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Mumbai is world’s top potential terror destination: Lloyds
04 Sep 2015
Mumbai’s administrators need to be on their toes – insurance giant Lloyds says it has $8 billion at risk from terrorist attacks, and another $1.92 billion from power outages
China flaunts its military might, says will cut force by 300,000
03 Sep 2015
The proposed troop reduction, the forth since the start of a modernisation drive in the 80s, however, is not an olive branch, but a sign of the growing technological sophistication of its armed forces
Boeing’s laser canon burns drones in seconds
29 Aug 2015
Boeing's lase cannon addresses a new threat in commercial drones doubling up as carriers of explosives or chemical weapons
Anil Ambani group to make Kamov 226T choppers with Russian manufacturers
28 Aug 2015
This is the second project that the Russian government has awarded to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group after the Pipavav deal
Pak well ahead of India in nuclear arsenal, finds study
28 Aug 2015
Pakistan has 120 nuclear warheads against India’s 100, and could outstrip some of the recognized nuclear powers in 10 years. But this strategy is self-defeating, says a study
UN chief appalled at IS destruction of Palmyra temple
25 Aug 2015
The art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, has been a symbol of the complexity and wealth of the Syrian identity and history
Sartaj Aziz tells India Pakistan has nuclear weapons
24 Aug 2015
Pakistan’s NSA, who pulled out of the talks to avoid facing unpalatable evidence of Pakistan harbouring traitors like Dawood Ibrahim, now says that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is acting like a regional superpower
Pak insists on meeting J&K separatists as new pre-condition for talks
22 Aug 2015
Having failed to meet J&K separatists, Islamabad now insists on meeting them as a pre-condition for talks in New Delhi on Sunday and Monday
US mobilises troops as tension between two Koreas escalates
22 Aug 2015
Any war between North and South Korea, however, 'could go nuclear,' experts warn
Pentagon to increase drone use by 50 per cent
18 Aug 2015
Supreme Court bars interns, tightens security after fresh threat
18 Aug 2015
The Supreme Court has barred all law interns and tightened security in and around the court complex after an anonymous letter threatening to blow up the highest court
France settles Mistral warship issue with Russia for $1.3 bn
07 Aug 2015
France was forced to call off the contract early last year at the behest of its western partners as part of the sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis
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