News: India is on the verge of increasing its exports and looking at indigenously produced electronic surveillance systems and airborne radars as a lead option. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is ready to work at the systems and radars. It will try to match China, which figures among ...

News: Deflationary trends continued for the eighth month in a row in June with the wholesale price- inflation slipping to (-)2.4 per cent, largely due to cheaper vegetable and fuel prices. But the retail inflation for the same month rose to an 8-month high of 5.4 per cent. Overall wholesale inflation ...

News: The government has launched three social security programmes – the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) under the Jan Dhan umbrella, says finance minister Arun Jaitley. The government plans to bring these social security schemes ...

News: Highway projects worth Rs 25,000 crore will be undertaken in Jammu & Kashmir this year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The construction of the Chenani-Nashri Tunnel project is being done by IL&FS Transportation Networks which had started work on it in May 2011. “This tunnel will be the first in ...

News: Middle powers hold the key economically and geopolitically for India’s growth and security. Modi’s international engagements were a continuation of India’s foreign policy and he injected a new energy into the relationships with neighbors like Bhutan and Nepal, and major powers like China and the U.S. which has been ...

News: The United States has overtaken Russia, Israel & France to become India’s largest arms supplier over the last 4 years. Attack helicopters, Strategic airlift, Anti-submarine warfare, Howitzers, Heavy-lift helicopters are the present projects of United States. Source: DefenceNews

News: Running a sustained audio-visual campaign to rein in welfare costs, the three public sector oil companies have managed to convince over one million consumers across India to surrender their LPG subsidy. Around 15.3 crore consumers are registered with the three companies, Indian Oil (Indane), Bharat Petroleum (Bharat Gas) and ...

News: Batting for early implementation of the USD 10 billion TAPI gas pipeline project PM evinced India’s interest in long-term investment in the energy sector in Turkmenistan. Both the countries have decided to intensify efforts in dealing with threats of terrorism, organised crime and illegal drug-trafficking. After talks between the two ...

News: The Modi government unilaterally called off foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan last August but has now decided to hold National Security Advisory-level (NSA)talks. This move has decided that under the Modi government India’s Pakistan policy will be decided, shaped and choreographed by PMO. PM has decided to experiment a ...

News: India has test-fired its indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile (Helina), which can hit a target upto seven km, from a helicopter at a firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. HeliNa is a helicopter-launched version of Nag and has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) ...