Taiwan issues alert over China satellite as poll ramps up security fearsTaiwan issued a national emergency alert after China launched a satellite ahead of its crucial presidential election. The alert, triggered ...
09 Jan, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Taiwan island scarred by China war prepares for key voteTaiwan's Kinmen island, located 200 kilometers from Taiwan island but only seven kilometers from the Chinese mainland, is preparing to vote...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.26 AM IST
Taiwan votes in local elections amid tensions with ChinaThe local elections, for city mayors, county chiefs and local councillors, are ostensibly about domestic issues such as the COVID-19 pandem...
26 Nov, 2022, 06.09 AM IST
Taiwan belongs to Taiwanese, president Tsai Ing-wen says in fiery pre-election rebuff to ChinaTaiwan's Nov 26 local elections come a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has ramped up military pressure on the democratically-...
13 Nov, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
India needs to build strategic partnerships to get the most out of local defence manufacturersFor example, India lacks expertise and capability to produce several core subsystems on the indigenisation list. So, many systems will be d...
18 Jun, 2021, 11.15 PM IST
View: Decoding Defence Acquisition Procedure for F-OEMs in an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'A few important things happened over the past year impacting the compilation of DAP-2020. First was the coronavirus pandemic which rekindle...
27 Nov, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
China uses new tactic in pressure campaign against Taiwan with spy accusationsChina views Taiwan as its sovereign territory and has stepped up a campaign to assert its claim, including sending fighter jets near the is...
14 Oct, 2020, 12.39 PM IST
View: Making India 'Atmanirbhar' in the defence sectorRecognizing this gap, on May 16, 2020, in an unprecedented move to spur the post COVID-19 Indian economy, the Finance Minister announced th...
23 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Defence Sector Reforms: How to balance operational necessities with indigenisation pushThe Indian defence planners face a peculiar paradox. On one hand is the need to keep the armed forces operationally ready at all times, to ...
01 Jun, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
View: Modi's mission self-reliance can go a long way in making India a major hub for defence manufacturingThe publication of a negative list will throw much-needed light on GoI’s plans for indigenisation. It will encourage the armed forces, weap...
18 May, 2020, 11.39 PM IST
Draft DPP 2020 introduces 'leasing' as category to get defence equipment at affordable ratesMoreover, the indigenous content stipulated in various categories of procurement was enhanced to support the "Make in India" initiative, a ...
20 Mar, 2020, 09.21 PM IST
Pricing issue of 83 LCA finalised: Defence MinistryThe pricing of light combat aircraft was finalised two days ago and the support package will be finalised in a month or two, said Director ...
05 Sep, 2019, 08.11 PM IST
Panel reviewing procurement policy framework to come out with new versions of DPP, DPM by March 2020A key mandate of this high-level committee is to recommend measures to promote government's policy to promote domestic defence industry and...
05 Sep, 2019, 04.51 PM IST
Navy asks government to lift ban on blacklisted Finmeccanica for torpedo dealFresh deals with Finmeccanica are banned under the graded blacklisting norms notified by the Centre due to fallout of the VVIP helicopter s...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.12 PM IST
'Make in India' the right way, but some tweaks required in defence sector: Aravind Melligeri, CEO & Chairman of AequsAlthough, the government has enhanced the FDI cap from 26% to 49%, in the defence sector, a further increase (of 26%) is desired through pr...
01 Jun, 2016, 02.35 PM IST
IT companies eye offset contracts in new defence buy dealCos expect the govt to let them participate in defence offset contracts under the new Defence Procurement Procedure proposed to be announce...
18 Feb, 2015, 09.44 AM IST
- Cabinet Committee clears 950 million Euro deal to procure 500 air-to-air missiles for Mirage2000
The missiles would be deployed on 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft, which are already undergoing upgrades at French facilities under a Euro 1.47 bil...
04 Jan, 2012, 05.21 PM IST