Abhinandan Mishra May 26, 2018 – Sunday Guardian Live Arun Jaitley had ordered action against two senior scientists in a case in DRDO. Whistle-blowers and scientists working with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have written to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking her intervention in an alleged corruption case within the DRDO. Sitharaman’s predecessor […]
Lobbying on as officers eye top DRDO job
Abhinandan Mishra April 8, 2018, Sunday Guardian With the tenure of the chief of Defence Research and Development Organization Christopher (DRDO) ending next month, the officers eyeing his post have started meeting bureaucrats and politicians to push their candidature. Even Christopher, who was given a one-year extension on 29 May last year, is interested in […]
High-end resorts, hotels thriving in Landour cantonment area
By ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 6 May, 2017 – Sunday Guardian Manohar Parrikar had ordered a probe, but with a change of guard in defence ministry, things have stalled. Private resorts and hotels in Landour cantonment, Mussoorie, continue to function even though former defence minister Manohar Parrikar had ordered a probe, nearly nine […]
Bacteria from Antarctica or cow dung? DRDO’s bio-toilet claim questioned
By ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 21 August, 2016 -The Sunday Guardian Some scientists working with the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) have questioned the veracity of the claim that the DRDO uses bacteria brought from Antarctica in its much-talked about bio-toilets that are being […]
PM scraps DRDO’s ‘retirement benefits’ committee
ABHINANDAN MISHRA New Delhi | 20th Sep 2014 – The Sunday Gaurdian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to scrap the Departmental Peer Review Committee (DPRCs) of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) in an attempt to revamp the outfit. The main job of this committee of DRDO scientists is to grant extensions to fellow […]
