However, the transfer of technology under license could be withheld due to international ban on missile technologies.
Saina, who has been battling illness and injuries, is going through a bad patch, having lost six times in the first round this season.
Rising player Lakshya Sen went down to Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus
When the going gets tough for P V Sindhu, the star badminton player dives into her highly successful past to seek inspiration to keep going in her quest for more glory.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 5, Wednesday, July 31, 2024:
Don't do any strange things in preparation ahead of Olympics, Gopichand's advise to shuttlers
Sen played four three-game matches last week at the French Open before engaging in two back-to-back long matches in the past couple of days but despite that he was able to maintain a high pace.
Two days after a successful trial, the advanced version of pilotless target aircraft Lakshya-II was again successfully flight-tested at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near Balasore in Odisha on friday.
PV Sindhu finally fetched India its first ever World Championships gold in the sport but spent rest of the year struggling for form.
PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games' women's singles competition
Quarterly earnings of corporates, trading activity of foreign investors and inflation data are the key factors that are expected to drive the momentum in the equity markets this week, analysts said.
Lakshya Chahar became the fourth Indian boxer to crash out in the opening round of the first World Olympic Boxing Qualifier.
Last Friday saw the release of India's 'most violent film ever', Kill.
A look at India's schedule at the Paris Olympics on Monday, July 29, 2024:
London 2012 Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal believes PV Sindhu can rediscover her winning form in time for the Paris Games
Another impressive week ended with a creditable semifinal finish for star shuttler Lakshya Sen after he stumbled to a three-game loss against Indonesia's Jonatan Christie at the All England Championships in Birmingham on Saturday, prolonging India's long wait for the coveted trophy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Indian contingent which returned from the Paris Olympics with six medals.
The Chirag-Satwik pair won the Thailand Open in May to reclaim the No.1 ranking but suffered loss of form and made a first-round exit from the Singapore Open last month.
India's indigenously developed, micro-light pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya-1' was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 6, Thursday, August 1, 2024:
Kidambi Srikanth's opening round match ended in agony as he retired due to a knee injury after lagging 14-21, 3-11 against Japan's fifth seed Kodai Naraoka.
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma.
'The film has two looks because it spans two-and-half years. Most of the women that went to cover the war, 90 percent of them had shorter hair,' says Preity Zinta.
Top shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and Lakshya Sen are among 20-odd Indian players who have started training at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru as the sport took its first step towards resumption after the COVID-19 hiatus. Confined to their homes for more than two months due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the health crisis, the shuttlers started training at PPBA after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) laid down rules for resumption of training late last month.
Satwik-Chirag suffer shock defeat in opening round of Singapore Open
Six medals from a 117-strong contingent is not ideal but India had its moments of joy, hope, frustration, and heartache.
Sindhu pulls out of Uber Cup
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
Badminton is not as popular as cricket in India and therefore comparatively does not attract as many sponsors.
'The only violence I have had in any film of mine is a slap.' 'When Nikhil narrated the film to me, I was blown away.' 'I was literally screaming out of my chair.'
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 10, Monday, August 5, 2024:
'I have funded myself for tournaments until Nov last year, after which I was sent with the Indian team for tournaments as I met the selection criteria to make the team. I was included as part of TOPS scheme only after qualifying for the Paris 2024 Games till the Olympic Games, that's it.'
Suryakumar Yadav will turn up for Mumbai in their Buchi Babu match against TNCA XI, aiming to get his Test career back on track.
'Our soldiers fought so bravely. It actually made me get up and start thinking about things I would never think of.'
A collection of stunning pictures from the Paris 2024 Games
Using mantras from the Bhagavad Gita, Vatsal Ramaiya explains how you can conquer your home loan debt and unlock a world of financial freedom and peace of mind.
