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Emergency arms contract to be cancelled if no delivery within a year

September 05, 2025 5:14 am

This is among the policy changes being made by the Ministry of Defence to expedite and streamline critical military acquisition for the Indian Armed Forces to boost their operational readiness for future conflicts.

Space tech offers a replicable template, iDEX in defence & BIRAC in biotech working well: PSA Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

April 14, 2025 7:50 am

See, nuclear energy is inevitable, because if you look at the energy mix, which is required for net zero carbon by 2070, nuclear energy is integral to this energy transition period, says Sood

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'Year of reforms': India lists theatre commands, simpler defence procurement as priorities for 2025

January 01, 2025 7:18 pm

The defence ministry said the focus in 2025 will also be on new domains such as cyber and space, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, hypersonic, and robotics.

With 90% of budget spent, Defence Ministry seeks additional funds to expand its flagship scheme for innovations

October 14, 2024 10:07 am

90% of funds approved for the scheme (2021-2026) has already been exhausted, say officials

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57% of pending govt litigation pertains to Finance, Railways, Defence: Data

July 26, 2024 2:00 am

Replying to a question by BJP MP Neeraj Shekhar on pending cases, Minister of State (independent charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said the data on pending government litigation was “dynamic and kept changing”.

Santacruz Chembur Link Road project: Defence land issue resolved as BMC agrees to pay Rs 11 crore

June 20, 2024 11:47 am

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Defence Ministry had been in a long-standing dispute over land compensation costs; work of SCLR extension began in 2016.

Defence ministry issues RFP for procurement of 156 light combat helicopters

June 18, 2024 9:13 pm

Out of the 156 Prachand Light Combat Helicopters, 90 will be for the Army and 66 will be for the Indian Air Force

A Chinook helicopter operated by the Indian Air Force. (Representative/ Express file photo by Chitral Khambhati)

'Misleading': Defence Ministry on reports of model of Chinook chopper going missing

May 19, 2024 10:00 am

"The news circulating about a DRDO installed Chinook Helicopter Model at Lucknow during DefExpo 2020 missing is misleading," the Defence Ministry spokesperson said.