Defence Spending
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'I'm not going to protect you': Trump threatens to undermine NATO again sparking row
World | Feb 15, 2024, 10:21 PM ISTLast week, Trump shocked major European countries when he said he won't defend NATO allies who failed in defence-spending and would even encourage Russia to attack them. European countries pledged to bolster their defence power to back Ukraine in fears of an expansion of Russia's offensive.
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Pakistan increases defence budget to Rs 1,523 bn; hikes spending by 11 per cent
World | Jun 10, 2022, 11:01 PM ISTThe estimates showed that defence expenses were the second biggest component of the annual expenditure after the debt payments. The total current expenditure for the next year would be Rs 8,694 billion, which is 15.5 per cent higher than last year's budgeted figure.
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Military not getting its due share, defence spending 'burden' for many: Army chief Bipin Rawat
India | May 04, 2017, 11:57 PM ISTArmy chief General Bipin Rawat today said that military is not getting its due share as the spending on defence is considered a burden by many in the country.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu eyes big increase in defence spending in budget
World | Sep 15, 2014, 10:09 AM ISTJerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was supporting an increase in defence spending in the upcoming 2015 Budget in opposition to the stance of the Finance Minister, which may lead to the collapse
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Pakistan hikes defence spending
World | Jun 13, 2013, 10:20 AM ISTIslamabad, June 13: Pakistan Wednesday increased its defence allocation in the budget for fiscal 2013-14 to 627 billion rupees ($6.32 billion), a nearly 15 percent hike over the outlay for the current fiscal year.A total
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Russia to raise defence spending 59 percent by 2015
World | Oct 17, 2012, 07:09 PM ISTMoscow, Oct 17: Russia has plans to raise its annual defence spending by 59 percent to almost three trillion rubles ($97 billion) in 2015, up from about 1.88 trillion rubles in 2012, the state Duma's