NEW DELHI — India on Nov. 15 test fired the Agni IV long-range, nuclear-capable missile from a military base in the eastern part of the country, rebounding from a 2010 test failure. Under Project Director Tessy Thomas, the first female scientist to head a large missile project in India, the Agni IV was launched from a road mobile system at around 9 a.m. local time from Wheeler Island, off the coast of the state of Orissa.

NEW DELHI — India is laying out proposals that would facilitate innovation and develop the country’s defense industry. For the first time, the defense ministry has been involved with India’s Planning Commission in the creation of its latest Five-Year Plan, which covers from April 2012 onward.

NEW DELHI — India is reviewing its offset policy in defense procurement deals to remove all “ambiguities,” but there are no plans to do away with the clause. “The review is being done to take care of ambiguity in the current policy,” says Amit Cowshish, a defense finance official.