Indian Navy’s first locally built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant completes sea trials

The defence ministry said the fourth phase of sea trials for IAC has been successfully completed on Friday, during which integrated trials of majority of equipment and systems onboard including some of the Aviation Facilities Complex equipment were undertaken. Read More

May 1, 2022

Govt will probe electric vehicle fire incidents: Transport Secretary

Transport Secretary Giridhar Aramane said an expert panel that has been formed to inquire into the matter has not submitted its report. He said all the problems and the procurement, design, management, operations, manufacturing of the batteries and electric vehicles have to be examined and appropriate recommendations will be given. Read More

May 1, 2022

Suman Bery takes charge as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman

An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Bery has replaced Rajiv Kumar as the vice chairman of the government think tank. Kumar took over as vice chairman of Niti Aayog in August 2017 after the then VC Arvind Panagariya exited the government think-tank to return to academics. Read More

May 1, 2022

New form for filing Income Tax Returns

New ITR Form: An updated return is not allowed to be filed if it has the effect of showing a loss or reducing the total tax liability determined previously or resulting in a refund or increases the refund. The form requires suitable disclosures in this regard. Read More

April 28, 2022

Air India proposes to buy Air Asia’s India operations

According to the notice, the proposed combination will not lead to any change in the competitive landscape or cause any appreciable adverse effect on competition in India, irrespective of the manner in which the relevant markets are defined. Read More

April 28, 2022

USTR Katherine Tai again places India in IPR watch list

The USTR said despite India's justifications of limiting IP protections as a way to promote access to technologies, India maintains high customs duties on IP-intensive products such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, information and communications technology products, solar energy equipment and capital goods. Read More

February 10, 2022

Vayu Shakti 2022: IAF to hold mega war exercise at Pakistan border

The air show which was planned for this month has been rescheduled to the next month due to the fears of third Covid wave triggered by Omicron variant of SarS-CoV-2 virus. Read More

January 28, 2022

HAL’s Advanced Light Helicopters inducted in tri-services command at Nicobar

ALH Mark III inducted in Andaman & Nicobar Command: The induction marks a continuing increase in the capabilities of the Andaman and Nicobar Command in the past two decades of its raising as India’s only joint theatre command. Read More

German Navy Chief Kay-Achim Schonbach Resigns

January 23, 2022

German Navy Chief quits over comments on Ukraine during India visit

His comments at a seminar organized by India’s Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) in New Delhi caused anger in Ukraine, which summoned the German ambassador to complain. Read More

January 20, 2022

New version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile testfired

The flight test was a major milestone in the way forward for BrahMos programme. The highly manouverable missile cruised at supersonic speed for its maximum range and all mission objectives were met. The missile was equipped with the advanced indigenous technologies and followed a modified optimal trajectory for enhanced efficiency and improved performance. Read More