India's defence minister said the department website was hacked on Friday, with the web portals of at least three other government departments including the interior, law and labour ministries also appearing to be down. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed the attack, but India's cybersecurity czar denied hacking had taken place, saying a "hardware problem" was to blame. "Action is initiated after the hacking of the MoD (ministry of defence) website. The website shall be restored shortly," Sitharaman said on Twitter. "Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken," she added. The defence ministry website was the first to be affected, with its homepage replaced by a screen showing a chinese character that means "zen". Soon, other major departments' websites were either "unreachable" or "not found". The Ministry of Home Affairs website's main page said that the site was offline "due to technical problems". Gulshan Rai, … [Read more...] about India defence website ‘hacked’, 3 other govt websites down
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Brexit: India ‘not in a rush’ to sign trade deal with Britain, ambassador says
India is not in a “rush” to conclude a trade deal with the UK after Brexit, the country’s chief ambassador to the UK has said. Yashvardhan Sinha, India’s High Commissioner to Britain, told the Politico Europe website that such a deal was “not going to be done overnight”. The ambassador also hinted that such a deal – which Brexiteers are keen on to plug the gap in Britain trade likely to be created new frictions with the EU – would require the UK to make it easier for Indian to come to Britain. Read more Top Tory in Brussels says Michel Barnier wants Brexit 'limelight' “I don’t think India is in a rush. I think India would like certainly, and I’m sure the UK would too … to get the best deal possible,” he told the website. “I think for us it is very important that if we need to step up our engagement we need to have that easier access, the ease of travel has to be looked … [Read more...] about Brexit: India ‘not in a rush’ to sign trade deal with Britain, ambassador says
Being a single woman in India
Latest update : 2018-04-06 In this edition, how India is dealing with a boom in single women, with an estimated 78 million of them. But while life might be looking up for those in the city, that is certainly not the case for women living in villages. Also the first female-only trade union sets up shop in Ivory Coast. Plus Paris holds a retrospective of Mary Cassatt's paintings; the only American artist to have ever exhibited her work with the Impressionists. By Annette YOUNG , Gaëlle ESSOO , Tamara PAVAN … [Read more...] about Being a single woman in India
India Floats Multibillion-Dollar Global Tender for 110 Fighter Aircraft
New Delhi (Sputnik) — Within a year of launching and scrapping the single-engine fighter jet program, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has once again started the process of acquiring 110 fighter aircraft. On Friday, the IAF issued a request for information (RFI) — the first step to acquiring a weapons platform. The RFI spelt out that a maximum of 16 flyaway aircraft would be purchased from the global manufacturer and the rest are to be made in India under a strategic partnership model. READ MORE: India to Fulfill Most of Its Fighter Jet Shortfall With Homegrown Tejas The strategic partnership model emphasizes a transfer of technology (ToT), the IAF has asked the original equipment manufacturers to specify the scope, depth and range of the ToT and key technologies which would be shared with its SP/ IPA in India. © REUTERS/ StringerIndian Air Force Claims China's J-20 Stealth … [Read more...] about India Floats Multibillion-Dollar Global Tender for 110 Fighter Aircraft
India Seeks to Buy 110 Locally-Manufactured Fighter Aircraft
India asked global fighter jet companies to submit proposals to make 110 fighter aircraft in the nation.The Indian Air Force sought requests for information for supply of single- and twin-seat jets to be mostly manufactured locally, it said in a statement on its website. India had earlier scrapped a deal to buy 126 fighter jets from Dassault Aviation SA, and instead opted to import 36 Rafale aircraft. … [Read more...] about India Seeks to Buy 110 Locally-Manufactured Fighter Aircraft