In his first virtual interaction with the Agniveers of the three services, who have commenced their basic training, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, on Monday, that the technologically advanced soldiers will play a key role in the armed forces as the nature of wars are changing. Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, while lauding the armed forces for adapting to the constantly evolving times and dealing with the challenges with patience and bravery, exhorted them to further develop their capabilities and implement the lessons learned from the ever-evolving global security scenario. Read More

India carried out a successful training launch of Prithvi II short-range ballistic missile, on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. The missile was fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. Read More

The government has approved the “acceptance of necessity” for three capital acquisition proposals – two for the Indian Army and one for the Indian Navy, on Tuesday, the defence ministry said. Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, chaired a roundtable conference with foreign envoys for the forthcoming Aero India. Ambassadors, high commissioners, chargé d’affaires and defence attachés of over 80 countries attended. Read More

The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, visited Indira Point – the country’s southernmost top, on Friday. This visit took place on the final day of his two-day visit to the strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Read More

Defence minister Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation 28 infrastructure projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), worth Rs 724 crore, during an event organised at Siyom Bridge on Along-Yinkiong Road in Arunachal Pradesh on January 3. Read More

An expedition of the team of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) has become the first of its kind expedition to not just travel all the seven states of India’s Northeast (NE) but has set the record of being the first to touch the highest point of each state of the region. Read More

The defence ministry has given its go-ahead for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army to procure 120 “Pralay” short-range surface-to-surface conventional ballistic missiles and deploy them against China and Pakistan. Read More

The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has approved the revision of pension armed forces’ pensioners/their family pensioners under “one rank, one pension” (OROP), the government said in a media release, on Friday. Read More