In the committee’s report on budgetary demands for grants for 2011-12 submitted to Lok Sabha(Indian Lower House of Parliament) Wednesday, the defense ministry has told the committee that differences with the finance ministry on its plan size had led to it not being finalized yet.
Month: August 2011
India to focus on UN peacekeeping during presidency
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India will focus on the issue of UN peacekeeping during its UN Security Council presidency for the month of August, Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN has said.
Indigenous aircraft carrier launch this December: Antony
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The construction of India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) at Cochin is expected to be completed in December this year, after which the warship will be launched, Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurien Antony said Tuesday.
No US waiver to DRDO on technology imports: Antony
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The US has removed four Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) labs from the restricting Entity List that regulates technology exports, but it has not provided any waiver in acquiring technology without license or any exemption from existing obligations concerning exports.
Chinese aircraft carrier nears completion
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Fifty-year-old Li Xiaoyan, a senior colonel in the Chinese Navy, will command the ship.
IAF pilot killed in MiG-21 plane crash
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) Tuesday lost a combat pilot when a MiG-21 fighter jet he was flying crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan.
Irregularities in road contracts for China border roads
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The government has ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in allocation of Border Roads Organization (BRO) tenders for Indian roads along the border with China.
