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How the private sector chipped in for Chandrayaan-3

How the private sector chipped in for Chandrayaan-3

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

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.

2025: Top 10 Stocks To Watch Out

2025: Top 10 Stocks To Watch Out

Rediff.com2 Jan 2025

These 10 stocks represent the best mix of value and growth, offering relatively low price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios, a high return on equity, and sufficiently high potential from current levels.

India's Light Combat Helicopter fires first rocket

India's Light Combat Helicopter fires first rocket

Rediff.com14 Mar 2016

This comes after successful completion of basic performance flight testing and outstation trials for cold weather, hot weather and hot and high altitude testing in 2015, HAL said.

How R&D Powers India's Himalayan-Altitude Flight

How R&D Powers India's Himalayan-Altitude Flight

Rediff.com13 Jul 2024

HAL's sustained, long-term income will come from the design, development, manufacture, overhaul, and upgrade of a family of helicopters designed for deployment on India's 21,000-foot-high Himalayan frontier with Pakistan and China.

Army helicopter crash: Four bodies recovered, search on for 5th jawan

Army helicopter crash: Four bodies recovered, search on for 5th jawan

Rediff.com21 Oct 2022

The advanced light helicopter, carrying Army personnel, was on regular sorties, he said. The incident took place at 10.43 am, and search operation is underway, the official said.

Modi unveils India's biggest helicopter manufacturing facility

Modi unveils India's biggest helicopter manufacturing facility

Rediff.com6 Feb 2023

Bengaluru-headquartered HAL plans to produce more than 1,000 helicopters in the range of 3-15 tonne with a total business of more than Rs 4 lakh crore over a period of 20 years at this facility in Gubbi taluk, officials said.

HAL chopper is now Siachen ready

HAL chopper is now Siachen ready

Rediff.com12 Dec 2018

Dhruv and LUH helicopters must supply provisions to, and evacuate casualties from Siachen Glacier posts like Sonam, which, at 20,997 feet, is the highest inhabited spot on the planet.

Congress takes Rafale fight to CAG's door, demands report on 'irregularities'

Congress takes Rafale fight to CAG's door, demands report on 'irregularities'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2018

Congress said it expects the truth to prevail after the report on the Rafale deal is made public.

HAL rolls out HTT-40 aircraft prototype

HAL rolls out HTT-40 aircraft prototype

Rediff.com2 Feb 2016

Hindustan Turboprop Trainer is a tandem seat trainer aircraft being developed at HAL for the first stage training of rookie pilots.

Arunachal crash: Body of 5th personnel recovered, search ends

Arunachal crash: Body of 5th personnel recovered, search ends

Rediff.com22 Oct 2022

The advanced light helicopter (ALH), carrying five Army personnel including two pilots, was on regular sorties when it crashed at 10.43 am on Friday near Migging, around 25 km south of Tuting, he said.

Desi Light Utility Helicopter makes a 'flawless' flight

Desi Light Utility Helicopter makes a 'flawless' flight

Rediff.com7 Sep 2016

The light utility helicopter will replace the military's obsolescent fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that have flown for over three decades.

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

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

Rediff.com1 Mar 2024

The contracts for the procurement of the platforms and weapons systems were signed in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and defence secretary Giridhar Aramane, under whose guidance these deals fructified, an official readout said.

Brother of pilot killed in crash pens poem

Brother of pilot killed in crash pens poem

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

In another post, Sushant said, "It's high time we care not just for lost votes, but also for our lost pilots to the negligence of this corrupt system!!"

Modi changed Rafale contract while Parrikar was buying fish: Rahul

Modi changed Rafale contract while Parrikar was buying fish: Rahul

Rediff.com26 Feb 2018

He also called out Defence Minister Nirmala Sithraman for changing her stance on revealing the cost of Rafale.

Eastern Ladakh stretched equipment to limits: IAF chief

Eastern Ladakh stretched equipment to limits: IAF chief

Rediff.com21 Oct 2021

The situation that developed in eastern Ladakh last year required acclimatisation of a large number of IAF personnel and stretching of equipment to limits, but the force is "much better prepared" now in case there is a "long haul", Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Thursday.

BJP's Tejasvi Surya flies Tejas fighter jet

BJP's Tejasvi Surya flies Tejas fighter jet

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday took a sortie in Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, on the second day of the ongoing Aero India-2021 in Bengaluru.

What Rajnath's UK Visit Means For India's Defence

What Rajnath's UK Visit Means For India's Defence

Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

The Indian Navy, which was earlier looking towards the US for design expertise, technical know-how and operational practices, is now considering the advantages of working with the Royal Navy.

PM to inaugurate India's largest helicopter production facility

PM to inaugurate India's largest helicopter production facility

Rediff.com4 Feb 2023

The defence ministry billed the 615-acre factory as India's largest helicopter-manufacturing facility and it has been planned as a one-stop solution for the country's chopper requirements.

IAF To Get More Power With Gen-5 Fighter

IAF To Get More Power With Gen-5 Fighter

Rediff.com18 Jun 2024

In the event of a war with China, AMCA deep strikes would target China's rail and road links with Tibet, isolating PLA divisions there.

Major takeaways from Modi's maiden state visit to US

Major takeaways from Modi's maiden state visit to US

Rediff.com23 Jun 2023

Here are list of some of the big ticket announcements.

2 pilots killed as IAF fighter jet crashes at HAL airport

2 pilots killed as IAF fighter jet crashes at HAL airport

Rediff.com1 Feb 2019

The plane went up in flames as it crashed with an explosion and thick smoke billowed from the spot, leaving passersby and residents living around the airport in a shock.

Biden tweets on 'most consequential' US-India friendship, Modi replies

Biden tweets on 'most consequential' US-India friendship, Modi replies

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

Prime Minister Modi's visit saw India and the US signing several major deals to boost cooperation in key areas such as defence, space and trade.

DRDO's UAV to make debut flying at Aero India

DRDO's UAV to make debut flying at Aero India

Rediff.com12 Feb 2023

The five-day event will include aerial displays by aircraft and helicopters along with a large exhibition and trade fair of aerospace and defence companies.

Can Modi 3.0 Ignite Surge in PSU Stocks?

Can Modi 3.0 Ignite Surge in PSU Stocks?

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

'Those betting against PSUs will likely be punished in this upswing.'

More facts on Rafale deal will be out soon: Rahul

More facts on Rafale deal will be out soon: Rahul

Rediff.com25 Sep 2018

The political row over the Rafale deal intensified on Tuesday with the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party trading barbs over it.

HAL's Light Combat Helicopters deployed for operations in Leh

HAL's Light Combat Helicopters deployed for operations in Leh

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

The Vice Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora took part in one such operation along with HAL test pilot, Wing Commander Subash P John (retd) recently by taking-off from high altitude location to a forward area for a simulated attack on a high altitude target, the Bengaluru-headquartered company said in a statement.

Opposition's no-trust motion auspicious for us: Modi in Lok Sabha

Opposition's no-trust motion auspicious for us: Modi in Lok Sabha

Rediff.com10 Aug 2023

Replying to the no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that the opposition's move is auspicious for his government as he expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will break old records to retain power at the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

HAL was capable of producing Rafale jets, says its chief

HAL was capable of producing Rafale jets, says its chief

Rediff.com22 Dec 2018

The Rafale jet deal, signed on September 23, 2016, in the frame of an Inter-Governmental Agreement between India and France, has been in news over the last few months.

Defence stocks firing on all cylinders this year

Defence stocks firing on all cylinders this year

Rediff.com24 Aug 2023

Stocks of defence-related companies have been firing on all cylinders on the bourses in calendar year 2023 (CY23). Shares of Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Bharat Electronics (BEL), Bharat Dynamics (BDL), Data Patterns, MTAR Tech, Cochin Shipyard and GRSE have rallied in the range of 21-96 per cent so far this year. By comparison, the BSE Sensex is up 8 per cent. The gains have been sustained on the back of robust export opportunities, a healthy project pipeline and the government's continued push for local manufacturing and indigenisation of defence equipment.

'Rafale Minister' Nirmala Sitharaman must resign, says Rahul

'Rafale Minister' Nirmala Sitharaman must resign, says Rahul

Rediff.com20 Sep 2018

The Congress has alleged that the government caused loss of over Rs 41,000 crore to the exchequer and endangered national security by bypassing the state-run HAL in favour of some businessman "friends".

Desi trainer aircraft makes maiden flight

Desi trainer aircraft makes maiden flight

Rediff.com31 May 2016

The test flight is a victory for public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which has strongly backed the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 project, defying a skeptical Indian Air Force

Modi leaves for Egypt after concluding US State Visit

Modi leaves for Egypt after concluding US State Visit

Rediff.com24 Jun 2023

The two-day State Visit to Egypt at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is also the first bilateral visit by an Indian prime minister since 1997.

Army probes Arunachal crash, pilots of helicopter made mayday call

Army probes Arunachal crash, pilots of helicopter made mayday call

Rediff.com22 Oct 2022

Four Army personnel were killed and one was reported missing after the twin-engine weapon system integrated (WSI) version of the indigenously-built helicopter went down at Migging village in Upper Siang district of the border state at 10.43 am on Friday.

Rahul attacks PM on Rafale, alleges deal changed to benefit a 'businessman'

Rahul attacks PM on Rafale, alleges deal changed to benefit a 'businessman'

Rediff.com16 Nov 2017

"I answer all your questions, whatever you ask me. Why don't you question Prime Minister Modi on the Rafale deal, on Amit Shah's son. Why don't you question the prime minister who changed the entire Rafale deal to help a businessman?" he asked.

India probably first nation to get MQ9B Reaper drones from US

India probably first nation to get MQ9B Reaper drones from US

Rediff.com23 Jun 2023

Another major announcement that came was an MoU signed between GE and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to jointly produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force.

MiG-21 phase-out plan on track, move not linked to accidents: Official

MiG-21 phase-out plan on track, move not linked to accidents: Official

Rediff.com8 May 2023

Three people were killed after the MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed into a house in Hanumangarh in Rajasthan shortly after it took off for a routine training sortie from the Air Force Station at Suratgarh.

When Rakesh Sharma found himself in a different kind of space

When Rakesh Sharma found himself in a different kind of space

Rediff.com9 Nov 2015

Though this time India's first astronaut remained earth bound, P Rajendran/Rediff.com finds out more about his journey off the beaten track along America's East Coast.

'Incredibly enriching': Modi takes sortie on Tejas jet

'Incredibly enriching': Modi takes sortie on Tejas jet

Rediff.com25 Nov 2023

"The experience was incredibly enriching, significantly bolstering my confidence in our country's indigenous capabilities, and leaving me with a renewed sense of pride and optimism about our national potential," he said.

Sindhu looks AMAZING flying the Tejas!

Sindhu looks AMAZING flying the Tejas!

Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

The flight was part of the Women's Day event at the Aero India 2019 air show.

PHOTOS: India bids tearful farewell to Pulwama martyrs

PHOTOS: India bids tearful farewell to Pulwama martyrs

Rediff.com16 Feb 2019

Huge crowds gathered to pay respects to the soldiers amid emotional moments, with anti-Pakistan slogans renting the air.