| Army warms up to Akash missile | 07-NOV-09 |
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| India’s long-criticised Akash anti-aircraft missile is now blazing towards success. Its counterparts in the DRDO’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, the Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles, were on target from the start; the anti-tank Nag missile will also enter service shortly; the Trishul short-range anti-aircraft missile was abandoned unceremoniously. Now, after years of rejection from the military, the Akash is being accepted as a world-class missile. |
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| Army could take 20 yrs to bridge officer shortage | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Bogged down by shortage of 11,500 officers due to low intake at military academies and a high rate of premature retirements, the army has indicated to its leadership that it will take 20 years of best efforts to fill up the vacancies. |
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| Floods: Army, Navy intensify rescue efforts | 03-OCT-09 |
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| Armed forces today intensified search and rescue operations using 13 helicopters and over 100 boats in flood-hit states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, reeling under one of the heaviest floods in the last century. |
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| Hike in pension to benefit 1.2 million jawans: PM | 15-AUG-09 |
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government's decision to increase the pension of retired jawans and Junior Commission Officers (JCOs) will benefit 12 lakh ex-servicemen and their families. |
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| 10 yrs after Kargil, Bofors upgrade hangs fire | 20-JUL-09 |
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| On the tenth anniversary of the Kargil conflict, the gun that did so much to facilitate that victory — the 155 mm Bofors FH-77B — could be staring at a major setback. With India’s artillery modernisation programme already stalled, the plan to refurbish and upgrade India’s old 155 mm FH-77B Bofors guns also seems headed for failure. |
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| Shortage of 14,229 officers in defence services | 15-JUL-09 |
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| Government today said the three services were facing a shortage of 14,299 officers and 6593 officers had sought premature retirement from their respective forces in the last five years. |
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| SBI launches Defence Salary Package for the Indian Army | 29-MAY-09 |
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| State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, the only Indian Bank to feature in the world’s top 100 banks and also the only Indian Bank to find a place in global Fortune 500 list, has today forged a stronger relationship with the Indian Army. Two of the oldest institutions in the country, both with long histories, have shared a relationship which goes back more than 200 years. Since the early 19th century the 3 Presidency Banks of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were merged in 1921 to form the Imperial Bank of India, known for its integrity and lofty traditions in banking. Subsequently in 1955, the Imperial Bank of India was reconstituted and renamed as State Bank of India. This financial power house has been one of the principal bankers to the Indian Army and also to its personnel posted all over the country. |
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| Army wanted BrahMos to achieve high degree of accuracy | 30-MAR-09 |
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| The three trials of BrahMos cruise missile were aimed at testing the effectiveness of the new special sensor integrated in the missile to hit the desired target in an urban environment accurately, a top army officer said today. |
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