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Manish Kumar Jha is an Associate Editor, BW BUSINESSWORLD & BW DEFENCE. He writes on the Foreign affairs, International Trade & Defence. His global coverage-on the ground- spans more than 25 countries worldwide. Received International Press Fellowship award.
Army gets 72,400 Assault Rifles from US firm Sig Sauer. A contract for the procurement of 72,400 Assault Rifles through the Fast Track Procurement (FTP) from Sig Sauer, US was signed and will be delivered over the next 12 months to Indian Armed Forces.
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Indian Navy's modernization gets the biggest boost as MoD has finally issued Expression of Interest for the 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), mandating the bulk of manufacturing in India.
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India's State Minister for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre outlines the progress of Tejas in Rajya Sabha today. In a written reply, minister assured to the members that HAL plans to deliver the balance 4 IOC fighter aircrafts by March, 2019.
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Surely, a country with a 15,106-km-long border with testy neighbours needs to spend more than a mere 1.58% of its GDP on defence?
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Babiš, who was on a two-day visit to India, said the lifting of the ban will open the road for further defence cooperation with India
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With the new waves of technology influencing the battleground, it’s time the Indian defence establishment fine tunes its policies to suit the modern warfare tactics
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The defence gets the much needed boost in the interim Budget presented today.Though, at Rs 3.05 lakh crore defence allocation in the interim budget is not enough for the various modernization plans but does echo the dire needs of the Armed Forces.
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Vice Admiral MS Pawar has assumed charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff today. In his distinguished naval career over 25 years, he was the Navigating Officer of INS Magar during Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, the Fleet Navigating Officer of the Western Fleet during Kargil War and the Fleet Operations Officer of Western Fleet when the IN commenced anti piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden.
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Indian Air Force's fighter jet Jaguar has crashed down at Kushinagar in UP. The fighter aircraft was on a routine sortie from Gorakhpur Air Force station. Incidentally, this is second such crash in the year. In June 5, 2018, another Jaguar fighter crashed down in the Kutch region in northwestern Gujarat.
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The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind giving away the gallantry award Ashoka Chakra to Lance Naik NAZIR AHMAD WANI, Bar to Sena Medal, The J&K Light Infantry/34th Battalion the Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumously).The award being received by his wife Mahajbeen and his mother Raja Banoo on the occasion of the 70th Republic Day Parade 2019 at Rajpath, New Delhi on Saturday, January 26, 2019.
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