Indian Army's Achilles Heel: Artillery Power

The army has long been deficient in artillery, the modern battlefield’s most lethal killer, reports Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The first K9-Vajra self-propelled howitzer regiment was deployed by......

Private defence firms make sales pitch to generals

The presence of the private sector at a prestigious military training institution is an important acknowledgement of its growing capabilities in designing and manufacturing cutting edge aerospace......

Navy's new submarines will cost $1 bn each

Building 6 conventional submarines is one of the Indian Navy's most important weapon construction programmes.Ajai Shukla reports.   Kickstarting one of the Indian Navy's most important weapon......

France offers India world's top torpedoes

'The F-21's capabilities far exceed all other torpedoes currently in service.' IMAGE: The Scorpene-class submarine INS Karanj being commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai, March 10, 2021.......

Stock markets begin new fiscal on bullish note

Stock markets started the new fiscal on a firm note on Monday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty scaling fresh record high levels in intra-day trade before settling in the green, backed by firm trends......

From a record high, Sensex sinks by 931 points at close

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty went into a tailspin after hitting their fresh all-time high levels on Wednesday, closing down by over 1 per cent as investors cashed in on the recent......

How the private sector chipped in for Chandrayaan-3

A number of private companies have contributed to the development of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft which successfully landed near the south pole of the Moon on Wednesday evening. Here is a list......

L&T to give Rs 6/share special dividend to shareholders

L&T will give Rs 6 per share special dividend to shareholders for the six decades that company patriarch A M Naik served with the engineering and construction major, S N Subrahmanyan, the CEO & MD......

'I am an auto driver, now I am also a tennis player'

Participants at the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour held in Chennai did not let adversity affect their outlook on life. A Ganesh Nadar presents some of their sunshine stories. Photographs: Sreeram......