The Indian Army and Indian Air Force have begun six-day long joint military exercises in the western Thar desert region along the Pakistani border. The purpose of the exercise — christened Vajaye Bhava — is to fine tune the Cold Start doctrine put in place after various cross-border terror attacks by Pakistani agencies including the ISI which is part of the Pakistani Army.
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In a visible attempt to re-engage with Iran’s energy sector, India has submitted a reworked master development plan for Iran’s Farsi natural gas block. A consortium led by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd, won the bid in 2002, but is yet to develop the gas block.
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Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been ruled out of a massive $11 billion Indian Air Force deal for 126 advanced fighter jets.
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Britain’s Labour Government regarded the Pakistani army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, as a major “obstacle” to an India-Pakistan “deal” on Kashmir, WikiLeaks documents accessed by The Hindu have revealed.
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Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord’s in 1983, and this time they did so in their very own back yard. An iron-willed 97 from Gautam Gambhir was matched for intensity by the finest captain’s innings since Ricky Ponting in Johannesburg eight years ago, as MS Dhoni trumped a poetic century from Mahela Jayawardene to pull off the highest run-chase ever achieved in a World Cup final.
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The dream of seeing an all-Asia final in the history of the Cricket World Cup has finally come true. In 1987, India and Pakistan were both stopped in their tracks in the semi-final and since then, there has never come a time that the three subcontinent teams have all been in a position to set up a title clash in any edition of the showpiece event.
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Update - Under Pressure Afridi Reverses Comments; Calls Indians Shallow, Small Hearted
In an emotional appeal to a section of Pakistanis who hate India, Pakistan Cricket Captain Shahid Afridi asked people to stop hating India and Indian crickets and people in all walks of life.
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With a withering drive off the back foot, Virender Sehwag slammed the first ball of the 2011 World Cup to the cover boundary and, silencing a boisterous Mirpur crowd, recorded his maiden one-day international century against Bangladesh. He and Virat Kohli, who justified his captain’s decision to leave out Suresh Raina with a century of his own, gave evidence of the havoc India’s batting line-up can create, as Bangladesh’s bowlers failed to maintain composure in the grandest match of their lives.
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A glowing round object making a speedy descent near the West Bengal-Bihar border early on January 26 left pilots of five aircraft baffled, triggering widespread speculation about unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The first person to sight the object was a senior Air India pilot who was navigating the aircraft at a height of 34,000 ft during its flight from Kolkata to New Delhi.
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In a severe blow to the already shrinking number of researchers in defence laboratories across the nation, 20 top scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have quit their jobs in the last six months. With the economy looking up and IT sector beginning to hire in a big way, defence scientists are opting for better opportunities. Scientists working in the field of computer science, electronics and communications are the most sought after by the private sector, as per DRDO records.
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