The dramatic revelation by The Australian that it had obtained access to over 22,400 pages of sensitive data pertaining to the French designed Scorpene class submarine currently being built in India is now a week old. In the intervening period the initial turbulence created by this WikiLeaks like data-dump is ... Read More »
The US-based UM Motorcycles-Lohia (UML), which takes its design inspiration from the World War II era motorcycles, has widened its dealership network in India, by opening its fifth store in Mumbai. The company will be competing with Royal Field in the Indian market, its officials said. A joint venture ... Read More »
The U.S. and India have signed a key logistics agreement that will enable U.S. and Indian forces to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that he and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar formally signed ... Read More »
India and the US on Monday signed an important agreement that will make the two nations logistical allies and enable both the militaries to use each other’s assets and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies. Welcoming the signing of the bilateral ‘Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement’ (LEMOA), Defence Minister ... Read More »
A year and a half after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission, five towns from Maharashtra and Telangana have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) by an independent survey conducted by the Quality Council of India. The Urban development ministry targets to make 974 towns free from open defecation ... Read More »
As many as 22 mentally challenged Indians, lodged in Pakistan jails even after completing their sentences years back, are awaiting their repatriation for want of verification of their addresses and antecedents. Two of them are even nameless. Officials have recorded one them aged between 45-50 years with a mark of ... Read More »
To keep a hawk’s eye on the long porous border with Pakistan and thwart incursions in the Northeast by the Chinese PLA, India may soon get pilotless Predator XP drones used by the US Navy. India has sought from the US 100 latest unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), both armed and ... Read More »
