Tag Archives: Ministry of External Affairs

First evacuees from Libya reaching Delhi midnight

The first batch of Indians evacuated from the strife-torn north African nation of Libya will land here in a special Air India flight close to midnight Saturday, officials said, while three Indian warships set sail to Libya to help in the evacuation of the 18,000 Indians in the country.

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Token Chinese welcome to Aero India

The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reports that two Chinese officials and one media rep have now been invited to the air show.

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India bars Chinese media from air show

Chinese journalists have been unable to register for accreditation as the online registration form did not provide China as an option.

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Lankan navy chief in India

Vice Admiral TSG Samarasinghe, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy is in India on a week-long visit.

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India remains complacent to hacking

Indian governmental institutions remain unmoved by disclosures of large-scale penetration of Indian computer systems.

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India-US nuke trade steps closer

India, US agree procedures for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel of US origin, taking nuclear trade forward.

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44 facts about the MMRCA

StratPost tweeted facts about the Indian Air Force (IAF) tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) and the participating aircraft last week. Here they are on a single page, for easy reference. And please feel free to add any more in the comments. They will be updated on this page.

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Rafale wins MMRCA: The Cost

A cost escalation of 50 percent (INR 63,000 crore, in this case) or more, requires approval again from the Ministry of Finance, before the Defense Acquisitions Council (DAC) can proceed with it. With the cost of the tender for India safely ranging from INR 83,000 crore to 1,25,000 crore, the revision of the estimated expenditure on the MMRCA would require the approval of the finance ministry.

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Rafale wins MMRCA

The French Dassault fighter aircraft Rafale has been selected to be the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) of the [...]

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Republic Day Roll of Honor

The complete list of gallantry awardees, this Republic Day.

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Roll of Martyrs

The following is the list of army personnel who lost their lives in service, in the past year.

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Courage under fire

Some of the stories of the courage displayed by India’s armed forces, awarded for conspicuous gallantry this Republic Day.

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