16 Israeli companies to attend Delhi defence expo

October 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI - Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday left for London enroute New Delhi to take part in two separate conferences on the Kashmir issue, a Hurriyat spokesman said. The Mirwaiz left Srinagar in the morning for Delhi, from where he is to take a flight to London.

October 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will meet the senior most commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force here on Tuesday.

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as the next Defence Secretary. Kumar, a 1972 Haryana cadre IAS officer, is currently Secretary (Defence Production).

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pradeep Kumar, presently secretary of defence production, was Tuesday named the new secretary in the defence ministry to succeed Vijay Singh. According to an official statement, Kumar will have a tenure of two years from the date he takes charge.

July 11th, 2009 MOSCOW - Israel has ordered at least 25 US F-35 stealth fighter aircraft to counter any potential threat from the delivery of Russian advanced air defence systems to Iran and Syria, an Israeli daily said. Tel Aviv earlier said the purchase of F-35 fighters would effectively eliminate the threat from Russian-made S-300 air defence systems because a series of computer simulations had clearly demonstrated that new US stealth fighters outperform the Russian missiles.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The defence ministry has sought advice from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the law ministry on further dealings with the seven foreign armament companies, including an Israeli firm and a Singaporean gun manufacturer, blacklisted on suspicion of thier involvement in payoffs. The ministry has also written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further evidence in the case.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister AK Antony today inaugurated the Unified Commanders' Conference whose overall theme is 'Victory through Jointness'. The two-day conference will focus mainly on jointness, integration and development of integrated war fighting capability.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Better coordination and strengthening the war fighting capabilities of the army, the navy and the air force will be high on the agenda as the Indian military's top brass begins a two-day conference here Thursday that Defence Minister A.K. Antony will inaugurate.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The blacklisting of an Israeli armaments' firm and six other companies on corruption charges will adversely impact the modernisation drive of the Indian armed forces as finding alternative suppliers could prove difficult, officials say. All dealings with Israeli Military Industries (IMI) were temporarily put on hold June 5 after its name surfaced in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case against the retired chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board Sudipta Ghosh.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has blacklisted seven defence companies, including Israeli Military Industries and three Indian companies, figuring in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and has "put on hold" all the deals with them. "Taking a tough stand against corruption, Defence Minister A.K.

May 1st, 2009 SHANGHAI - Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan and NBA star Yao Ming have been appointed promotion ambassadors for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo on Thursday. "I will spare no efforts to pay close attention to the Expo and help promote it throughout the world," said Jackie Chan.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A joint military product of India and Russia, the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile has impressed countries at the recently concluded Latin American defence expo held in Brazil, with at least three nations showing keen interest in buying the missile system, a senior official said. At the Latin America Aero and Defence expo organised at Rio de Janeiro April 14-17, defence officials from Brazil, Chile and South Africa thronged the stall of BrahMos.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Close on the heels of a $2 billion missile deal with the Israeli Aerospace Industry (IAI), India has signed yet another deal with an Israeli defence company to build a munition factory in Bihar forgoing the mandatory offset clause, a senior official said. The Rs.12 billion/$240 million deal with the Israel Military Industries Ltd.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has signed a 1.4 million dollar air defence deal with Israel for the purchase and joint development of an air defence system. The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has officially acknowledged that the defence deal between the two nations was signed on February 27.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has rationalised the foreign investment norms as there is a tightening in the global markets, but the cap on such investments in single-brand retail would continue, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Thursday. 'The government has rationalised calculation of FDI (foreign direct investment).