Army Aims for More Local Production of Specialised Ammunition as it Works on Import Ban List
The Indian Army is looking at localised production of specialised ammunition that it currently imports as the force has been working on a negative list of import items. Addressing an online... Read more
China Hikes Defence Budget to $179 bn; Nearly Three Times that of India
China, the second-largest military spender after the US, has hiked its defence budget from last year’s 177.6 billion to $179 billion, nearly three times that of India, the lowest incre... Read more
Industry Supports Army’s 3-year ‘Tour of Duty’ proposal
After industrialist Anand Mahindra backed the army’s proposed “tour of duty” (ToD) model last week, industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) on Thursday... Read more
Our Troops are on Indian Side of the Border: MEA’s Stern Response to Chinese Aggression Along LAC
New Delhi, on Thursday, clarified that the Indian troops have been well within their limits and have been carrying out activities within the Indian side of the border. In response to a quest... Read more
‘The policy of the Islamic Emirate is clear that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries,’ Suhail Shaheen, Taliban spokesperson in Doha, affirmed in a tweet The Tali... Read more
US Warns India of Chinese ‘Aggression’ at Border, Says it has to be Resisted
The United States on Wednesday accused China of employing border clashes with India to try to shift the status quo, and encouraged New Delhi to resist. Alice Wells, the top US diplomat for S... Read more
DPSU, Private Sector Integration Need of the Day: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria
The focus on Make in India and its big acquisition programmes will give a boost to indigenous industry in this hour of need, says Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. He says even... Read more
Defence Industry More Aggravated State than other Sectors Due to Pandemic: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said defence manufacturing has been adversely affected by COVID-19 at the MSMEs E-Conclave of Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), today. Acknowledg... Read more
Employees Plan Protest
Thousands of civilian employees in Ordnance Factory and the Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project Factory will send letters to the Prime Minister and Defence Minister against corporatisation of ord... Read more
Plan to Buy 114 Foreign Fighters, Says Air Marshal Days After CDS’s Push for Made-in-India Tejas
Days after Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that the Indian Air Force was planning to the locally-manufactured Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, Air Chief Marshal RKS... Read more









