India Likely To Continue Importing Iran Oil Despite US Sanctions

SOURCE : IANS  With India seeking ways to maintain its bilateral ties with Iran in the face of US sanctions reimposed on the Gulf nation, a London-based international law firm said on Thursday that Iran”s major energy consumers like India and China have indicated they intend to find a way to go around the US […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2PxZmsJ
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

Jammu and Kashmir cops targeted on Eid ignored advisory from senior officials

SOURCE : Hindustan Times Three Jammu and Kashmir policemen who were killed by militants on Wednesday and two who narrowly escaped death ignored an advisory which had strictly forbidden them to visit their homes or native places on Eid ul Adha following intelligence inputs that they would be targeted. A senior police officer told Hindustan Times that he […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2P4PeGz
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

Need more women in forces, says Sitharaman

SOURCE : THE HINDU Schools should prepare girl children to take up a career in the Armed Forces, so that more women join the country’s three forces [Army, Navy and Air Force] in the years to come, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Speaking at the 150th year celebrations of Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls’ Higher Secondary […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2wd0WI9
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

Rahul Gandhi says India could’ve stopped Doklam stand-off with China if PM Modi was ‘careful’

SOURCE : PTI Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the Doklam standoff with China was not an “isolated issue” but part of a “sequence of events” and if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was carefully watching the process, India could have stopped it. Addressing the International Institute of Strategic Studies here, Gandhi said that “Prime Minister […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2NgilGz
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

Security clearance withdrawn from Al Jazeera, may have to stop broadcasting in India

SOURCE : PTI Al Jazeera, an international English news channel, may have to stop broadcast in India as the Home Ministry has withdrawn the security clearance given to it. The Qatar-based channel has appealed to the government against the withdrawal of the security clearance and a final decision on it is awaited, a government official […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2w9rb2r
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

India doesn’t need US missile shield, S-400 better: Russia

SOURCE : ECONOMIC TIMES Russia believes that India does not need to buy an American missile shield it is currently in discussions for since the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching system is better and a deal for it is likely to be signed between the two countries soon. Discussions are on and the deal should […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2P05Vmw
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org

‘Russia executing $4 billion worth of defence contracts with India and negotiating for $11 billion more’

SOURCE : IANS Russia is currently executing $4 billion worth of defence contracts with India and is in the process of negotiating sales of military equipment costing a further $11 billion. Contracts under negotiation include the S-400 air defence system, an order for 48 Mi-17 helicopters and the joint production of KA-226T helicopters, besides Project […]

from Indian Defence Research Wing https://ift.tt/2MPA0b0
via IFTTThttp://idrw.org