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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with newly-elected Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the swearing-in ceremony at Veterinary College ground in Khanapara, in Guwahati on Tuesday. Like Odysseus emerging from years of conflict and uncertainty to reclaim his place in Ithaca, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s decade-long journey in the BJP reflects his transition…
For years, India’s missile programme was shaped by one reality that its main security challenges came from adversaries closer to its own borders, namely Pakistan and China. Most Indian ballistic missiles were therefore designed with the region in mind. Even the existing Agni-V, which can strike targets around 5,000 km away, already gives India the…
NEW DELHI: Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a key contract to supply 18 large advanced Kamewa waterjet propulsion systems for the Indian Navy’s next-generation missile vessel programme (NGMV).Unlike conventional propellers, waterjets draw water in, accelerate it, and eject it at high speed, delivering superior stealth, high-speed performance and rapid acceleration, exceptional manoeuvrability, reduced…
India’s push for self-reliance in advanced weapons systems has received a major boost with the induction-ready Dhruvastra, the helicopter-launched variant of the Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dhruvastra — earlier known as HELINA (Helicopter-Launched Nag) — is designed to give Indian armed forces a decisive edge…
NEW DELHI: Indian Navy on Tuesday received the delivery of ‘Malwan’, the second anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft, built by Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi. On the same day, the Navy also launched a next-generation offshore patrol vessel built at Goa Shipyard.INS Malwan draws its name from the coastal town of Malwan in Maharashtra, a…
The United States on Monday airlifted a miniature nuclear reactor for the first time using a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, marking a new step in rapidly deployable nuclear energy systems.Officials described it as “The first-ever airlift of a nuclear reactor and ancillary systems via C-17, opening a wide aperture for strategic nuclear deployment around the…
NEW DELHI: India is gearing up for a big shift in its nuclear policy as the Centre is now planning to allow private companies into the nuclear energy sector, a space that has traditionally been tightly controlled by the government.“We’ll open up nuclear sector to private sector soon… This will strengthen opportunities in small modular…
The next-generation Kia Seltos has been spotted on test runs lately and the latest pictures reveal some key design elements of the updated mid-size SUV from Kia. The next-gen model will likely be launched in early 2026 and will replace the current-gen Seltos, which has been on sale since 2019 and received a facelift in…
Nvidia and OpenAI have announced a massive partnership, with the US-based chipmaker committing to invest $100 billion in the ChatGPT-maker and supply it with advanced data centre chips. The deal brings together two of its most influential companies in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector.According to a report by news agency Reuters, the collaboration involves two…
