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The Dollar Business Bureau A gazette notification issued by India’s Home Ministry on  Saturday, says that  the Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) can now issue licences to private players for manufacturing defence items. Private sector players can now apply to the commerce ministry for licences to take up the manufacture of tanks, fighter planes, warships and other defence equipment. This is a step the government feels will promote ease of doing business and give impetus to the 'Make In India' initiative. However, the licences will be issued only after the Home Ministry supervises the contenders to the license. The power of issuing licences was exclusively with the home ministry earlier. The decision has been taken ...

PTI India boycotted China's high-profile Belt and Road Forum, taking its protest over a controversial economic corridor traversing through Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) to a new level despite Beijing's overtures to ensure New Delhi's participation. Following India's boycott, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, taking a veiled swipe at New Delhi's move, said the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was an economic project open to all the nations in the region and it "must not be politicised". No Indian official of any level was present at the elaborate opening ceremony attended by 29 heads of state and government along with top officials of the world bodies like the UN, the World Bank and the IMF. India skipped the ...

PTI The US has approved $75 million high-tech chemical protective clothing for the Indian armed forces that will protect soldiers against biological and chemical warfare. The Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST) consists of 38,034 each: suits, pairs of trousers, pairs of gloves, pairs of boots and NBC bags; 854 aprons; 854 alternative aprons; 9,509 Quick Doff Hoods; and 114,102 M61 filters. The entire package also includes 38,034 M50 general purpose masks. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) made a notification to the Congress on May 10 after the State Department made a determination in this regard. India had made a request for these special clothing as part of its military modernization programme. In its notification to the Congress, the DSCA ...

PTI US President Donald Trump is set to sign several executive orders, including one on building a border wall with Mexico, this week to crack down on immigrants - one of his central campaign promises - and could suspend immigration from some Muslim nations, media reports have said. Trump is expected to order the construction of the border wall with Mexico, the first in a series of actions to bolster national security, The New York Times reported. The border wall was a signature promise of Trump's campaign to control the illegal flow of immigrants. His actions would also include slashing the number of refugees who can resettle in the US and blocking Syrians and others from "terror prone" nations ...

PTI India and other leaders of the 18- member East Asia Summit reaffirmed their support to promote nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as they underlined the importance of nuclear security to combat nuclear terrorism at national, regional and global levels. The countries emphasised the importance of advancing nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy as 'mutually reinforcing pillars'. Recognising the serious challenges posed by nuclear terrorism, the countries reaffirmed their support to promote nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the importance of nuclear security to combat nuclear terrorism at national, regional and international levels. The East Asia Summit (EAS) adopted this in their final declaration at the end of their one-day summit here on 8th September. ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Supersonic missile Brahmos is the result of an Indo-Russian collaboration. Russia and India have a negative list of countries to which the missile will not be exported   In a move to promote defence exports, India’s Defence Ministry said yesterday that products and systems developed by the Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) can be exported to friendly countries. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, “DRDO’s developed products/systems like radars, electronic warfare systems, missiles, naval systems, etc. can be exported to our friendly countries. Some countries have shown their initial interests to acquire DRDO developed systems.”  In a written reply to Ranjib Biswal’s query in Rajya Sabha, the Defence Minister said, “DRDO, being a designer of these systems, ...