With a focus on self-reliance or “Atmanirbharta” in the defence sector, the Indian Army will be replacing British-era 25-pounder guns with the indigenous 105-mm Indian Field Guns (IFG) for offering 21-gun salute to the President and the National Flag on Republic Day. Read More

The special forces of the Indian and Egyptian armies are undergoing their first-ever joint exercise named “Cyclone – I” at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Read More

The Indian Army has cleared the path for women officers to take command posts in the rank of colonel in a bunch of arms and services, officials in the defence establishment revealed. Read More

Keeping in focus the tech-driven battlefield scenarios the near future presents, the Army conducted a two-day Northern Command Techno Commanders Seminar – 2023 from January 16 at Nagrota Military Station in Jammu. Read More

Mule Hoof No. 122’s steadfastness and obedience saw tonnes of logistics reaching seemingly impossible pockets of the Indian Army’s outposts, some of which are above 15,000 feet above the sea level in Arunachal Pradesh’s cold desert. Read More

Stating that the soldiers are deployed along the border despite difficult terrain and hostile weather conditions, the Army chief, General Manoj Pande, said the troops have been provided with all kinds of arms, equipment, and facilities in adequate quantity. Read More

The chief of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande, said some troops deployed in Uttarakhand’s sinking Joshimath area have been moved to the nearby heights and, if needed, they would be permanently moved to Auli, some 40 kilometres from the town. He also said the subsidence has had no effect on the Army’s preparedness. Read More

The Indian Army chief, General Manoj Pande, said the situation along the line of actual control with China is stable but remains unpredictable while the ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan, in February 2021, along the line of control is holding well. Read More

The Indian Army is planning to induct women officers in its artillery regiments, sources in the defence establishment said. The Army is said to have sent a proposal to this effect to the government for approval. Read More

Indian Army officer Captain Shiva Chouhan created history by becoming the first Indian Army woman officer to be operationally posted to the Kumar Post, situated at an altitude of 15,632 feet in the Siachen Glacier – the world’s highest battlefield. Read More