India to buy 200 BrahMos, MiG 29 engines in Rs 39K cr deal

India on Friday sealed five major defence acquisition contracts worth Rs 39,125 crore including procurement of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, radars, weapon systems and aero-engines for MiG-29......

US retaliates, bombs 85 sites of Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Syria

The US has conducted major airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria against Iranian Revolutionary Guards and affiliated militia groups in retaliation for a drone strike on an American base in......

'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'

'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.'IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated......

Why Theaterisation Of Armed Forces Is Important

As India progresses towards formulating its own model of theaterisation, the public must get involved in the debate because in the end, it affects the well-being of the entire nation, asserts Vice......

Why there was an SMS outage this week

Instead of relying on technology that is not in their control, businesses should stop using SMS based OTPs and start using other software-based or hardware-based token authentication, which are in......

'Sebi has given go ahead for RailTel IPO'

'We have filed our draft red herring prospectus for a floating IPO for a net offer size of 86.6 million shares.'   Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters At a time when the Indian Railways......

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia. IMAGE: A man walks on a railway track......

India must have a future in Electronics

'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.''It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues......

Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

IMAGE: Ultimately, it was the growing chorus of concerns from famous athletes and nations under lockdown that sunk Tokyo's hopes to hold the Olympics as planned in July. Photograph: Carl......

Family traced after Kerala floods, this long jumper goes for Asiad glory

'I want to win a medal for the flood affected people of Kerala. That is what I can do as my contribution.' Debutant long-jumper M Sreeshankar is now focused in a medal at the Asian Games. IMAGE:......

Watch out for Hi-Tech at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Technology that could change football in coming years. Goal-line made its debut at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the 2018 contest in Russia will see three more systems that could change the game in......