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India clears Pilatus trainer deal | India clears $660 mn deal for artillery guns | François Hollande defeats President Nicolas Sarkozy in French Election | Sarkozy tells people gracefully: I become a citizen among you | Drone attacks to continue after US withdrawl from Afghanistan 2014 | India's security entwined with Afghanistan's stability, says India | India test flies naval variant of LCA | INS Teg warship inducted into Indian Navy | UN chief lauds India's role in Security Council | UN Chief says he trusts India to strengthen ties with neighbours | India launches advanced 24 x 7 RISAT-1 satellite | Etihad cancels Airbus A 350-1000 orders worth USD2.3b: report | No silver bullet to destroy Al Qaeda, says Panetta | Supreme Court dismisses plea against Indian Army Chief designate | Lt Gen Bikram Singh to take over May 31 from retiring Gen V K Singh | India successfully tests 5,500km ICBM Apr 19 | India seeks Full membership of international Strategic Export Control Regimes | India says it has enforced appropriate controls to check nuclear and missile proliferation | Boeing to source aerospace composites from Abu Dhabi's Mubadala | UAE protests Iranian President's visit to disputed islands in the Gulf | Air India's turnaround plan approved | Indian Navy inducts n-powered Russian Nerpa attack submarine April 4 | Renamed INS Chakra, the boat will be with India for 10 years | INS Chakra arrived in Vishakhapatnam on India's eastern seaboard April 1 | Navy to induct 5 ships every year for 5 years, says Antony | Also that similar modernisation of armed forces is high priority for the Government |
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Indian Navy to induct 24 Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft

New Delhi. The Indian Navy will acquire 12 more Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft... +Full Story
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MoD UPDATES India wary of China's growing military profile New Delhi. India says it is "conscious and watchful" of China's growing military profile and its implications in the immediate neighbourhood, despite its policy of engaging Beijing on the principles of mutual trust and respect for each other's interests and concerns.
Pragmatic Hike in Defence Budget New Delhi. In an otherwise lacklustre budget devoid of any enthusiasm for reform, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has done well by hiking the country?s defence budget by 17.6 per cent in Rupee terms.
India's Defence Budget: Absence of Strategic Vision New Delhi. The Indian defence expenditure for the financial year 2012-13 has been budgeted at a fairly high figure of Rs.193,407 crore (budgeted expenditure, or BE) which converts to $38.5 billion and is not unreasonable -- but is well below China's corresponding figure of $100 billion.
Antony re-elected IDSA President New Delhi. Defence Minister A K Antony was re-elected unopposed as President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) here Feb 25.
FDI in Defence: The road ahead In a major policy change in May 2001, the government opened up India's defence production to the private sector as well as foreign participation.
 
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Rafale is IAF's New Year Gift: French Dassault wins India's big combat jet deal (Updated)

New Delhi. Rafale Wins. Eurofighter Loses.The Government formally informed the manufacturers of these two aircraft Jan 31 of the much-awaited Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition of this result. +full story
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India, US send strong signals to Pakistan, Iran

New Delhi. India and the US have signalled common intent and purpose, asking Pakistan to take stronger action against terror, advising Iran to desist from its nuclear weapons programme and pledging support to Afghanistan's peace and prosperity. +full story

Trust India to strengthen ties with neighbours: UN chief

New Delhi. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that despite the challenges involved he trusted India to build and strengthen partnerships with her neighbours and saw a "future of steadily warmer ties" in this region. +full story

Ignoring Pakistan, US defends drone strikes

Washington. The United States resumed drone strikes inside Pakistan April-end after some time, ignoring Islamabad's protests. And President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser defended the use of armed unmanned aircraft to target suspected terrorists overseas. +full story
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8,000 cyber attacks warded off during CWG:NSA

New Delhi. A staggering 8,000 cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said May 16, pointing to India's capabilities. +full story

India creating architecture to ensure cyber security:NSA

New Delhi. India is creating a "coherent and comprehensive" security policy to deal with the "anarchic new world" of cyber threats. +full story

DuPont opens Ballistics Facility in India

Hyderabad. US multinational DuPont today announced the opening of its world-class integrated ballistics facility in India to manufacture and test sophisticated materials for protection from bombs and bullets. +full story

India's Internal Security Challenges are Huge

New Delhi. While India's internal security concerns may seem similar to those of other nations, India's geography - 7,000 km of coast and 15,000 kilometre land border - large population, social and political exigencies, dated security and scrutiny technological tools pose peculiar challenges. +full story
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Counter Terrorism and Global Learning

Terrorism is a global phenomenon, and developed and developing countries around the world have equally felt the scourge of terrorist attacks.+More Stories
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Ship Building and India's Offset Policy

Introduction: Post Kelkar Committee Recommendations, the Ministry of Defence introduced the Offset provisions in its DPP 2005 to leverage its big ticket arms acquisition to bring in FDI, Joint Venture arrangements and counter trade arrangements to boost India's indigenous defence industry capability.+More Stories
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Hollande, the next French president

Paris. Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande defeated incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy in the decisive presidential runoff in France May 6 and will now become president though he has never held a government post at the national level.
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Boeing Completes Full Landing Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft

Paris. Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande defeated incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy in the decisive presidential runoff in France May 6 and will now become president though he has never held a government post at the national level.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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QuoteThoughtful Quote-By exporting violence, Pakistanis have eroded their internal security and their position in the region. They have undermined their international credibility and threatened their (own) economic well-being -Adm. Mike Mullen Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff