Russia has been rated the most important strategic partner of India followed by the United States and France, the Foundation for National Security Research (FNSR) — a private thinktank on national security — has concluded. In a report titled “India’s Strategic Partners: A Comparative Assessment”, the FNSR assessed the performance of six strategic partners — Russia, the US, France, Britain, Germany and Japan — and evaluated them on a scale of 90. The assessment was conducted based on three variables — defence, economic and political cooperation. The parameters included both past performance as well as future potential.

The civil aviation ministry has rejected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s request that her bulletproof car be allowed up to the tarmac at airports across India.

“The request has been rejected

The civil aviation ministry has rejected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s request that her bulletproof car be allowed up to the tarmac at airports across India. “The request has been rejected.

The lowest bidder for MMRCA deal was arrived at after detailed calculations by the ministry of defence in the wake of opening of the financial bids in November last year. Prior to that, technical trials were carried out by the IAF following which only the Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon were found to have attained the technical requisites that the IAF wanted.

The lowest bidder for MMRCA deal was arrived at after detailed calculations by the ministry of defence in the wake of opening of the financial bids in November last year.

Prior to that, technical tri

France on Tuesday virtually bagged the multi-billion dollar Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal for 126 fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force, with Dassault Aviation — manufacturer of the state-of-the-art Rafale — declared as the “L1” (lowest bidder), sources confirmed. Dassault beat its European rival, German-led EADS Eurofighter that manufactures the Eurofighter Typhoon. Dassault said it was “honoured”, while its rival Eurofighter said it was disappointed, but respected the decision.

In a damning indictment, attorney general Goolam Vahanvati has raised serious doubts on the version of events of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. V.K. Singh regarding the controversial UPSC form that has May 10, 1950, as the General’s date of birth (DoB). While the government has continued to maintain May 10, 1950, as Gen. Singh’s DoB, the Army chief has been contending that May 10, 1951, is his DoB. The Army chief’s petition is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court on February 3.

The Indian Army has issued orders asking all personnel — both officers and other ranks — who had joined social networking sites like Facebook or Orkut earlier to immediately quit them, and also directed those who had not joined such sites not to do so in future, well-placed sources confirmed.

The Indian Army has issued orders asking all personnel — both officers and other ranks — who had joined social networking sites like Facebook or Orkut earlier to immediately quit them, and also direct

(1) When Vijay Kumar Singh, a teenaged Rajput boy from Haryana submitted his innocuous UPSC form for admission to the National Defence Academy in 1966, he could hardly have imagined that it would rock the country four and a half decades later. But that’s exactly what happened.