News: Isro has a track record of launching satellites for 19 countries including space-faring nations, but this is the first time the US would be using an Indian vehicle, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, to put one of its satellite in orbit. Having successfully launched a Mars mission, India is ...

News: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, defence exports by Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and private sector companies (based on NOCs) totalled Rs 290.51 crore in 2010-11. Parikkar, while giving statistics, also said that percentage of ‘Procurement from Indigenous sources’ out of total procurement in the ...

News: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today defended death penalty where “larger interest of the nation” is involved and deprecated those who questioned the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. Disapproving of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s remarks in the aftermath of Memon’s hanging, Doval said something ...

News: The Hindustan Aeronautics Tejas Mk. II fighter is only likely to achieve its maiden flight in 2019, and become operational in 2022., said defence minister Manohar Parrikar. The Tejas Mk. II will be powered by the General Electric F414 engine, as compared to the less powerful F404 that powers ...

News: There has been a clear trajectory of Japan and India deepening their defence ties in recent years and the relations are bound to be promoted since India will include Japan in the Malabar naval exercises with the US in October. “The two countries are also exploring the possibility of ...

News: The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated plans to generate 5 lakh jobs in IT sector and 4 lakh employment opportunities in electronics segment in the next few years, Palle Raghunadha Reddy, Minister for IT and Minorities Welfare said. The infotech industry has taken a big hit in residuary Andhra Pradesh after the division. The single ...

News: To ensure women safety, PM has told mobile phone manufacturers they need to incorporate a panic button on handsets sold in the country. The administration is of the view that emergency response apps can take too long to access in a rush— configuring one of the existing buttons on ...

News: Some of India’s dark patches could soon get futuristic luminous highways. These highways, costing just 15-20 per cent more than regular highways, do not require any street lights and come to light on their own as a photo-luminescent coating similar to glow-in-the-dark paint creates ethereal looking lines that get charged by ...

News: Government has given an in-principle nod for Madrid-based locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter and faster trains that could cut travel time between Mumbai and Delhi from 17 hours to 12 hours without overhauling India’s ageing rail tracks. The trial train to India will come by ...

News: Sony Corp has entered into an agreement to manufacture its Bravia line of televisions at Taiwanese contract manufacturer major Foxconn’s plant near Chennai. It is also evaluating the possibility of making smartphones in the country and may eventually set up its own plant in India. The government’s ‘Make in ...