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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
Prime Minister Modi on the deck of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS VIKRANTThe Indian Navy currently operates two aircraft carriers – the Russian-built 40,000-ton INS Vikramaditya and the 44,000-ton indigenously produced INS VikrantThe government of India should "seriously" consider the navy’s request for a much larger third aircraft carrier, a veteran who served in the country’s
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, France has displaced US as India’s second largest arms supplier while half of China’s arms exports went to PakistanNew Delhi: Russia continues to be the largest arms supplier of India, but its share in New Delhi’s total arms imports has come down to 45 percent during the period 2018-2022 from 64 percent earlier,
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
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the G20 summit in India later this year, but no decision has yet been made, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday."It cannot be ruled out," the Kremlin spokesman said when asked if Putin’s participation in the summit in India was being considered. "But no decision has been made yet," Peskov clarified, Russian news agency TASS
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) exported an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III and associated deliverables to MauritiusHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has completed the delivery of an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III and other deliverables to Mauritius as part of a ₹141 crore defence deal.The contract between the governments of India and Mauritius was signed in January last year
New Delhi: Personnel, ships and integral helicopters of the Royal Australian Navy, French Navy, Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Royal Navy and the United States Navy will participate in Exercise La Perouse. The third edition of the multilateral exercise La Perouse will be conducted in the Indian Ocean Region from March 13-14.The biennial exercise La Perouse is conducted by the
New Delhi: Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) of the Bureau for Asia Agency for International Development (USAID), Anjali Kaur is on a visit to India from March 11 to 15. The United States and India are partnering together to solve some of the world’s toughest development challenges, including climate change, health access and equity, and inclusive economic growth. Anjali Kaur, is visiting
New Delhi: India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ Meeting (TMM) on March 17-18 in Kashi (Varanasi), which has been designated as the first cultural capital of the SCO.India is the current chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). During the Tourism Ministers’ (TMM) meeting, the Tourism joint action plan on the development of cooperation in
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,