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Rajnath Singh-headed DAC approves proposals worth Rs 45,000 crore; know details
New Delhi: Giving an impetus to the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiative, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given preliminary nod for nine capital acquisition proposals of around Rs 45,000 crore, ...
Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari says Indian Air Force looking to equip smaller fighter jets with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles
A model of a Sukhoi-30MKI fitted with a BrahMos missile at display during the DefExpo – 2022 in Gandhinagar, in October 2022. (File photo)New Delhi: The chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said that the IAF is l...
Exercise Buland Bharat: With eye on China, military and border-guarding forces recently concluded monthlong joint combat drill in northeast
An artillery gun in action during Exercise Buland Bharat. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force recently concluded a monthlong joint combat exercise in the northeast with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the ...
Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, two pilots dead
An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter. (Photo for representational purpose only.) Guwahati: An Indian Army Aviation Corps Cheetah helicopter crashed near Mandala in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district, on Thursday morning. The crash resul...
Among AMCA, Tejas, TEDBF, Tapas, what else DRDO would display at Aero India 2023?
Light Combat Aircraft AF Mk2Bengaluru: With a motive to furthering the government's vision of "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" during the Aero India 2023, the DRDO will display a wide range of indigenously-developed products and technologies that ...
Paramilitary forces facing acute shortage of manpower, home ministry informs Parliament
CRPF troops participating in Republic Day parade 2023New Delhi: India's central armed police forces or paramilitary forces have been facing acute shortage of manpower with the Central Reserve Police Force topping the list among the six forces, th...
Modernization and reforming our border-guarding forces
A BSF soldier somewhere near the LoC in J&K. (Representational image)The government of India has allocated ₹248.30 crore for the “Modernization Plan IV” for the central armed police forces (CAPFs) in the Budget for the financial...
Placing border-guarding forces under the Army?
BSF soldiers patrol near line of control in Gulmarg, J&K.An article by Colonel Ramesh Davesar (retired) titled “A National Border Guard” was published on Indian Express, January 22, 2022. In the article, the colonel recommended the de...
Religious bonhomie and communal harmony in Indian armed forces
An Indian Army sarva dharma sthal.Subedar Major Rachpal Singh was a worried man. The festival of Dussehra was fast approaching and the regimental panditji (priest) was not present in the battalion. He was on a long leave and would not return by the f...
Efficiency of CAPFs suffering from ‘glass ceiling’ effect
CRPF jawans in an anti-Maoist operation in West Bengal.The Indian Express carried an op-ed by Mutha Ashok Jain, on September 9, titled “Practice of reserving cadre posts for certain services is exclusionary, must be reconsidered” made for...Results
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