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  At Rs 3.4 lakh crore, India now among world's top five defence spenders: Report

  India | December 13, 2016 20:28 IST

  With about Rs 34,000 crore (USD 50.7 billion) spent this year on defence, India has entered into the list of world's top five defence spenders, overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia, according to a new report released today.

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  Budget 2016: Despite a hike of around 10%, 'defence' fails to find a mention in Jaitley's speech

  March 01, 2016 19:00 IST

  New Delhi: In a surprising move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not mention allocation to defence sector in his budget speech delivered in Lok Sabha on Monday. Skipping ‘defence' in budget speech is somewhat unprecedented and

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  Five Major News Headlines of May 4

  India | May 04, 2015 21:21 IST

  Kumar Vishwas denies allegations of 'illicit relationship', says the complainant calls him 'bhaiya'AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today said that the rumours of his illicit relationship with an Aam Aadmi Party volunteer were being spread by

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  China treks safeguard plan by 10.1 per cent this year

  March 05, 2015 10:13 IST

  Beijing: Notwithstanding its slowing economy, China today hiked its defence budget by 10.1 per cent, postinga double-digit annual increase in its proposed militaryspending for the fifth year in a row.Amounting to USD 142.2 billion, China's

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  India's defence budget is one-third of China: Pentagon

  World | June 06, 2014 11:25 IST

  Washington: India's annual defence budget is just one-third of that of China despite the tensions that remain along their shared border, according to a Pentagon report.The official annual defence budget of China in the year

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  China hikes defence budget by 12.2 per cent to USD 132 bln

  World | March 05, 2014 12:10 IST

  Beijing : China today announced a 12.2 per cent increase in its defence budget taking the military spending for this year to USD 132 billion, far above India's USD 36 billion.China plans to raise its