CHAIL (Himachal Pradesh): Now the cadets studying at one of the oldest Rashtriya Military School (RMS) of country at Chail in Himachal Pradesh would learn Chinese language. Ministry of Defence (MOD), which is running the schools, has introduced the Chinese language in the study curriculum of the...
04 JAN,2012
Dr Kamal Monnoo
The announcement by the Government of Pakistan to grant the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India continues to draw mixed reaction from all quarters, industrialists, business community at large, agriculturists and security analysts. While, on the one...
03 JAN,2012
JOBS at a Barrow weapons factory set to be extended by 18 months after India revealed plans to buy 145 guns.
The M777 light howitzer gun is built at BAE Systems Global Combat Systems factory in Barrow, alongside the shipyard, with final fitting and testing completed at...
02 Jan,2012
SRIHARIKOTA (AP): President Pratibha Patil today said the country looks forward to the success of the indigenous cryogenic stage on board the GSLV rocket, likely to be launched in the second quarter of this year.
"The entire country is looking forward to the successful flight...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
NEW DELHI: DRDO chief controller Dr W Selvamurthy said NBC defence inventory held by armed forces include 64 products for detection, protection, medical management and decontamination, both at individual and collective levels.
With early detection being of...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
KARACHI: A high-level delegation from Pakistan is set to visit neighboring India next week to thrash out details of the plan to import 500MW on market-based tariff through the Punjab border, official sources said on Monday.
They said, apart from exploring the...
BALASORE: With India’s longest range nuke-capable missile Agni-V readying for the maiden test in February besides a few other new weapons later, the year 2012 seems to be more challenging for Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Defence scientists have planned to...
Jan 01,2012
Bhubaneswar: India's premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will display models of its innovations at the Jan 3-7 Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Bhubaneswar.
The 99th edition of ISC, the largest national science event in...
31Dec,NEW DELHI: Government will set up the country's first-ever medical institute for Central paramilitary forces with a dedicated cadre of doctors for over eight lakh personnel on the lines of the Defence-run Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC).
The Union Cabinet had on December 22...
By Rahul Bedi
Friday Dec 30, 2011:Rapid militarism across South Asia is likely to continue in the New Year and beyond as simmering tension between its two larger member states - nuclear rivals India and Pakistan - persists.
The neighbours have been to war three times since independence in...
China on Monday said its naval fleet would only seek supplies or recuperate in the Seychelles during anti-piracy operations, denying reports that Beijing might break with its long-standing policy by setting up a military base overseas with a presence in the Indian Ocean...
RAWALPINDI :Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan has said that the Constitution of Pakistan does not allow any person who suffers from any sort of permanent mental or physical illness to be the President of the county.
He also called upon the PPP that it should announce new general...
Hyderabad,Dec 11(PTI):Indian aerospace industry is likely to purchase equipment worth USD 35 billion over the next ten years including aircraft, a top official said. Vivek Rae, Director General (Acquisitions) under the Defence Ministry said the Indian companies will get at least USD 10 billion...
IANS | Dec 12, 2011, 05.25AM IST
Palampur: Twelve years after the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, a new battle is on to get justice for an Indian Army officer who was tortured by Pakistani troops for days before his mutilated body was handed back.
British lawyer of Indian origin...
10 Dec, 2011, 02.21PM IST, PTI
BANGALORE: India is planning to develop a solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and scouting for a foreign partner for collaboration.
The proposed solar-based UAV would have much longer flight duration - as high as 15 days - compared to conventional UAV...
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Mumbai, Dec. 7: India and Pakistan are the only two countries starting construction of a nuclear power plant in 2011, even as plants are being shut down in many countries and nuclear power generation has declined.
It may be a little too early to predict the...
"Nuclear weapons have not provided us security. We have internal security threats which we cannot counter with nukes," Hoodbhoy.
Published: December 9, 2011
ISLAMABAD: There is no need for Pakistan to expand its nuclear arsenal. The country is facing no direct threat from India or any other...
IANS | 03-Dec 03:58 AM
New Delhi: India will have "a brand
new" navy with "long legs" at sea, with
force levels of 150-odd warships and
500-odd air fleet, navy chief Admiral
Nirmal Verma said on Friday.
Ahead of the Navy Day on December
4, Verma told an annual press
conference in New...