Agusta deal payment was cleared hurriedly The probe into Agusta chopper deal may have brought out some new facts into the public domain about the involvement of top ranking officials in India but the deal was cleared in a record short period as former Defence Minister A K Antony’s office had put tremendous pressure on […]
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ISIS is using internet as prime source for recruitment in South Asia The Islamic State is using Internet as prime source of reaching out to carders among South Asian origin people and find new recruits in the region who are net savvy and can be trapped easily through various social networking sites. In 2015, the […]
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Russia-India payment dispute on several defence deals Although India and Russia are traditional friends and have a strong defence ties for decades, now both sides are feeling disenchantment over payment dues and Liquidity Damage (LD) claims which can hold several defence deals into ransom. Russia has demanded that India should urgently clear payment worth USD […]
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Foreign arms manufacturers disappointed: No policy clarity Most Indian private and foreign defence manufacturers are apprehensive that whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision about ‘Make in India’ initiative in defence sector will succeed as policy ambiguity still persists in some form or the other. Although the NDA government is trying to attract investment into defence […]
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India starts Sikorsky naval chopper deal negotiation Indian Navy which is in look out for a credible multirole helicopter platform to perform its sea borne operations will have to wait for some more time as questions are being raised about the single vendor situation that is against the norms of DPP. Although single vendor situation […]
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New Rafale deal could create fissures between Ambani brothers The MMRCA deal, once touted as mother of all defence deals, is now being replaced with Rafale deal but the new deal may fuel a fresh round of competition between two Ambani brothers who are vying for setting up a defence industrial portfolio. Indeed, defence business […]
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ISIS is making inroads into South Asia and Afghanistan Terror groups from West Asia and North African region are slowly making inroads into South Asia and Central Asian nations in a bid to consolidate their influence and get recruits to fight for their own brand of Islam after Arab fighters are showing diminishing strength. Some […]
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