Government planning to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, to take part in Bahrain Airshow January 02, 2016 at 07:58AM

SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will take part in Bahrain International Airshow this month to explore export potential in what will be the first time the indigenously developed plane will fly outside the Indian air space. Besides the fighter and naval version of Tejas, India will also showcase state-of-the-art airborne platforms and associated […]

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Where does India’s strategic & defence relationship with Russia stand in a world of two superpowers? January 02, 2016 at 07:57AM

SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES India’s military-political relations and arms trade with the United States have been on a rapid rise in recent years. That begs the question of whether the special relationship between India and Russia in those two areas is now a thing of the past. It appears that the United States has become the […]

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China floats new PLA unit for nuke arsenal January 02, 2016 at 07:53AM

SOURCE: TNN China has created a new People’s Liberation Army unit to manage and enlarge its missile and nuclear strike capabilities. “It will enhance nuclear deterrence and counter-strike capacity, medium-and longrange precision strike ability as well as strategic check-andbalance capacity to build a strong and modern rocket force,” president Xi Jinping said while inaugurating the new unit, […]

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Goa is permanent venue for DefExpo, Aero India: RTI docus January 02, 2016 at 07:50AM

SOURCE: TNN Contradicting chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar’s assertion that a decision is yet to be made on hosting the Defexpo permanently in Goa, right to information (RTI) documents TOI has in possession show that the state government has already agreed “in-principle” to making Goa a permanent venue for the Aero India Show and for the Defexpo. […]

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‘DRDO To Call For Contest To Finalise Design For Kalam’s Memorial’ January 02, 2016 at 07:47AM

SOURCE: PTI Country’s top defence research agency DRDO will soon call for a national-level design competition to finalise the design concept for the memorial for former president A P J Abdul Kalam in Pei Karumbu in Tamil Nadu. Defence sources said that the Ramanathapuram District Collector had handed over 1.36 acres of land to the […]

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ISRO Scientists Answer Questions All Indian Space Nerds Have Been Wanting To Ask January 02, 2016 at 07:46AM

SOURCE: INDIATIMES If you’re a space nerd like us, you’ll jump at the opportunity to pick the brains of some of the brightest minds that work at ISRO. A Reddit AMA held recently was one such opportunity and as you can guess, there were some important insights into ISRO’s current and future projects. Also, as […]

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Common cause in Kabul January 02, 2016 at 07:44AM

SOURCE:  EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Lahore on Christmas Day — which is also the birthday of the founder of the state, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and therefore a public holiday — and congratulated Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on the wedding of his granddaughter. We will leave aside the matter of who […]

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IAF’s new Deputy Chief Air Marshal takes over January 02, 2016 at 07:27AM

SOURCE: DailyMail IAF’s new Deputy Chief Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria took over the new position on Friday. Bhadauria returns to the air headquarter where he has handled the projects division in the past. He brings with him his reputation of being a fine officer who has excelled throughout his career spanning 35 years. He has commanded […]

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Terrorist attack Pathankot Air Force base, gunbattle on; 2 militants killed January 02, 2016 at 07:26AM

SOURCE: TNN Police have shot dead two terrorists who launched a brazen attack on Pathankot Air Force station early Saturday morning. Reportedly, the terrorists came in Army uniforms. According to sources, the terrorists attacked the Air Force base from a nearby building in a village at around 4am. Police have cordoned off the whole area […]

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20 airports in India may be sitting ducks for terrorist attacks, eight not covered by CISF January 02, 2016 at 07:24AM

SOURCE: DNA INDIA Twenty hyper-sensitive Indian airports lack counter terrorist contingency plans covering their approach roads and it is “quite scary” that eight of these airports are also not covered by CISF, a Parliamentary panel has said, stressing the urgent need for an aviation security policy “before an untoward incident takes place”. The Parliamentary Standing Committee […]

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India, Pak Exchange List of N-installations January 02, 2016 at 07:22AM

SOURCE: Express News Service With the year ending on a high note for Indo-Pakistan relations, the neighbours conducted their diplomatic ritual of exchanging lists of nuclear installations and prisoners — a crucial confidence building measure between the nuclear-armed rivals. For the 25th consecutive year, India and Pakistan exchanged the lists through diplomatic channels in New […]

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Defence Funds Can be Utilised to Uplift People: Mulayam January 02, 2016 at 07:20AM

SOURCE: PTI Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that massive funds being spent on the armies of India and Pakistan could be used to improve the living standards of people in both the countries. “Massive funds are being spent on the armies of India and Pakistan. “This money can be utilised for enhancing […]

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‘Terrorists’ in Army Fatigues Abduct SP, Thrash Him; Kill Another Person January 02, 2016 at 07:19AM

SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Border districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur  in Punjab were on Friday put on high alert and the Punjab Police along with BSF began combing operations after the Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) of Gurdaspur and two others were allegedly abducted by five suspected terrorists in Army fatigues and beaten up before being […]

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By linking Sale of S-400 to Pak-fa, Russia is Blackmailing India: Indian Defence Analyst January 01, 2016 at 04:56PM

SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN) India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently cleared the purchase of estimated Rs 40,000-crore worth of Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems just ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia last month. But after his visit to Russia, there was no official word on what happened to possible […]

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Adapt and Overcome: New Russian Interceptor to Replace MiG-31 January 01, 2016 at 04:25PM

SOURCE:  SPUTNIK The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG is currently working on a new military aircraft to replace the MiG-31, according to media reports.Despite being one of the fastest combat aircraft in the world, the Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) supersonic interceptor went out of production in 1994. However, as Russia still requires this type of aircraft to protect its sizeable airspace, […]

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Turkey Should Get Its Story Straight on Who’s to Blame for Su-24 Downing January 01, 2016 at 04:24PM

SOURCE:  THE HINDU When it comes to naming those responsible for the downing of a Russian bomber in Syrian airspace, Turkey always has an answer and every time it is a different one.Fethullah Gulen, an influential Islamic cleric, who is often blamed for all the ills troubling Turkey’s ruling party, has been named as the latest culprit […]

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Centre pushing to revive NATGRID, looking for CEO January 01, 2016 at 04:22PM

SOURCE:  THE HINDU The Union government is set to make an aggressive effort to accomplish one of the most ambitious intelligence projects in recent memory, which failed to take off during United Progressive Alliance rule. Conceived in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) is a centralised agency which stores […]

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Two Flags For Jammu and Kashmir Stopped For Now By Court January 01, 2016 at 04:21PM

SOURCE:  PTI A court order that said all government buildings and cars in Jammu and Kashmir must use both the national and state flag has been suspended today. On December 27, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had said the state’s flag – red and white with three vertical stripes and a plough -must be […]

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Qualcomm Video Flaunts Drone Flying in Autonomous Mode January 01, 2016 at 04:20PM

SOURCE:  GADGET 360 Ahead of CES 2016 next week, Qualcomm has given us a preview of its Snapdragon Flight drone platform in a new video, which it had announced back in September last year. The new video by the tech firm shows a drone automatically detecting obstacles and dodging them without any commands given by […]

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ISRO had a power-packed 2015 with launch of 25 satellites January 01, 2016 at 04:19PM

SOURCE: PTI With the launch of 25 satellites, ISRO had a power-packed 2015 while the atomic energy arena witnessed addressing of several crucial issues, including civil liability, which were hampering the sector’s growth besides signing of a nuclear cooperation agreement with Japan.  The year also witnessed two new secretaries — Sekhar Basu of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and A […]

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