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Arming India In The Early 21st Century Part Two New Delhi (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 
For the time being, private companies in India are kept at a certain distance -- they have no chance of receiving a defense order if the share of foreign capital exceeds 26 percent. Moreover, unlike state-owned companies, they have to pay 30 percent import duties for foreign spare parts. However, this investment situation may soon change. First, analysts expect an increase in the 26 per ... read more
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Innovative Program Launched In India To Finance Clean Micro Energy Technologies
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 21, 2008Green Microfinance and MicroEnergy International of Germany announced the launch of Energizing India at the recent 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting. The microfinance institution, Evangelical Social Action Forum, has contracted with Energizing India in its endeavor to provide micro energy products for its 232,310 clients (micro-businesses and families) in four Provinces in south India. ... more India must pass by July key India-US nuclear deal: US senators 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2008India must complete by July all steps needed to conclude a nuclear technology deal with Washington to ensure the US Congress approves it before the presidential polls, three US senators said on Wednesday. The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal has been held up due to stiff opposition from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Communist allies who prop up the minority Congress-led government. ... more Analysis: India's Asian Security plan 
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 19, 2007 In a move to check the spread of terrorism in Asia, India has suggested a three-part strategy to tackle the challenge. "What we need is a three-pronged strategy to meet effectively various challenges relating to security confronting the Asian continent," India's Defense Minister A.K. Antony said. India's new strategy for Asian nations spells out three stages. First, to maintain a ... more Arming India In The Early 21st Century Part One 
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 19, 2007 All participants in the DefExpo-2008 arms show, which opened in New Delhi on Feb. 16, are bound to see the beginnings of a revolution in the Indian military-industrial complex. This revolution is certain to acquire global dimensions, because India is in the Top 10 in arms spending -- in the five-year period from 2007 to 2012 the New Delhi government will buy $30 billion worth of weapon ... more Kalashnikovs to be 'made in India': Russian firm 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 19, 2008India could soon begin producing "original" Kalashnikov assault rifles under licence and stop buying knock-offs of the ubiquitous weapon, a Russian firm said Tuesday. Speaking at the end of a four-day weapons fair in New Delhi, Izhmash JSC said it was negotiating with India on the local production of the guns to equip India's ill-armed security establishment. "India should use high quali ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 18, 2008India should be deeply concerned about the possibility of Pakistan's nuclear weapons falling into the hands of extremists, a top official was reported as saying Monday. "The nature of the dangers which nuclear weapons pose has dramatically intensified with the growing risk that such weapons may be acquired by terrorists..." Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy Shyam Saran said. ... more Giant Frog Jumps Continents 
London, UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2008A giant frog fossil from Madagascar dubbed Beelzebufo or `the frog from Hell' has been identified by scientists from UCL (University College London) and Stony Brook University, New York. The discovery of the 70 million year-old fossil frog, of a kind once thought unique to South America, lends weight to a new theory that Madagascar, India and South America were linked until late in the Age of ... more India opens massive weapons fair, denies arming for war
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2008A massive defence fair opened in India's capital Saturday, with hundreds of global weapons firms competing for billions of dollars of sales to one of the world's largest armies and biggest spenders. Some 450 firms from countries including the United States, Russia, Britain, Russia and Israel are displaying their latest hardware to technology-hungry India, the top arms buyer among emerging ... more India to relax arms purchase rules: official 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 17, 2008India, which plans to purchase billions of dollars worth of military hardware in the next five years, will soon relax strict rules on arms imports, officials say. A new Defence Procurement Policy, or DPP, will be unveiled by April, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Saturday at a defence fair in the capital. "We have been fine-tuning and improving the DPP based on periodical reviews ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2008India called for an alliance of navies to boost security at sea at its first naval summit Thursday with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean. Twenty-six representatives of navies from countries including Australia, Egypt, France and Sri Lanka are attending the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), seen by experts as an effort by New Delhi to assert its ... more India at 'advanced stage' in deal for navy planes: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2008The Indian navy's plans to buy eight long-range maritime reconnaissance planes from Boeing or EADS for two billion dollars are at an "advanced stage," a report said Thursday. "The Indian navy plans to replace eight old (Soviet-era) TU-142 planes with an equal number of state-of-art aircraft," Indian navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta told the latest edition of military news magazine Force. ... more Boeing And Tata Industries Announce India Joint Venture 
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Boeing and Tata Industries Limited of India have agreed on a plan to form a joint-venture company that will initially include more than US$500 million of defense-related aerospace component work in India for export to Boeing and its international customers. Under the memorandum of agreement signed by Boeing and Tata, it is contemplated that the joint-venture company will be established by ... more India competes to draw big-name automakers 
Chennai, India (AFP) Feb 14, 2008When South Korean automaker Hyundai first drove to India in 1996, it scouted around before choosing to build its factory in a southern Indian village of rice paddies and wetlands. Now, drawn by tax breaks and infrastructure advantages, it has returned to open a second factory on the same site and plans to double its production to 600,000 units a year. The confidence Hyundai is displaying ... more
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