News: Karbonn will open assembly lines in Noida and Bengaluru and a factory in Hyderabad within the next 12 months, executive director Shashin Devsare said. Karbonn, a joint venture between the Bengaluru-based United Telelinks Ltd and Noida-based Jaina Marketing and Associates Pvt, Ltd, is seeking to test the waters for a manufacturing push under Modi’s ...

News: Airbus Helicopters, Mahindra Defence Naval Sustems and Britain’s Ultra Electronics have come together to build and supply new generation advanced systems. Their offerings will also include anti-submarine warfare vessels, submarine safety equipment and sono-buoys. Mahindra Defence Chairman S P Shukla said, “The Navy has been importing a major part of underwater ...

News: The Army is creating heli-hubs for their maintenance in operational areas near the borders. The proposal to establish two such heli-hubs, one each in the Northern Command and the Eastern Command, has been approved by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. The establishment of these two heli-hubs will enhance the serviceability ...

News: The recent hike in FDI limit to 49% is expected to bring more investments, particularly from Russia into the defence sector. ASSOCHAM Secretary General Mr D S Rawat said, “Russia has been a trusted and an old friend of India . However, due to geo-political reasons, the country has ...

News: Under the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), 50 teams began the survey in 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh while 25 teams went inside India to carry out the identical task in 51 enclaves in India. A total of 37,369 people live in the 111 Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh while 14,215 ...

News: The Union Steel & Mines Minister Narendra Singh said Indian steel industry is growing at a reasonably good pace and last year the growth in crude steel production in India was more than 8%. He added India is working towards achieving 300 million tonnes (MT) target in the next 10 ...

News: PM’s Digital India campaign is trying to change India digitally with certain departments and ministries that have their own mobile app. The six must have government apps are: Narendra Modi PM Modi has launched his own mobile app called ‘Narendra Modi’, the app is live now on Android Play ...

News: IAS officers being repatriated to their parent cadre for appointment as Chief Secretary can now easily come back to central services as they now do not have to face “extended cooling off period”. The extended cooling off period was mandatory for officers who choose to go back to their parent ...

News: Google India, in partnership with Tata Trust announced the launch of an initiative named ‘Internet Saathi’ which aims to impart Internet literacy to women in rural India and help them use the technology in their daily lives. With this joint venture, Anandan,VP and MD of Google Southeast Asia and ...

News: Communications minister unveiled new broadband products developed by the government’s telecom research arm, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), on the launch of Digital India programme. C-DoT has developed two WiFi products long distance and solar-powered WiFi to address connectivity issues in rural areas, hilly terrain, highways in dense vegetation ...