How India Won Back Maldives's Trust

The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way.It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour,......

Defence procurement to be made more transparent

Stung by the alleged scam in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, the defence ministry is now busy tweaking the defence procurement policy that it hopes to unveil in mid-April this year. In......

Antony for speeding up defence procurements

With the armed forces going on a fast-track modernisation drive after Mumbaiterror strikes, Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said that the "Unnecessary procedures, bottlenecks and red-tape......

Govt okays maritime aircraft among Rs 84,560-cr defence buy

India on Friday approved defence big-ticket acquisition projects worth Rs 84,560 crore that included procurement of mid-air refuellers, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, heavy weight-torpedoes, air......

'Jobs Have To Be Created Everywhere'

'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm......

Can Parrikar overhaul defence procurement?

  As the DefenceExpo gets underway in Goa, Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd) says the proposed Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 should ensure that the Indian defence industry is on the path to......

Indian Army's shopping list worth Rs 300 billion

'The equipment that you make for us must be the best in the world so that it complements the Indian soldier who is without doubt the very best in the world.'Ajai Shukla reports. Kindly note that......

Why defence manufacturing fights an uphill battle

The defence sector is seeing renewed interest by Indian corporates, says Jyoti Mukul Defence manufacturing may have been the thrust area for the Make In India programme of the National Democratic......