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Allegheny Technologies unveils new specialty armour steel for US and global defence markets
17 Jun 2008
Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, offers India “direct role” in the Palestine region peace process
17 Jun 2008
Special cell set up to counter growing threat to space assets
10 Jun 2008
India has acquired an Integrated Space Cell under the aegis of the Integrated Defence Services Head Quarters to counter the growing threat to the country's space assets.
$100 billion investment opportunities in Indian defence industries: Frost & Sullivan study
30 May 2008
Over 110 nations agree on cluster bomb ban
29 May 2008
Despite resistance, UK government to go ahead with £3.9bn acquisition of aircraft carriers
21 May 2008
BAE Systems receives $60 million thermal imaging module contract for US Army remote weapon systems
20 May 2008
India has acquired “state-of-the-art” submarine launched ballistic missile capability: DRDO
13 May 2008
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation has confirmed that it has acquired "state-of-the-art" submarine launched ballistic missile technology.
Dr Tessy Thomas is first woman scientist to head missile project – new Agni-II version on the anvil
13 May 2008
Hypersonic version of BrahMos undergoes successful lab test
13 May 2008
India's showpiece supersonic cruise missile, the BrahMos, has now been successfully tested in a hypersonic version, though under laboratory conditions
India to test 5,000 km range, Agni-IV IRBM at year-end
12 May 2008
Indian defence scientists are planning to test a long range 5,000km, intermediate range ballistic missile by the end of the yearafter the second sucessful launch of the Agni III
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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