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Can buying arms from Russia help India make peace?

Can buying arms from Russia help India make peace?

Al Jazeera — New Delhi, India- Last week India signed a pact with Russia to produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikov AK203 rifles in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The $675m deal may be relatively insignificant in dollar terms compared to the standard of complex missiles and submarines that are typical of defence deals.

'Russia tilt' essential to India's strategic security

'Russia tilt' essential to India's strategic security

Al Jazeera — New Delhi, India -India has held its nose and abstained five times since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russia. While none of these abstentions has affected the outcome of the vote, they were driven by the South Asian country's need to secure its supply of defence equipment, the majority of which it gets from Russia, experts say.

China limits concerns on Ukraine to self-interest

China limits concerns on Ukraine to self-interest

Al Jazeera — New Delhi, India–Nearly a month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese appear barely interested in the crisis. While the world has noticed Beijing’s absence from the negotiating table, that, experts say, is in line with Chinese thinking which is more concerned with issues closer to home.

How India May Rely On Its Navy To Offset China

How India May Rely On Its Navy To Offset China

Aviation Week & Space Technology — An Indian confrontation with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the eastern Ladakh region could result in Indian naval acquisitions driving the growth of a domestic military aviation industry this decade.

India Focuses On China Challenge

India Focuses On China Challenge

Aviation Week & Space Technology — Like many countries dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, India has stretched its resources to meet health care demands while trying to refloat a suffering economy and still meet security challenges. Unlike most other countries, India has had to face off with China, its frontier the center of...

Defence Budget emphasises maritime power

Defence Budget emphasises maritime power

Deccan Herald — There were few surprises in the defence budget introduced as part of the Union Budget for 2022-2023 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. But there were a few small hits to be counted. The navy can take some satisfaction in exceeding its expenditure goals, with over 90 per cent already spent this year, for the modernisation and expansion of its naval and aircraft fleet.

Rafale: Whiff of a scandal

Rafale: Whiff of a scandal

Deccan Herald — When Congress president Rahul Gandhi stood up to speak against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government during the no-confidence motion on July 20, he did not try to corner the government on the state of the economy, the many unfulfilled promises and alleged false claims of the government, or even the government's inability to stop the spate of lynchings by cow vigilantes.

Sticker shock or pretty bargain?

Sticker shock or pretty bargain?

Deccan Herald — India concluded the Inter-Governmental Agreement to purchase 36 Rafale fighters from French aviation major Dassault more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement during his visit to France in 2015.