Tag: Defence
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India, South Korea sign pact for defence shipbuilding
India and South Korea signed an agreement today to firm up bilateral cooperation in defence shipbuilding. Under the MoU, conceived under the umbrella of the special strategic partnership, the two sides will nominate one shipyard each for this purpose. India has already picked Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) while Korea will make the nomination soon, Secretary …
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April 21, 2017 -
Cabinet clears leave encashment for defence personnel
In a move that would benefit over 9,000 officers and other personnel of the defence services, the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved leave encashment up to 180 days in respect of those Defence personnel who died or were invalidated out of service between 30 December 1991 and …
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April 19, 2017 -
India, UK to coordinate on security issues
As part of tackling the menace of terrorism, India and the UK Thursday agreed to continue to consult and coordinate policies across a range of global security challenges, especially those intended to eliminate the scourge of international terrorism, in pursuit of their shared goal of a more secure world. In a joint statement issued by …
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April 13, 2017 -
Rotors fouled?
Like all finance ministers, Arun Jaitley is adept at selective use of statistics, opinions etc to support his economic management. It is to be hoped that when wearing the “brass hat” of defence minister (even if temporarily) he is more factual than “political”. In that context it is incumbent on the government to present an …
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March 26, 2017 -
Rifle rejected
Since much of the equipment with the Indian military has been in service for over 20 years, it is a euphemism for officials to say that the INSAS rifle is being “retired”. More accurate would be the term “rejected”. Yet given the extreme sensitivity of the defence establishment, particularly when yet another bid at self-reliance …
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March 6, 2017 -
Not exemplary
The Defence minister holds a special place in the Indian political firmament. Not only is he one of the “Big Four” in the ministerial council, the raksha mantri is perceived as a representative of the 1.3 million men and women in the armed forces. And consequently is expected to enhance the high behavioural standards which …
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February 19, 2017 -
US defence dept looking to rent space in Trump Tower
The US Department of Defence is seeking to rent space in Donald Trump's New York skyscraper Trump Tower, a media report has said, highlighting that the move could directly funnel government money into the President's business interests. The US military agency is "working through appropriate channels…to acquire a limited amount of leased space in Trump …
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February 8, 2017 -
‘Newsroom’ warriors
Primetime shows on television are peppered with repeated allusions to the Indian defence forces, from invoking the ‘soldier’ on legitimate issues like the Indo-Pakistan impasse, to utterly disconnected issues like demonetisation and standing for the National Anthem in cinema halls. There is convenient propping up of the symbolic Indian ‘soldier’ to inject hyper-nationalism aided by …
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February 3, 2017 -
‘Right-size’ riddle
To be fair to the defence establishment, even before the finance minister presented some worrisome figures in his budget it was alive to the unsustainable gap between revenue and capital expenditure in the defence allocations. Though there have been previous attempts at reducing manpower ~ “right-sizing” is the term now preferred over “down-sizing” ~ the …
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February 3, 2017 -
Forces ‘mark time’
After their surgical strikes across the LOC had been fully exploited as a political scalpel, the armed forces had hoped they would be rewarded in the shape of budgetary provisions aimed at honing their cutting edge. Yet the financial blueprint presented in Parliament on Wednesday points to a reluctance of Modi sarkar to put its …
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February 2, 2017 -
Rs.1,500-crore defence unit to be set up in MP district
The Defence Ministry would be setting up its unit of national importance in Madhya Pradesh at Morena district's Kailaras and Sabalgarh tehsil areas, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar said here today. The Defence Ministry would spend Rs. 1500 crore on the proposed unit, the Minister said in a statement …
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January 31, 2017 -
On Republic Day, Indian, Pakistan troops exchange sweets on LoC
Indian and Pakistani soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday greeted each other with sweets to mark India's 68th Republic Day, a defence official said. "On the 68th Republic day, Indian troops presented sweets to the Pakistan Army personnel at Poonch-Rawalakot and Hot Spring-Mendhar crossing points on the LoC …
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January 26, 2017 -
On Republic Day, Indian, Pakistan troops exchange sweets on LoC
Indian and Pakistani soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday greeted each other with sweets to mark India's 68th Republic Day, a defence official said. "On the 68th Republic day, Indian troops presented sweets to the Pakistan Army personnel at Poonch-Rawalakot and Hot Spring-Mendhar crossing points on the LoC …
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January 26, 2017 -
India, UAE ink 14 pacts in defence, security
In a bid to boost their strategic ties, India and the UAE on Wednesday signed more than a dozen pacts in key areas like defence, security, trade and energy apart from a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement amidst assertion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that cooperation stands poised for a "major take off". However, much-anticipated pact pertaining …
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January 25, 2017 -
Challenges facing the new chiefs
The government recently announced new chiefs for the army and the air force. The announcement has limited impact on the nation and remains in the news for just a few days, as chiefs play no major role in decision-making as compared to other South Asian nations. The appointment of the army chief would remain in …
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December 19, 2016