Why A Team of 9 Has Been Tasked With Overhauling DRDO

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), with a network of 52 laboratories nationwide, has seen huge cost overruns and project delays over recent yearsby Girish LingannaThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), with a network of 52 laboratories nationwide, has seen huge cost overruns and project delays over recent years. Girish Linganna explores…The Defence

August 31, 2023
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Why ISRO Is Not India’s NASA: Development Has Been Its Agenda, Not Geopolitical Rivalry

India’s foray into space started with sounding rockets supplied by NASA in the 1960sIndia’s space program was not born out of Cold War rivalry but an obligation to serve the more immediate needs of a developing countryby Priyadarshi DuttaOn 21 November 1963, the sun set one minute before 6 pm at Trivandrum in Kerala. At 6:25 pm India’s first sounding rocket, of Nike-Apache variety, supplied by

August 31, 2023
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Kashmir’s Pain Won’t Go Away Till Pandits Return: Mehbooba

Mufti extended her wishes to Kashmiri Pandits on the occasion of their annual Hawan to mark Raksha Bandhan at the temple in BijbeharaThe former chief minister advocated for the return of Kashmiri migrant Pandits and said that the “Painful situation” will dissipate after thatPeoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday visited the ancient Thajiwara temple and met Kashmiri Pandits

August 31, 2023
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Greece And India Will Take The Next Major Step In Strengthening Defence Ties In November

The next step to strengthen the bilateral relations between Greece and India at the defence level will be in November. The staff of the two countries have already started planning the visit of the Greek Chief of Defence Forces to New Delhi, a trip which, according to Kathimerini, will be combined with the presence of Greek fighter jets that will travel to India for the first time.Athens

August 31, 2023
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India, New Zealand Discuss Possible Launch of UPI In Island Nation

New Delhi: India and New Zealand are holding discussions on the possible introduction of the Unified Payment Interface system in the island nation to promote ease of doing business, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.This was discussed during a bilateral meeting between Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textile and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution of India and Hon

August 31, 2023
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9 Soldiers Killed, 5 Injured In Suicide Attack In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Nine Pakistan soldiers have been killed and five others were injured in a suicide attack on a military convoy in Jani Khel general area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, Dawn reported citing the army’s media affairs wing.According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a “motorcycle-borne suicide bomber exploded himself on a military convoy”

August 31, 2023
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