India has spent almost four decades trying to develop a fighter aircraft engine of its own. Yet every fighter jet currently operated by the Indian Air Force still depends on a powerplant developed abroad. The situation exposes one of the most difficult gaps in India’s defence-industrial ambitions, wrote Palak Gupta in an exhaustive analysis piece on CNBCTV18.The country has made significant
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