Russia and India are considering co-development of a new generation infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) at an Indian enterprise, said Albert Bakov, first vice president and co-owner of the Tractor Plants Concern. Russian Defense Ministry may additionally fund development of BMP-3 Dragoon IFV. The newly developed version also differs from the ...

India, US and Japan have agreed to work together to maintain maritime security through greater collaboration. US Secretary of State John Kerry hosted the dialogue with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, highlighted their shared support for peace, democracy, prosperity, and a rules-based international ...

With $31 billion of foreign capital inflows, India has surpassed China and the US to take the pole position in attracting largest FDI in the first half of 2015, said a report published in Financial Times, London. The report said that in 2014 India ranked fifth in terms of capital ...

According to the survey conducted by citizen engagement platform Local Circles, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh have shown significant improvement. The survey got responses from over 40,000 citizens and 73% of them were from tier-I and tier-II cities in the age group of 18-50 years. The ...

“After a long wait, this facility has been extended to us. Pensioners can fill up necessary details in the specified forms and the Centre will issue the smart cards,” said K K Kutty, general secretary of an association of pensioners. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar extended the CSD canteen facilities for ...

Internet major Google and state-run RailTel Corp. of India have joined hands to equip 400 railways station in the country with high speed Wi-Fi networks, making it one of the largest public Wi-Fi projects in the world, said Google CEO Sunder Pichai. A Seshagiri Rao, Director, Network Planning and Marketing ...

The government’s ambitious plan to replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient LED lamps in cities is gathering momentum under the Street Light National Programme. The installation is in progress in 88 ULBs in Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh to replace 9.3 lakh lights. The service model enables the municipalities to ...

The San Diego based chip-maker made the announcement after its executive chairman Paul Jacobs met the Indian prime minister at the Digital Economy event in San Jose and said the venture fund was in support of the government’s Digital India and Make-in-India initiatives. The new venture fund, which will be ...

Domestic steel giant SAIL is investing over Rs 2,600 crore for installing a three million tonnes per annum facility for hot rolled (HR) coils at its Rourkela plant to make auto-grade and special steel products. The Maharatna firm has awarded the contract for setting up this hot strip mill to ...

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a chain of 572 islands of which a little more than 30 are inhabited, it constitute 0.2 per cent of India’s land mass but provide for 30 per cent of the country’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The southern islands lie near the Malacca ...