B Sivakumar | TNN | Updated: Apr 12, 2018, 13:21 IST HIGHLIGHTS The Prime Minister was speaking at the defence expo in Chennai. Modi said policy paralysis would not happen anymore. The PM launched IDEX , a portal for startups to deal with the defence production department. CHENNAI: India is set to move faster in […]
New toilets in trains no better than septic tanks: IIT-M study
By Srinand Jha The Economics Times, Nov 23, 2017 A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian trains over four years to 2017, at a cost of Rs 1,305 crore, but this toilet is no better than a septic tank, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) […]
Government asks CBI to probe in allegations of corruption in purchase of three Embraer aircrafts
By Express News Service Published: 15th September 2016 – The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started analyzing allegations of Brazilian aviation major Embraer hiring a UK-based agent and paying commissions to swing the $208 million deal for three Emb-145 aircraft inked with India during UPA rule in 2008. […]
DRDO chief invokes Vedas to explain intel importance
Written by Vijaita Singh | New Delhi | Posted: December 24, 2014 2:19 am Indian Express The country’s scientist and DRDO chief Avinash Chander on Tuesday invoked mythology to explain the importance of intelligence network, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited Karna’s birth in Mahabharata to suggest “genetic science” existed in India even in […]
