The Tamil Tigers homegrown air wing of light aircraft poses a threat to neighboring India's nuclear installations, Sri Lanka's government said yesterday.
The government has sought to play down the domestic threat of a series of rebel air raids that culminated in an air strike on oil installations near the capital a week ago.
When an Indonesian airliner had to turn around in Indian airspace and return to Jakarta to avoid flying into the path of Agni-III, the country’s indigenously built intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), the message being sent out to the global community was crisp and clear: India intends to make its nuclear missile reach far and wide.
After Agni-III failed its first flight test last July, this time around, much was at stake. The flight of the nuclear capable 3,000 km ballistic missile was flawless and without any hiccups. It was also an important milestone on the road to India achieving a credible nuclear deterrent and a testimony of the country achieving maturity in a wide
All educational institutions having Satellite Interactive Terminals (SITs) or Receive Only Terminals (ROTs) can now receive educational programmes from EDUSAT, the first Indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector, and can interact and ask questions through audio-video conferencing or text mode or through telephone
I had no idea a diary could be so fascinating. To be honest, I’ve never kept one, I haven’t read many and I didn’t finish Anne Frank’s. But at the moment I’m engrossed in Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s. It’s a 599 page book sent by his son Gohar. Even though it’s published 33 years after Ayub’s death, I have to admit I’m hooked.
The US-Pakistan alliance, formed after the terrorist attacks on Sep 11, 2001 as part of the global war against terrorism is an example of a 'bad marriage', and Washington should take steps to end it.
So says Zalmay Gulzad, a professor of political science and economics at Harold Washington College, Chicago, and a respected commentator on South Asian politics.
Over 15,000 troops, 150 battle tanks, armoury, attack helicopters and fighter jets from the army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in a four-day combat exercise to be held jointly by both the forces in Punjab starting May 11.
The exercise called 'Shatrunash' (destruction of the enemy) is a sequel to an exercise carried out in May last year called 'Sanghe Shakti' (combined force).
"Tension nahi lene ka (Don't be tense)" - this is the new mantra for troops deployed on the Siachen glacier, better known as the world's highest and coldest battlefield.
The soldiers deployed along the Saltoro range to prevent any misadventure by Pakistani troops have been affected by hypoxia or shortage of oxygen that causes short-term memory loss, and the main factor for this is usually tension about their families back home, sources said.
Bangladesh has sought India's help for setting up a 600 MW nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy needs. "We have approached India for help to set up a nuclear power plant," said Hamid Khan, a senior scientist in the Atomic Energy Centre run by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC).
The Bangladesh government had earlier approached a European nation for supplying nuclear reactors but later chose India as it was "closer to home", he said.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to set up a space platform in the next 25-20 years, its Chairman, G Madhavan Nair, said here today.
Speaking at the DEI deemed university, Dayalbagh, on ISRO programmes for the future, he said the space platform would help bring back a capsule safely to earth. Normally, the capsule is either damaged or destroyed.
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