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New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
From good governance to great aspirations: Modi's Independence Day leap
Eleven years into power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is no longer just the steward of a reformist government — he is positioning himself as the architect of a developed Bharat. His 12th Independence Day address from the Red Fort was not a routine recital of achievements; it was a roadmap for the next quarter-century, anchored in the belief that India can and must aim higher. Modi is tapping into the nation's collective yearning to be more than a 'fast-growing economy' — setting bold markers for a fully developed country by 2047, with a $10 trillion economy as the headline target. For voters accustomed to stability and growth, he offered a direct answer to the question: what next? This year's 103-minute address — the longest in India's history — turned the Red Fort into a launchpad for Bharat's next leap. The announcements cut across military strength, economic reform, technological ambition, and youth empowerment, signalling that the next stage will be about creating change, not just managing it. He began with a salute to Operation Sindoor, hailing the armed forces' decisive strikes as proof of India's military resolve and sending a blunt warning to adversaries. National security was placed front and centre again with the launch of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, an indigenous Iron Dome-style missile defence system. On the economic front, he called for Aatmanirbhar Bharat amid global tariff wars, particularly with U.S. tariffs touching 50%, urging support for domestic industries from semiconductors to electric vehicles. He promised a Diwali gift in the form of next-generation GST reforms to ease burdens for businesses, MSMEs, and consumers. Modi's technology push included a breakthrough pledge: India's first Made in India semiconductor chip will roll out by year-end — a goal that eluded the country for decades. He challenged scientists and youth to build indigenous jet engines, mirroring past successes in vaccines and digital payments. In energy, he announced a tenfold expansion in nuclear power by 2047 with ten reactors already in the pipeline, alongside aggressive growth in solar, hydrogen, and hydro power. The National Deepwater Exploration Mission will cut reliance on imported fuels by tapping ocean resources. Jobs and youth opportunity were central. The `1 lakh crore PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana will give three crore newly employed youth `15,000 per month in their first private-sector jobs. A High-Powered Demography Mission will address the risks of demographic imbalance caused by illegal migration, protecting unity and citizens' rights.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Palantir Eyes $140 On $1.3 Billion Army Deal
Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumps as Wedbush holds Outperform and $140 target on fresh $795 million Army contract. Wedbush kept its Outperform rating after Palantir secured a $795 million extension for its Maven Smart System, bringing the total U.S. Army deal to about $1.3 billionits first-ever billion-dollar contract. Analysts led by Daniel Ives say this cements Palantir's role in defense data fusion and target ID, with the prior May 2024 award worth $480 million. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 8 Warning Signs with RUN. Beyond Maven, Palantir just landed a $30 million ImmigrationOS system for ICE. Wedbush highlights that these AI-driven, mission-critical deployments align perfectly with government mandates to do more with fewer resources, insulating defense budgets even as overall spending tightens. Wedbush also flags President Trump's Golden Dome missile defense projecta $175 billion Iron Dome-style programwith $25 billion earmarked for 2026. Ives expects Palantir to play a starring role in that initiative alongside its existing pipelines. Why It Matters: Robust, recurring defense contracts underpin Palantir's growth story, strengthening the case for a $140 share price as AI spending accelerates. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Scottish Sun
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Chilling war games show Russian missiles overwhelming UK with Britain's bases blown to bits and RAF fighter jets blitzed
GAME OVER Chilling war games show Russian missiles overwhelming UK with Britain's bases blown to bits and RAF fighter jets blitzed RUSSIAN missiles overwhelmed Britain in a war game based on the war in Ukraine. Defence chiefs simulated the first night of the war to test the UK's air defences. 11 Russia's missiles got the better of Britain in a recent simulation Credit: AP 11 The UK's air defences were found to be lacking in the face of Russia's firepower Credit: Reuters 11 Another simulation shows one of Russia's RS-24 missiles unloading its slew of warheads 11 Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said: 'It was not a pretty picture.' The drills suggested bases would be blown to smithereens and £100 million fighter jets could get blitzed before they could hide. Air Cdre Crawford, who ran the RAF's Air and Space Warfare Centre, said it showed the UK 'home base' was no longer safe. The drills used a £36 million wargaming system to test the UK's responses to 'hundreds of different types of munitions' attacking from multiple different directions. read more on russia ZEL NO Zelensky IMMEDIATELY scoffs at key Trump offer to Putin for peace in Ukraine It exposed multiple vulnerabilities including a chronic shortage of airfields and a lack of hardened shelters for protect and hide jets on the ground. The government sold off scores of airfields and watered-down the RAF's powers to commandeer civilian runways. The UK has no Iron Dome-style air defence system to protect the home nations from incoming missiles. The Armed Forces rely on RAF Typhoons, which scramble from RAF Lossiemouth, to shoot down incoming drones and cruise missiles. The only British missiles that could intercept Russian ballistic missiles are based onboard the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers. Air Cdr Crawford warned Britain had got lax by standing at the edge of Europe and "feeling as though the rest of the continent stood between us and the enemy". Russian missile blasts hotel Brit & US aid workers were staying killing 4 others He said: "Ukraine has made us all sit up.' He warned that for decades military planners had assumed they were 'safe to operate from the home base because most of the wars we've been fighting have been overseas'. He said: 'We need to reverse that thinking and assume that from here on, we're under threat in the home base now as well.' His warning comes as the government prepares to unveil a blueprint for the future of UK armed forces. 11 Putin has a range of 'superweapons' at his disposal Credit: East2West 11 Russia also released its own chilling simulation of UK targets - including central London - being nuked Credit: East2West 11 Last year, the Kremlin identified seven UK targets that it claimed it could hit to 'collapse British society' It is expected to prioritise drones, technolody and missile defence. The test took place on a simulator known as Gladiator after Russia launched its full scale invasion in 2022. But the results have not been revealed until now. Addressing an Air and Missile Defence Conference at London-based RUSI think tank, Air Cmdr Crawford said: "We loaded night one of Ukraine into that synthetic environment and played it out against the UK and as you can imagine it was not a pretty picture. 'It reinforced the fact that we really need to get after this.' The drills were stopped before bases were hit but it triggered an urgent review of the RAF's resilience. Since then Typhoon jets have practised landing on ice and motorways in Finland – as they would have to do if their bases were under attack. Sweden's Grippen fighter jet and Soviet MiG and Sukhoi jets were designed to land on motorways. They deliberately built their roads to be strong enough – and straight enough – for fighter jets to land. 11 Ukraine does not need simulations to realise the devastating power of Russia's missiles Credit: Reuters 11 Russian bombs continue to wreak havoc in Ukrainian towns - like in Sumy on Palm Sunday Credit: Getty Speaking before the war in Ukraine, former RAF boss Mike Wigston said pilots needed to practise scrambling at zero notice to prepare for a war with Russia. He said RAF Typhoons and F-35B Lightning jets would have to land on motorways, race tracks and car parks if they held proper fleet dispersal drills for the first time since the Cold War. The plans would see squadrons scatter into 'fighting fours' to cut the risk whole fleets could be wiped out in a single strike. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said it was his duty to prepare for a 'worst case scenario'. Speaking in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the US Pacific fleet was decimated by a surprise attack in 1941, he said: 'There is a worst case scenario where things we hold dear, parts of the UK, are within range of Russian missiles.' 11 Video shows how a family of Russian missiles - including the RS-24, RS-26 and Oreshnik - might operate 11 Poseidon is another of Putin's superweapons Credit: Twitter He added: 'It sounds a bit Cold Warry, but there is a pressing requirement to remember how to do it.' RAF pilots practised dispersing to Boscombe Down, in Wiltshire. The former World War Two airfield is used to test prototype aircraft but hasn't been used by an operational squadron for more than 30 years. A defence source said having more airfields made it easier to launch deception plans so that enemies are uncertain where the RAF jets are based. But they warned cost-cutting drives had hamstrung the RAF's military effectiveness.
The Sun
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Chilling war games show Russian missiles overwhelming UK with Britain's bases blown to bits and RAF fighter jets blitzed
RUSSIAN missiles overwhelmed Britain in a war game based on the war in Ukraine. Defence chiefs simulated the first night of the war to test the UK's air defences. 11 11 11 11 Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said: 'It was not a pretty picture.' The drills suggested bases would be blown to smithereens and £100 million fighter jets could get blitzed before they could hide. Air Cdre Crawford, who ran the RAF's Air and Space Warfare Centre, said it showed the UK 'home base' was no longer safe. The drills used a £36 million wargaming system to test the UK's responses to 'hundreds of different types of munitions' attacking from multiple different directions. It exposed multiple vulnerabilities including a chronic shortage of airfields and a lack of hardened shelters for protect and hide jets on the ground. The government sold off scores of airfields and watered-down the RAF 's powers to commandeer civilian runways. The UK has no Iron Dome-style air defence system to protect the home nations from incoming missiles. The Armed Forces rely on RAF Typhoons, which scramble from RAF Lossiemouth, to shoot down incoming drones and cruise missiles. The only British missiles that could intercept Russian ballistic missiles are based onboard the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers. Air Cdr Crawford warned Britain had got lax by standing at the edge of Europe and "feeling as though the rest of the continent stood between us and the enemy". He said: " Ukraine has made us all sit up.' He warned that for decades military planners had assumed they were 'safe to operate from the home base because most of the wars we've been fighting have been overseas'. He said: 'We need to reverse that thinking and assume that from here on, we're under threat in the home base now as well.' His warning comes as the government prepares to unveil a blueprint for the future of UK armed forces. 11 11 It is expected to prioritise drones, technolody and missile defence. The test took place on a simulator known as Gladiator after Russia launched its full scale invasion in 2022. But the results have not been revealed until now. Addressing an Air and Missile Defence Conference at London-based RUSI think tank, Air Cmdr Crawford said: "We loaded night one of Ukraine into that synthetic environment and played it out against the UK and as you can imagine it was not a pretty picture. 'It reinforced the fact that we really need to get after this.' The drills were stopped before bases were hit but it triggered an urgent review of the RAF's resilience. Since then Typhoon jets have practised landing on ice and motorways in Finland – as they would have to do if their bases were under attack. Sweden's Grippen fighter jet and Soviet MiG and Sukhoi jets were designed to land on motorways. They deliberately built their roads to be strong enough – and straight enough – for fighter jets to land. 11 11 Speaking before the war in Ukraine, former RAF boss Mike Wigston said pilots needed to practise scrambling at zero notice to prepare for a war with Russia. He said RAF Typhoons and F-35B Lightning jets would have to land on motorways, race tracks and car parks if they held proper fleet dispersal drills for the first time since the Cold War. The plans would see squadrons scatter into 'fighting fours' to cut the risk whole fleets could be wiped out in a single strike. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said it was his duty to prepare for a 'worst case scenario'. Speaking in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the US Pacific fleet was decimated by a surprise attack in 1941, he said: 'There is a worst case scenario where things we hold dear, parts of the UK, are within range of Russian missiles.' 11 He added: 'It sounds a bit Cold Warry, but there is a pressing requirement to remember how to do it.' RAF pilots practised dispersing to Boscombe Down, in Wiltshire. The former World War Two airfield is used to test prototype aircraft but hasn't been used by an operational squadron for more than 30 years. A defence source said having more airfields made it easier to launch deception plans so that enemies are uncertain where the RAF jets are based. But they warned cost-cutting drives had hamstrung the RAF's military effectiveness.
The Irish Sun
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Chilling war games show Russian missiles overwhelming UK with Britain's bases blown to bits and RAF fighter jets blitzed
RUSSIAN missiles overwhelmed Britain in a war game based on the war in Ukraine. Defence chiefs simulated the first night of the war to test the UK's air defences. Advertisement 11 Russia's missiles got the better of Britain in a recent simulation Credit: AP 11 The UK's air defences were found to be lacking in the face of Russia's firepower Credit: Reuters 11 Another simulation shows one of Russia's RS-24 missiles unloading its slew of warheads 11 Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said: 'It was not a pretty picture.' The drills suggested bases would be blown to smithereens and £100 million fighter jets could get blitzed before they could hide. Air Cdre Crawford, who ran the RAF's Air and Space Warfare Centre, said it showed the UK 'home base' was no longer safe. The drills used a £36 million wargaming system to test the UK's responses to 'hundreds of different types of munitions' attacking from multiple different directions. Advertisement read more on russia It exposed multiple vulnerabilities including a chronic shortage of airfields and a lack of hardened shelters for protect and hide jets on the ground. The government sold off scores of airfields and watered-down the RAF's powers to commandeer civilian runways. The UK has no Iron Dome-style air defence system to protect the home nations from incoming missiles. The Armed Forces rely on RAF Typhoons, which scramble from RAF Lossiemouth, to shoot down incoming drones and cruise missiles. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Exclusive The only British missiles that could intercept Russian ballistic missiles are based onboard the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers. Air Cdr Crawford warned Britain had got lax by standing at the edge of Europe and "feeling as though the rest of the continent stood between us and the enemy". Russian missile blasts hotel Brit & US aid workers were staying killing 4 others He said: "Ukraine has made us all sit up.' He warned that for decades military planners had assumed they were 'safe to operate from the home base because most of the wars we've been fighting have been overseas'. Advertisement He said: 'We need to reverse that thinking and assume that from here on, we're under threat in the home base now as well.' His warning comes as the government prepares to unveil a blueprint for the future of UK armed forces. 11 Putin has a range of 'superweapons' at his disposal Credit: East2West 11 Russia also released its own chilling simulation of UK targets - including central London - being nuked Credit: East2West Advertisement 11 Last year, the Kremlin identified seven UK targets that it claimed it could hit to 'collapse British society' It is expected to prioritise drones, technolody and missile defence. The test took place on a simulator known as Gladiator after Russia launched its full scale invasion in 2022. But the results have not been revealed until now. Advertisement Addressing an Air and Missile Defence Conference at London-based RUSI think tank, Air Cmdr Crawford said: "We loaded night one of Ukraine into that synthetic environment and played it out against the UK and as you can imagine it was not a pretty picture. 'It reinforced the fact that we really need to get after this.' The drills were stopped before bases were hit but it triggered an urgent review of the RAF's resilience. Since then Typhoon jets have practised landing on ice and motorways in Finland – as they would have to do if their bases were under attack. Advertisement Sweden's Grippen fighter jet and Soviet MiG and Sukhoi jets were designed to land on motorways. They deliberately built their roads to be strong enough – and straight enough – for fighter jets to land. 11 Ukraine does not need simulations to realise the devastating power of Russia's missiles Credit: Reuters 11 Russian bombs continue to wreak havoc in Ukrainian towns - like in Sumy on Palm Sunday Credit: Getty Speaking before the war in Ukraine, former RAF boss Mike Wigston said pilots needed to practise scrambling at zero notice to prepare for a war with Russia . Advertisement He said RAF Typhoons and F-35B Lightning jets would have to land on motorways, race tracks and car parks if they held proper fleet dispersal drills for the first time since the Cold War. The plans would see squadrons scatter into 'fighting fours' to cut the risk whole fleets could be wiped out in a single strike. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said it was his duty to prepare for a 'worst case scenario'. Speaking in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the US Pacific fleet was decimated by a surprise attack in 1941, he said: 'There is a worst case scenario where things we hold dear, parts of the UK, are within range of Russian missiles.' Advertisement 11 Video shows how a family of Russian missiles - including the RS-24, RS-26 and Oreshnik - might operate 11 Poseidon is another of Putin's superweapons Credit: Twitter He added: 'It sounds a bit Cold Warry, but there is a pressing requirement to remember how to do it.' RAF pilots practised dispersing to Boscombe Down, in Wiltshire . Advertisement The former World War Two airfield is used to test prototype aircraft but hasn't been used by an operational squadron for more than 30 years. A defence source said having more airfields made it easier to launch deception plans so that enemies are uncertain where the RAF jets are based. But they warned cost-cutting drives had hamstrung the RAF's military effectiveness.
