India signed a deal with France to buy 36 Rafale aircraft, which will be delivered in 3 years. India is laying the groundwork for the formation of a space command to give it a military edge in the tense South Asia region, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pursues a broader upgrade of the armed forces. Signaling a shift in focus from civil to military use of space, India has expanded its satellite program over the last three years to cover long-distance... 

Happy birthday: Narendra Modi wishes China’s Xi Jinping amid NSG deadlock New Delhi: Despite the fact that China vehemently opposed India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers  Group (NSG), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, with the utmost humility, extended birthday  wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping who turned 63 today. The PM posted the greeting in Mandarin on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of the microblogging website Twitter. “Birthday...