Tejas Gets More Sophisticated

The Mark-1A will be more sophisticated and capable than the Tejas Mark-1. IMAGE: The Tejas Mark-1A's successful maiden flight, February 19, 2024. Photograph: Spokesperson MoD/X   In 1993,......

The End Of NDTV As We Know It

We got the same Diwali bonuses. We ate together. We carried equipment together on shoots.And when the odd reporter tried to throw her weight around and leave the camera person to carry bags of......

LCH: Lessons For Indian Defence

It is baffling how the PM chose the LCH as an indigenous product to celebrate on Rashtriya Raksha Samarpan Parv, even while his Cabinet holds up manufacturing clearance for 15 LCHs on the grounds......

Wikileaks cable on Rahul may mar Congress gala

The cable in which Rahul Gandhi tells the US ambassador Timothy Roemer that radical Hindu groups pose a bigger threat than the LeT could haunt the young leader, says Sheela Bhatt. Just a day......

Govt plans 74% divestment in HMT Bearings

The government is planning to offload stake in HMT Bearings Ltd (HBL) and is scouting for joint venture partners in some other state-owned firms in a bid to revive sick units. "Divestment up to 74......

Govt to shut 3 HMT units, offers VRS to employees

The Department of Heavy Industry has been undertaking appraisals of each loss making CPSE to assess the prospects of revival.  The government on Wednesday decided to close three unviable units......

India's best and worst performing PSUs

Oil explorer ONGC was the country's most profitable PSU in 2013-14, while telecom major BSNL was the worst performer, says the Economic Survey. The pre-budget survey for 2014-15 said the net profit......

Top posts vacant in 35 PSUs including Coal India, BSNL, NHPC

Several state-owned firms across the country are headless at the moment, with top posts lying vacant in as many as 35 Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Coal India, MTNL, BSNL......

Madhuri beats Amitabh, SRK

Senior functionaries of Sony Entertainment Television, the general entertainment channel, are ecstatic. No less than 5.6 per cent of homes with cable and satellite television watched dance reality......