut with KTM Duke motorcycles. From this week, the KTM...

At a time when serviceability of submarines operated by the Indian Navy has come under scrutiny, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is said to be developing a system to carry out structured health monitoring of the under-development nuclear submarines and future...

Earlier this week, General Bikram Singh, Chief of the Army Staff of the Republic of India, arrived in Israel on an official visit. After Gen. Singh landed in Israel on Monday, the IDF Honor Guard formally welcomed at Camp Rabbin (Kiriya) in Tel Aviv. During the course of his visit, General...

For decades, Indian expertise in designing and building aircraft has developed randomly, with isolated areas of excellence offset by large capability gaps in important fields. Now a new government body has begun coordinating the holistic development of the country’s aeronautical capability. Just...

A Kilo-class submarine Russia built for Vietnam arrived at Cam Ranh Bay in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on Wednesday. The HQ 183 Ho Chi Minh City, the second of six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam bought from Russia, was carried to the Cam Ranh Port by cargo ship Rolldock Star. Russian...

Yair Golan, the Major General of the Northern Command, has warned the world at large that Israel's situation with Lebanon is extremely volatile. "The situation on the border [with Lebanon] is explosive and the smallest spark can cause a border clash - even if neither side is looking to engage...

AFP The 32.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground corridor is estimated to cost more than Rs. 23,000 crore. (File photo) Mumbai: Construction work on the third phase of Mumbai metro, connecting Colaba in the southern tip of the metropolis to Seepz in the suburbs through an underground corridor...