Indian Army soldiers in Ladakh.New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, which is headed by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, approved proposals for capital acquisitions of various equipment required by the Indian armed forces at an approximate ...
An Indian Army soldier training with a Sig Sauer rifle.New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, on Monday, approved the purchase of another 72,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles for the Indian Army from the United States. The deal is worth ₹780 cr...
FDI inflows of over Rs 3454 crore have been reported so farNew Delhi: In May, 2001, the Defence Industry sector, which was hitherto reserved for the public sector, was opened up to 100 per cent for Indian private sector participation, with Foreign Di...
Rafale fighter jetNew Delhi: An amount of Rs. 90,048 crore has been allocated for Capital Acquisition (Modernization) in Budget Estimates 2020-21 under Defence Service Estimates which is an increase of Rs 9,088.92 crore over BE 2019-20 allocati...
Moscow: Russia on Thursday reiterated its commitment to ensure the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make-in-India’ programme, including substantial participation in the forthcoming Aero India Exhibition to be hel...
Naval Commanders' Conference 2020New Delhi: Inaugurating the three-day-long Naval Commanders’ Conference here, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday complemented Indian Navy’s role in protecting the country’s maritime inte...
New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh will address the top leadership of the Indian Navy in a three-day long Naval Commanders’ Conference, starting from Wednesday.The commanders will review major operational and functional issues here.&ldqu...
New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, on Thursday launched 15 products developed by defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat week celebrations which will last on Friday.The pr...
New Delhi: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic across the globe, India has extended an assistance of one million dollars to Antigua and Barbuda in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.“On Aug 7, HC @drkjsrini virtually handed over life-s...
An Indian Army T-72 tank high in the Himalayas. Last week, we had Brigadier RJS Dhillon taking us north in a sharp but shallow offensive through Depsang, SSN (subsector north) and the Karakoram Pass in order to gain a bargaining advantage with t...