HAL gets cracking on Tejas Mark 2

HAL is also integrating the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile onto the Mark 1A.Each Tejas will carry two of these missiles.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The naval version of the LCA Tejas Mark......

The Rafale Deal: The Real Loss to India

'The greatest loss from replacing the 126 Rafale proposal with the 2016 contract for 36 Rafales might not be the extra money paid, but the opportunity that India's aerospace industry lost of......

Parliament passes Aadhaar amendment bill

Parliament on Monday passed an amendment bill which allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for users to open bank accounts and get mobile phone connections. The Aadhaar and......

'It is almost as if there is a death wish for the Tejas'

The contracts with Israel Aerospace Industries will condemn the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft to a marginal presence in the IAF's future fleet.Ajai Shukla reports. Equipping the Tejas Mark 1A with......

Sebi fines 11 cos on investor complaint

Market regulator Sebi has slapped penalties totalling more than Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) on 11 companies since the beginning of the current fiscal for allegedly failing to resolve investor......

High-tech SMEs will now contribute to Tejas, combat vehicle programmes

Aeron Systems, founded in 2008 by Ashvani Shukla and Abhijit Bokil, is looking to contribute to programmes such as the Tejas light combat aircraft Small, ultra-high-tech companies such as Aeron......

BPO revenues to cross $9 bn: F&S

The Indian call centre industry revenue will cross $9 billion (Rs 40,500 crore or Rs 405 billion) in six years owing to entry of new industries and various countries, according to Frost & Sullivan......

Indian healthcare appalling, but Tamil Nadu shines

The most important thing for India is to resurrect public health services in the country, says Shankar Acharya. The people of India suffer from terrible health. Nearly 40 per cent of all children......

Mohanty, Prasad named in BCCI technical committee

Former India medium pacer Debashish Mohanty of Orissa and ex-stumper M S K Prasad of Andhra have found a place in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s nine-member technical committee,......

What next for India's young stars?

'It remains to be seen how much Prithvi Shaw's warriors go on to accomplish, but letting all the adulation go to their heads is the last thing you can expect.''Throughout its dominant streak in New......