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HAL to produce Russian SJ-100 civil aircraft
28 Oct 2025 11:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s Public Joint Stock Company United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC-UAC) have signed a Memorandum...
‘Energy trade constricted, rules applied selectively’: Jaishankar’s veiled dig at US after meeting Rubio
28 Oct 2025 1:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: India on Monday voiced strong concern over what it called an increasingly “constricted” global energy trade and the selective application...
DAC clears defence procurement proposals worth Rs 79,000 crore
24 Oct 2025 1:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: India on Thursday cleared proposals to procure weapons and military hardware worth Rs 79,000 crore, including Nag missiles, amphibious...
‘Railways managing festive rush through real-time monitoring, tech upgradation’
24 Oct 2025 1:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday stated that the government had prepared a holistic plan to deal with the festive rush of...
Def Min approves procurement bid worth Rs 79,000 cr
24 Oct 2025 12:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Thursday approved proposals to acquire weapons and military equipment worth Rs 79,000 crore, aiming to enhance the...
Army’s drone platoons take flight
23 Oct 2025 12:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Reimagining the future of ground combat, the Indian Army is ready to induct ASHNI drone platoons in all 450 infantry battalions, scouts,...
‘No Modi-Trump call’: India says diversifying oil sources to protect national interests
17 Oct 2025 1:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: India on Thursday asserted that its energy import decisions are driven solely by national interest and the need to secure affordable...
Jaishankar calls for urgent UN reforms
17 Oct 2025 1:06 AM ISTNEW DELHI: External Affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday opened the inaugural UN Troop Contributing Countries Chiefs Conclave with a clear call...
India calls for technological overhaul in global peacekeeping at UNTCC 2025
15 Oct 2025 1:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: On the first day of the three-day United Nations Troop Contributing Countries’ Chiefs Conclave (UNTCC) 2025, being organised for the first...
Efficiency or erosion? Shrinking work hours in Bihar Assembly raise governance concerns
9 Oct 2025 1:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: As the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled in the next month, a recent research analysis came as a bolt from the blue,...
Defence Ministry signs Rs 62,370-cr deal with HAL for 97 Tejas Mk-1A jets
26 Sept 2025 12:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Ministry of Defence on Thursday finalised a Rs 62,370 crore contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the supply of 97...
Bengal’s jute industry is hit by historic crisis as prices skyrocket and farmers lose hope
23 Sept 2025 12:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Bengal’s jute industry, once celebrated as the “golden fibre” industry, is now facing one of its worst crises in decades. Raw jute prices...












