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  PM Modi salutes former President Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary

  National | October 15, 2015 12:28 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to late President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary."Salutations to Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary," Prime

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  At 17,600 ft DRDO inaugurates new R&D centre in Chang La

  India | October 03, 2015 23:09 IST

  Leh/New Delhi: The DRDO today inaugurated an Extreme Altitude Research Centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir at 17,600 ft above mean sea level, the world's highest terrestrial R&D centre.It has been established by

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  DRDO seeks enhanced budget, says China spending more on R&D than India

  September 23, 2015 16:33 IST

  New Delhi: DRDO, the premier defence research organisation, on Wednesday sought enhanced budget saying that China was spending close to 20 percent of its defence outlay on R&D as compared to a mere 5-6 percent

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  J Manjula appointed as DRDO's first woman Director General

  India | September 10, 2015 13:38 IST

  New Delhi:Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday said it has got its first woman Director General with the appointment of J Manjula as Director General, Electronics & Communication Systems cluster.She has assumed charge

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  Home, Defence ministries to provide modern weapons to police

  India | September 05, 2015 8:28 IST

  Kanpur : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said Home and Defence Ministries would work together to provide modern weapons and equipments to the police force to strengthen the internal security of the country.People think

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  DRDO ties up with Ramdev to market supplements, food products

  India | August 24, 2015 8:25 IST

  Leh: India's premier defence research organization DRDO has now roped in yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Limited to manufacture and market in the country and abroad some herbal supplements and food products developed by it.DRDO

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  Make in India to reduce defence imports: Official

  India | July 24, 2015 23:15 IST

  Bengaluru:  A paradigm shift is required in policies and procedures to 'Make in India' and enable the country reduce imports and increase indigenisation for self-reliance in aerospace and defence, a senior official said on Friday."We

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  India needs to have network centric airspace surveillance:DRDO

  India | July 07, 2015 10:21 IST

  Jodhpur: DRDO Director General, S Christopher, on Monday stressed on the need for having network centric airspace surveillance saying conventional military systems in isolation were likely to be less effective.He said that an early warning

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  Indian Army seeks designs for futuristic combat vehicle

  India | June 26, 2015 22:20 IST

  New Delhi:  Intending to replace the Soviet-origin T-72 tanks, the Army has invited proposals from domestic and foreign firms for designing a ‘Future Ready Combat Vehicle', significantly at a time when DRDO is already working

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  S Christopher appointed DRDO chief

  India | May 28, 2015 22:10 IST

  New Delhi: Eminent scientist S Christopher was today appointed as Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for a two-year term.The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Christopher as Secretary,

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  Parliament panel calls for DRDO revamp, seeks role for private sector

  India | April 27, 2015 22:54 IST

  New Delhi: Worried over the "giant gap" in the availability of arms and ammunition and its implications for India's "combat ratio" with prime adversaries, a parliamentary panel on Monday called for a "complete revamp" and

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  Nuclear-capable Dhanush missile successfully test-fired

  India | April 09, 2015 19:13 IST

  Balasore (Odisha): India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India's indigenously-developed Prithvi

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  India capable of developing ICBM beyond 10,000 km range: DRDO

  India | April 04, 2015 19:54 IST

  Vadodra:  India is capable of developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) which can hit targets beyond the range of 10,000 km, Chairman of Armament Research Board, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), S K Salwan said

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  Agni 5 project director moved out; he alleges victimisation

  India | February 05, 2015 20:20 IST

  New Delhi: In yet another controversy to hit DRDO, the project director of nuclear-capable Agni 5 missile programme R K Gupta has been moved out following which he has complained to the Defence Ministry alleging

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  Sacking not a good word to hear after 42 years of service: Avinash Chander

  India | February 02, 2015 19:52 IST

  New Delhi: Former DRDO chief Avinash Chander, whose tenure was abruptly curtailed, feels that the matter could have been handled better by the government as sacking is not a “good word” to hear after 42

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  President congratulates DRDO on successful Agni-V test

  India | January 31, 2015 18:46 IST

  New Delhi:  President Pranab Mukherjee today congratulated DRDO on the successful test-firing of the third developmental trial of Agni-V surface-to-surface missile. In his message to Avinash Chander, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Director-General, DRDO,

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  VK Saraswat joins NITI Aayog as member

  India | January 30, 2015 21:05 IST

  New Delhi: Former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief V.K. Saraswat on Friday took over as member of newly-created NITI Aayog here.A PhD in combustion engineering, Saraswat played a very significant role in the

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  IIT-Bombay may get Rs 100 crore aid to form DRDO-like body

  India | January 25, 2015 10:01 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government is considering funding IIT- Bombay to set up a Centre of Excellence. The Rs 100 cr project will cater to the demands of internal security forces.The National Centre of Excellence

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  Odisha videographer held for passing off secrets of DRDO missile range to Pak ISI

  India | January 24, 2015 17:15 IST

  Balasore (Odisha): Odisha police on Friday arrested Ishwar Chandra Behera, a contract videographer hailing from Mayurbhanj district, on charge of selling videos and other information relating to the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) missile

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  Canister-based Agni-V likely to be test fired on January 31

  India | January 24, 2015 7:50 IST

  New Delhi: The first canister-based trial of the 5,000 km-plus nuclear capable Agni-V long range ballistic missile is likely to take place on January 31.  Incidentally, DRDO chief Avinash Chander, who is often referred to