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NSG defused bomb at DRDO building two months ago, says DG; DRDO denies
India | Aug 23, 2016, 02:31 PM ISTNational Security Guard (NSG) Director General RC Tayal today claimed that a bomb was found inside the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) headquarters in Delhi two months back.
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DRDO developing bacteria from Antarctica to aid setting up of bio-toilets in India
India | Aug 10, 2016, 12:46 PM ISTBacteria from Antarctica holds the potential to solve India’s sanitation problem in the years to come, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
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India test fires surface-to-air missile for second day
India | Jul 01, 2016, 03:24 PM ISTBalasore, Odisha: India today successfully test fired the new surface-to-air missile, developed jointly with Israel, with a strike range upto 70 km, from a defence base off Odisha coast, a day after two rounds of
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DRDO ready to compete with foreign companies: DG
India | Jun 23, 2016, 03:38 PM ISTIn the wake of the FDI reforms in defence sector, the government-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today said it was not only ready to compete with foreign companies but also to export its products.
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India looks to double missile production to 100 per month
Mar 16, 2016, 05:38 PM ISTIndia looks to double missile production to 100 per month
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Indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile test fired
India | Feb 16, 2016, 12:52 PM ISTBalasore (Odisha): India today test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying a 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads, as part of a user trial by the army from a test
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New Indo-Israeli long-range surface-to-air missile successfully tested
India | Nov 28, 2015, 04:47 PM ISTMumbai: India's first long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) -designated Barak 8 - jointly designed and developed by Israel's IAI and India's DRDO has been successfully flight tested from an Israeli naval Platform, an official said here
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India test fires n-capable Dhanush missile
India | Nov 24, 2015, 07:00 PM ISTBhubaneswar: India on Tuesday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast, said sources.The surface-to-surface Dhanush was test fired from INS
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DRDO test-fires interceptor missile
India | Nov 22, 2015, 02:22 PM ISTBhubaneswar: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday test-fired an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile from Abdul Kalam island in Odisha's Balesore district on Sunday.The flight test of the improved version of
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Flight of Nirbhay missile aborted nearly 12 minutes after launch
India | Oct 16, 2015, 10:28 PM ISTBalasore (Odisha): The test flight of India's nuclear-capable ‘Nirbhay' long-range subsonic tactical cruise missile, launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha today, was aborted nearly 12 minutes after lift-off, defence sources
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PM Modi salutes former President Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary
National | Oct 15, 2015, 12:28 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 03, 2015, 11:09 PM ISTLeh/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
Sep 23, 2015, 04:33 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 10, 2015, 01:38 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 05, 2015, 08:28 AM ISTKanpur : 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 | Aug 24, 2015, 08:25 AM ISTLeh: 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 | Jul 24, 2015, 11:15 PM ISTBengaluru: 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 | Jul 07, 2015, 10:21 AM ISTJodhpur: 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 | Jun 26, 2015, 10:20 PM ISTNew 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, 10:10 PM ISTNew 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,