By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 30 Apr, 2015, 04.50AM IST NEW DELHI: The Army is facing major technical issues with its ‘indigenous’ Arjun tanks, as a significant proportion of its fleet has become inoperable in recent months and are non-serviceable due to continued maintenance problems. The Army, which reluctantly inducted 124 tanks from 2009, […]
Another top DRDO scientist denied extension by Modi government
by Pranav Kulkarni | New Delhi | Published on:April 1, 2015 1:49 am – The Indian Express Two months after it sacked Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander, the government has denied extension to a top DRDO scientist. Bikash Bhattacharya, who was on his first extension as the director of Pune-based High […]
Buying Hot Wheels on the Sly is DRDO’s So-Called Flight Plan
Comments Mashu Asramam • 2 hours ago It seems that DRDO losing its credibility of inventing sophisticated weapons and technologies for the well being of India. While BJP was at opposition, they made lot of cry by accusing UPA had compromised with safety of India. Now BJP begins to run the Defence Ministry with […]
Corrupt officers block PM Modi’s transparency drive
They are working to ensure that the UPA’s efforts to water down the impact of the RTI Act get revived rather than rolled back. MADHAV NALAPAT New Delhi | 7th Mar 2015 Senior officials say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a review by the Cabinet Secretariat of the indiscriminate way in […]
Missile boss axe swivels glare on rot
SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Jan. 14: The sacking of Avinash Chander as the country’s top defence technocrat yesterday has brought back into focus allegations of murky deals with international arms lobbies, corruption and nepotism, professional jealousies at the top and a failure to deliver usable and accurate weapons. The rot had institutionalised itself over the […]
Narendra Modi government takes RTI to another level: All replies to be put online
Aman Sharma, ET Bureau Oct 22, 2014, 02.20AM IST (The Department of Personnel…) NEW DELHI: It had been expected to dilute the UPA government’s showpiece Right to Information (RTI) Act that had become a scourge of sorts for its ministers and bureaucrats and was even blamed by some as a contributing factor for the policy […]
An old age problem -DRDO has become ageing body with top scientists on extension
For a country that boasts of one of the youngest populations in the world, it is strange that the field that perhaps deals with the most cutting-edge technology is dominated by scientists past their prime. Most top scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who are tasked with creating future weapons are past […]
Every fortnight launching a missile – hidden agenda of DRDO
Sh. Narendra Modi ji, Honorable Prime Minister when asked about Indo-Pak relations he said “Talks get lost in the noise of bomb blasts.” It was a simple and effective way to convey the message to our neighbor. Since 1999, when DRDO credentials were on stake due to the exposure of its strength in KARGIL WAR, the […]
RTI online portal administrator made mockery of RTI Act
To 18th April 2014 Smt Sonia Gandhi Ji, […]
LIVE INDIA EXCLUSIVE
Live India News Desk | Written on 5 Apr, 2014 at 20:51 in India | Live India exposed how national security is compromised by the goverment. Itis related to Balco i,e Bharat aluminium company limited located in Korba,Chattisgarh. The story talks about a chinese company named SEPCO being awarded a contract for setting up of […]
