The defence ministry on Friday scrapped a scam-tainted tender worth over Rs 6,000 crore to procure 197 light helicopters from foreign vendors and decided to allow indigenous players to manufacture these choppers for the armed forces.
Here's the lowdown of charges and counter-charges over the multi-dollar deal.
'Washington senses that the anchor sheet of India's strategic autonomy lies in its longstanding partnership with Russia, which remains firm and immutable despite the changes in world politics in the post-Cold War era,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.<
An official statement said that the successful execution of arrested landing will pave the way for this indigenous platform to undertake Aircraft Carrier landing demonstration onboard the Indian Naval Aircraft Carrier, Vikramaditya.
He is one of most destructive batsmen in contemporary cricket, and all his achievements have come as an opener. Yet, surprisingly, Virender Sehwag revealed that he would like to bat in the middle order.
Teenage talent Stevan Jovetic struck twice to help Fiorentina sweep aside Liverpool 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday and earn their first points in Group E.
The deal is estimated to be worth Rs 12,000 crore.
The economic slowdown and the accompanying moderation in the pace of revenue growth has adversely hit the financial health of governments, both Union as well as states, in the financial year 2008-09, according to the Reserve Bank of India's quarterly review of the economy.
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This was decided after Bangalore International Airport Ltd, the private consortium developing the greenfield airport, rejected the civil aviation ministry's proposal of keeping both the airports operational. The Karnataka high court had recently advised the government to reconsider the concession agreement with the private developers, which says that the existing airport in Bangalore should be shut down after the new one starts functioning.
Private sector helicopter charter company Deccan Aviation on Monday announced the launch of helicopter charter service from the Bangalore International Airport to select locations in the city.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly does not read much into India's failure in the second ICC World Twenty20 and says Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co. will erase their bitter memories by bouncing back in the four-match ODI series in the West Indies.
On December 1and 2, flood-ravaged Chennai received more rainfall in 24 hours than it had seen on any day since 1901, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Russia has said the maiden flight of the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), being developed by its Sukhoi design bureau in tie-up with Indian aerospace and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), will be made by the end of the year.
The new Bangalore international airport, scheduled to start flight operations from March 30, will far exceed its passenger traffic forecast from the very first day.
It came under severe criticism from the CAG on Friday as it pointed out that its Mark-I version has 53 'significant shortfalls'.
'Modi's speech was like one of our sour food preparations; Rahul's was sweet.'
It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service.
The government on Tuesday said the new Bangalore airport would be made operational by the last week of May, while keeping alive the option of allowing small aircraft to use the existing HAL airport. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said extensive discussions were held with BIAL, the operators of the new airport. The High Court had earlier advised the government to explore the possibility of allowing the existing airport run by HAL to function.
Even as the date for the two new state-of-the-art international airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad to start operations comes closer, lobbying to prevent closure of the existing facilities -- at the Airport Authority of India's Begumpet airport in Hyderabad and HAL airport in Bangalore -- has got louder.
Congress said it expects the truth to prevail after the report on the Rafale deal is made public.
Confident of signing the much delayed USD 10 billion (Rs 62,120 cr) contract for Rafale fighter jets with India "soon", French Defence major Dassault on Thursday said its pricing remains the same from day one and it has not wavered from the request for proposal.
'What do you think the Congress is today?' 'Is it a political party heading for a life-and-death battle?' 'Or an NGO, just doing its thing and hoping it will improve the state of the world?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
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'Let us remember that Make in India for defence must not be our goal.' 'The goal is to have a strong military to help the nation protect its identity and assert its will.'
Gandhi's remarks came after the Supreme Court gave clean chit to the Modi government on the purchase of 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault Aviation.
The study suggests that 'massing' all the study on a single topic into a single session reduces long-term retention, and that it is always better to leave it alone for a while and then return to it
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Around four lakh people who attended the event were treated to a spectacular flying display of fighter, civilian aircraft and helicopters.
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The IAF has paid French aerospace firms Dassault and Thales about Euro 350 million for 'performance-based logistics'. This requires the vendors to ensure that 75 per cent of the Rafale fleet is combat-ready at all times, notes Ajai Shukla.
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Filmmaker Prakash Jha, well known for his hard-hitting movies such as Gangajal and Apaharan, is set to change the entertainment and retail landscape of eastern India.
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Contractor allegedly wanted the families murdered so that he could take over their convenience store business in Moultrie, he said. He was arrested in Lake City, Florida and brought back to Colquitt County on Monday.
Apart from air pollution, poor infrastructure and a wobbly state administration, Bangalore has a new worry from March - how to leave town and get back to it once the new Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) opens its doors and the existing HAL airport on Airport Road shuts its doors.
The helicopter, which is based on HAL's existing Dhruv advanced light helicopter platform, will be equipped with helmet-mounted targeting systems, electronic warfare systems and advanced weapons systems.
The Park Group of Institutions has tied up with Link Aero Technologies of Malaysia and Groupe Aviation of Bangalore to set up an aviation and aerospace academy of higher engineering in Coimbatore, at an outlay of $10 million.\n\n
Before his departure, Putin visited software major Infosys on the outskirts of Bangalore and defence undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Russia's Rostech State Corporation has tied up with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for manufacture of at least 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters to replace the ageing fleet of Cheetah and Chetak, in a deal estimated to be worth $1 billion under 'Make in India' initiative.
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