26/02/2012
Times of India: “The Indian Centre is proposing to significantly expand UAV (unmanned airborne vehicle) deployment in Naxal-affected areas.
Sources said the move comes in the wake of noticeable successes from UAVs that have been based in central India and operating over Naxal areas. These UAVs have been providing live streaming of images from areas where Maoists are active. “They have been extremely helpful in our operations, in figuring out camps, tracks etc,” an official in the security establishment said.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Soon-more-satellite-controlled-planes-to-fight-Naxals/articleshow/12039579.cms
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03/02/2012
Business Week: “Dassault Aviation SA, seeking its first export order for Rafale fighters, will begin exclusive negotiations to supply 126 jets to India after being selected as the lowest bidder.
“The French company and India’s defense ministry will begin talks within 15 days, an Indian government official told reporters in New Delhi yesterday. Negotiations will probably extend beyond the March 31 end of India’s fiscal year.”
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-aQTsvG2MxPoI-73IQMDIULOJV791GE0FE2Q4NAD
This news is particularly disappointing to Mr Cameron who had paid a visit to India a couple of years ago and got reassurance that India will try and increase its trade with Britain. Presumably either the British supplier was not able to make as good an offer or the timing was just wrong (or both).
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02/02/2012
New Delhi, February 1
“Faced with persistent threats from pirates operating off the coast of Somalia, uneasy neighbours India and China have started cooperating with each other, roping in Japan to tackle piracy. This is the first working relationship on the high seas between the Indian Navy and China’s People Liberation Army (Navy).”
http://www.tribuneindia.com/
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