Bengaluru to get 500 facial recognition cameras at public spots by October

BENGALURU: The plan of the city police to instal 500 cameras with Facial Recognition System (FRS) using the central government’s Nirbhaya fund is set to get delayed as the project is yet... Read more »

Boost for India’s defence! BrahMos, world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, to have 500-km range

BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between India’s DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya. The missile is named after Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva. BrahMos range to be extended! In a major boost to... Read more »

Shorten time frame for defence acquisitions

Gurmeet Kanwal Former Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi Protracted: The defence procurement and acquisition process continues to be plagued by procedural delays, as illustrated by the Rafale deal. SEVERAL committees... Read more »

Weaponised drones are on the table for India: USISPF official

India has intent to buy `Sea Guardian’ drone for border surveillance Weaponised drones from American companies for Indian defence use are on the table according to a Senior Advisor at the US-India... Read more »

CCTV cameras helped crack 103 cases in three months

New Delhi: The city-wide closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) surveillance has helped the police to solve 103 criminal cases in three months. Sources said that 88 cases were solved with the help of... Read more »

Tejas in the race as Royal Malaysian Air Force looks to buy new fighters

New Delhi: Tejas, India’s indigenous supersonic Light Combat Aircraft, has evinced keen interest in Malaysia as the country looks to replace an ageing fleet of fighters with the Royal Malaysian Air Force... Read more »

Defence production likely to open up for Kerala startups

A high-level team of officials from the Defence Production will soon visit Maker Village, India’s largest electronic hardware incubator here, which may pave the way for startups from Kerala to enter the... Read more »

India’s first indigenously made artillery gun Dhanush to be inducted on April 8

Indian Army’s artillery modernisation programme, which had a bumpy ride for nearly three decades, finally appears to be inching towards its goal. After the induction of M-777 ultra-light howitzers in November last... Read more »

Income Tax Benefits To Paramilitary Personnel On Ration Money, Hardship Allowance Likely

New Delhi: Jawans of paramilitary forces like the CRPF and the BSF are likely to get tax exemption on ration money allowance and risk and hardship allowance, officials said on Wednesday. The... Read more »

Hyderabad: Synchrony joins police in making city safer

Hyderabad: The City Police in association with Synchrony, a consumer financial services company, inaugurated the CCTV surveillance system at Dabeerpura police station on Wednesday. The initiative was part of Synchrony’s Corporate Social... Read more »