Selected Tag: defence
Selected Tag: defence

Budget 2026

How Federal Drift Is Starving Strategic Priorities

As the Centre expands into state subjects, defence, R&D and strategic autonomy suffer. India’s budget problem is not size, but misplaced priorities.

TK Arun

January 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Why MBZ’s Two-Hour Dash to New Delhi Matters

When the President of the United Arab Emirates lands in New Delhi for barely two hours, it is not a courtesy call or a routine stopover. It is a signal.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

January 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM IST

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PIB

Armies Fight Wars. Nations Win Them

Nations don’t win security with soldiers alone but with economic strength, technological depth and social cohesion that can endure and outlast conflict.

Arvind Mayaram

January 10, 2026 at 11:52 AM IST

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Opinion

Why L&T’s Defence Business Feels Strategic but Not Profitable

L&T has built India’s broadest private defence platform, but slow procurement, falling margins and long gestation test whether patience can still pay investors.

Dev Chandrasekhar

January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM IST

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PIB

Optical Illusion in Public Capex

The public investment surge this year appears impressive, but much of its strength comes from accounting adjustments and base effects rather than new capital creation

Madhavi Arora

October 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM IST

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Why US Supply Chain Access Could Be India’s Defence Gamechanger

India’s defence sector is set to break barriers and the stock market has taken notice.

Krishnadevan V

June 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM IST

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