Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

Deputy chiefs, command heads may now clear small defence projects

For the first time, the government on Wednesday delegated financial powers for capital procurement projects worth up to Rs 200 crore to armed forces officials below the level of vice chiefs to help......

Israeli firm wants to build guns for India

Will the low cost Israeli Athos gun scuttle India's ATAGS gun?Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Elbit Systems's Athos gun is 40% cheaper the French Nexter gun.Photograph: Kind courtesy Elbit Systems......

Atmanirbhar Bharat put off to buy Israeli guns

'We cannot understand why the government is facilitating the import of artillery when our indigenous guns are doing so well.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The towed artillery gun from Elbit Systems.......

Drone maker ideaForge bags biggest order from armed forces

The Army signed a $20-million deal with the Infosys-backed drone maker recently. ideaForge competed with the likes of Tata Group, Dynamatic Technologies, and Israel’s Elbit. When Indian and......

Baba Kalyani's 'Make in India' work starts with import strategy

The Kalyani group with an annual turnover of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) plans to increase its business three to four times over the next 10 years by embracing Make in India. The Kalyani group......

The consortium powering India's space race

ISRO has an opportunity to be the one-stop shop for satellite manufacturing, and Alpha Design is just the booster it needed.Raghu Krishnan reports. When the Indian Space Research Organisation......

Plaza Centers to build 50 malls

Israeli-owned property company Plaza Centerssaid on Mondayit would invest Rs 5,000 crore (about $1.2 billion) over the next five to seven years to build as many as 50 shopping malls and multiplexes......