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The United States on Tuesday inked a broad set of agreements with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear co-operation and AI, and cleared a major defence package that includes the long-anticipated sale of F-35 jets, the White House said.In its statement, the White House said the two countries inked a joint declaration on the Completion of…
Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the third day of the first Test. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHi: India’s crushing 30-run defeat to South Africa in under three days at Eden Gardens has sparked a fresh, uncomfortable question about the future of Test cricket — and former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes the answer has been…
NEW DELHI: Flagging concerns that Indian arms companies were failing to deliver emergency procurements on time and that some of them were even inflating the extent of indigenous content in their products, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan has said the armed forces expect “a bit of nationalism and patriotism” in industry’s “profit-driven endeavours”.“Defence…
Two of the world’s most widely used diabetes and weight-loss medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, may be doing far more than helping people control blood sugar and shed weight. A new study published in Nature Medicine shows that these drugs are also linked to a significant drop in the risk of major cardiovascular events such as…
Palantir is adding more people to choose from for its future hires. America’s largest defense technology software company is offering a months-long internship program to recent high school graduates. The company wants to position this internship program as an alternative to a traditional college education.The program is for 18-year-olds who have recently graduated from high…
COIMBATORE: More than 40 MSMEs will display their defence sector-related products at a defence conclave to be held at the Codissia Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore on Nov 13 and 14. The Codissia Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre (CDIIC) is organising the two-day conclave. Codissia president M Karthikeyan told reporters on Tuesday that the…
NEW DELHI: India and Vietnam have decided to further expand and deepen their defence cooperation, including in important emerging areas like cybersecurity and real-time exchange of information, even as they inked a MoU on submarine search and rescue collaboration.The Defence Policy Dialogue, co-chaired by defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Vietnam’s deputy minister of national…
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has taken legal action against the makers of the web series ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, accusing them of defaming him. He has filed a defamation suit against Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix, claiming that the show has harmed his reputation. Wankhede is seeking Rs. 2 crore in damages, which he has…
India’s deeptech sector is on course to become a $30 billion market by 2030, powered by growing defence innovation and a surge in global robotics adoption, according to a report by Redseer Strategy Consultants.The report said India’s deeptech opportunity has expanded 2.5 times over the past five years, with its market base currently estimated at…
National Board for Wildlife – a panel that takes decisions on projects in areas near wildlife protected zones – has given its approval to 13 defence and paramilitary projects, most in Ladakh and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Clearances have been given on conditions of following environmental safeguards and mitigation plans to protect Himalayan ecosystems. The…
