Government Sets Target of Achieving Defence Manufacturing Worth Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore By 2024-25

The Indian government has set a target of achieving defence manufacturing worth Rs 1,75,000 crore, including defence exports of Rs 35,000 crore by 2024-25. Minister of state for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the value of production undertaken by private companies and state-run defence manufacturers in 2021-22 was Rs 86,078 crore while the amount was Rs 88,631 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 63,722 crore in

March 13, 2023
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India Got Tougher On Terrorism Under PM Modi, Experts Confirm

In February 2021, India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border between the two nations in Kashmir. The valley has been a source of hostilities up till today.India’s response to Pakistani terror provocations has undergone a sea-change under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with New Delhi likely to use military force more frequently than

March 13, 2023
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Supports Constructive Dialogues Between India, Pak But ‘Won’t Determine Modalities’: US

This comes as Pakistan decided to skip SCO chief justices meet being held in IndiaThe United States has said that it supports constructive dialogues between India and Pakistan but reiterated that it was for New Delhi and Islamabad to decide on the nature of the dialogue.Stating that the US is ready to play its role if the countries agreed, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said it was,

March 13, 2023
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Why India-Pakistan Relations Are Likely To Nosedive in Coming Days

What is the reason for a possible downturn in relations? Elections — scheduled in both countries — in the later part of this year and early 2024, respectivelyby Sant Kumar SharmaThese days, conciliatory write-ups have been appearing in Pakistani press regarding India-Pakistan relations. Different newspapers and TV channels have carried reports and commentaries by experts extolling the virtues of

March 13, 2023
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India To Spend A Massive $100 Billion To Modernize Its Military

“Defence sector has emerged as a major demand creator; Orders worth over $100 billion expected in the next 5-10 years,; looks to achieve 100% Indigenization of Tejas fighter aircraft”Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the operational capabilities of the Indian Navy during the Naval Commanders’ Conference held aboard India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant on March 06, 2023. He

March 13, 2023
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100 Mins, 12 Blasts, 257 Dead: Mumbai’s First Taste of Terror, 30 Years On

International terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi under ISI protectionOn March 12, 1993 ‘terror’ abruptly rocked Mumbai with 12 coordinated mega-blasts — starting at around 1.30 pmTill March 1993, Mumbai (Bombay) was one big 24×365 party destination, a city that never slept and where all seemed obsessed with minting money –from the poor pavement-dwellers to the wily politicians to the pompous

March 13, 2023
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Use of Passports To Travel To Pakistan For Terror Training Stonewalled By J&K Police

The passports issued between 2015 and early 2018 were scrutinised and it was found that around 60 Kashmiri youths had used the travel document to visit Pakistan and later joined terror ranks, the officials said.Strict action by the Jammu and Kashmir Police has put the brakes on Pakistan’s external spy agency ISI’s method of wooing Kashmiri boys into terror ranks by taking them to the neighbouring

March 13, 2023
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