Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
Indo-French venture revolutionises anti-drone technology
August 10, 2024
Paras Defence and Aerospace, a prominent player in the Indian defence sector, has been at the forefront of innovation and technological advancements in various domains, including aerospace and defence electronics. The company is known for its cutting-edge solutions, serving both ...
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Will Modi3.0 finally wake up to unemployment crisis in new budget?
July 22, 2024
Budgets in India have long been closely monitored as they set the tone for the government’s priorities and policies for the year ahead and this year it will be no different when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes the floor of the Lok Sabha on July 23 to introduce the bud...
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UNESCO names 11 new biospheres in 11 countries
July 6, 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 11 countries, including Belgium and Gambia for the first time and two transboundary biosphere reserves. In a press statement, the Paris-bas...
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MKU sets sights on advanced optronics for future growth
July 4, 2024
What is your objective of participation Eurosatory 2024? MKU is a global defence and homeland security company. We cater to two product solution verticals, optronics and armour. Our approach for both the verticals has always been very user centric. So all the products that we h...
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Macron caught between devil & deep sea in French elections
July 3, 2024
Ever since he emerged from the shadows to enter the race and suddenly bag the top job in the country in May 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has been the key, if not the only relevant politician in the country, seen or rather perceived to be making one smart move after anot...
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UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradation of soils
July 2, 2024
In what could bring nightmares to farmers, politicians and agri-businesses all over the world, a new report warns that an overwhelming proportion of the planet’s top soil would be degraded by 2050. The warning has come in a report released by the United Nations Educational, Sci...
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World Defense Show is gateway to Saudi Arabian defence industry: Andrew Pearcey, CEO, WDS
June 22, 2024
How has the response been for WDS2026 so far and from which countries are you getting most bookings? The demand has been phenomenal. Just four months after the second edition of the show closed, to global industry approbation, we have already sold 50 pc of the floor space for the...
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BEL targets 10 pc revenues through exports by 2030
June 20, 2024
What is the objective of Bharat Electronics Limited at Eurosatory 2024? BEL is a multi-technology, multi-product multi-unit company, which is working on the state of the art technology intensive products, we have brought here wide range of products. We have got a full set of offe...
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Macron calls snap French elections after European Parliament drubbing
June 10, 2024
In a decision that seems to have caught his own party and his government by total surprise, French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament, Assemblée Nationale, and called snap elections that would be held on June 30 and July 7. Macron made the announced in...
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Verdict 2024: Democracy defeats despotism & divisiveness
June 5, 2024
Once again, the exit polls in India have come a cropper as the results of the Lok Sabha elections belie the exit polls that had all predicted a smooth sailing for the ruling NDA alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party to an historic tally over close to 400 seats in the 543-mem...
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Macron in New Caledonia should announce withdrawal of new voting law
May 22, 2024
On Thursday, as French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, the French overseas territory in South East Pacific, that has been gripped by violence following an unpopular amendment to voting in local elections, he must quickly announce a rever...
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50 pc of Earth’s rangelands degraded: UNCCD report
May 21, 2024
A new report, Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists, by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertificaction (UNCCD), released in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, has highlighted the alarming state of Earth’s rangelands, lands used for grazing animals...
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