Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

Israeli firm wants to build guns for India

Will the low cost Israeli Athos gun scuttle India's ATAGS gun?Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Elbit Systems's Athos gun is 40% cheaper the French Nexter gun.Photograph: Kind courtesy Elbit Systems......

Atmanirbhar Bharat put off to buy Israeli guns

'We cannot understand why the government is facilitating the import of artillery when our indigenous guns are doing so well.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The towed artillery gun from Elbit Systems.......

Deputy chiefs, command heads may now clear small defence projects

For the first time, the government on Wednesday delegated financial powers for capital procurement projects worth up to Rs 200 crore to armed forces officials below the level of vice chiefs to help......

Plaza Centers to build 50 malls

Israeli-owned property company Plaza Centerssaid on Mondayit would invest Rs 5,000 crore (about $1.2 billion) over the next five to seven years to build as many as 50 shopping malls and multiplexes......

Israeli firm to build shopping malls in India

An Israeli firm, Elbit Hadmaya, is planning to invest billions of dollars in India to build shopping malls, a media report in Jerusalem said on Tuesday.Moti Ziser, the head of the company, sees a......

Plaza plans 6 malls at Rs 3,000 crore

Shopping and entertainment centres developer Plaza Centers India said it plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) over the next three years to set up six new malls in various cities, starting......

BEL, Anna Varsity build Patang, a drone with 2-km zoom range

The unmanned aerial vehicle has been developed for surveillance and broadcasting and is ready for commercialisation. In an example of successful industry-academia partnership, public-sector......