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Saudi Arabia has 'cash-for-N-arms’ arrangement with Pakistan: BBC
07 Nov 2013
Citing intelligence inputs from NATO and Israeli sources BBC said nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now ready for delivery
IAF launches own 3G cellular network project
26 Oct 2013
With the inauguration of AFCEL, the IAF has become the first among the three services to commission its own captive 3G network
India, China ink pact on border defence cooperation
23 Oct 2013
India and China have signed a key border defence pact, to avoid face offs between the two armies along the disputed Line of Actual Control
India, Russia to enhance military-technical cooperation
22 Oct 2013
India and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of rocket, missile and naval technologies and weapon systems.
US Navy’s largest destroyer ready to be floated
22 Oct 2013
India successfully test-fires Prithvi-II missile for the second time in two days
08 Oct 2013
The missile that was fired today carried a 500kg dummy payload, and was equipped with a GPS-INS hybrid navigation system
Another test proves worth of India’s N-capable Prithvi-II
07 Oct 2013
The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the total launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Forces Command
UN agency begins dismantling Syria’s chemical arms
07 Oct 2013
Experts from the United Nation’s Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Sunday began dismantling Syria's chemical weapons
Copter scam: AgustaWestland invokes arbitration over deal freeze
05 Oct 2013
AgustaWestland has invoked arbitration over the defence ministry’s decision to freeze the Rs4,650-crore contract for purchase of 12 AW-101 helicopters
Legendary Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap is dead
05 Oct 2013
Gen Giap was the most prominent military commander, beside Ho Chi Minh, during the Vietnam war
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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