PM honours defence expert Subrahmanyam

Eminent defence analyst and strategic affairs expert K Subrahmanyam was Friday presented the lifetime achievement award by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. \n\n\nThe Kargil Crisis\nSubrahmanyam, who......

Rs 3.18 lakh crore allocated to defence budget

The defence budget remained unchanged at Rs 3.18 lakh crore, the amount set aside in the interim budget in February, notwithstanding expectations of steep hike in resources to modernise the armed......

Defence budget increased to over Rs 3 lakh crore in 2019-20

The defence budget was increased by 6.87 per cent to Rs 3.18 lakh crore against last year's allocation of Rs 2.98 lakh crore, notwithstanding expectations of a major hike when China and Pakistan......

26/11 orchestrated by Pak-based outfit, admits Pak ex-NSA

Pakistan’s former top security officer Mahmud Ali Durrani on Monday said the 26/11 Mumbai strike was a “classic example” of cross-border terrorism, carried out by a Pak-based......

The 'invisible hand' of the government

Why don’t Indian universities (and the Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences) and Indian businesses converse with......

Bug-free software? Tests are on

Rising compensation costs are forcing the Indian software industry to save costs by improving productivity. This is being attempted by producing nearly bug (defect) free software first time round......

What will the next generation of Indian leaders look like?

Will the next generation possess a  more internationalist outlook, and lose their Indian identities entirely? Or will they continue to believe in a larger role for business in society and go......

From elbow grease to pure sleaze

What's the common link between the hike in public expenditure in areas like the Golden Quadrilateral project during the last few years, and India's fairly high defence expenditure? Or between our......