A Carl-Gustav M4 in display. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikipedia)Gurgaon: After receiving approval for 100 per cent foreign direct investment in defence production in the country, Swedish defence major Saab has established a new company, Saab FFVO India ...
Maj Gen Zhang Baoqun of China (L) and Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon of the Maldives shaking hands after signing the defence deal. (Photo: The Maldivian defence ministry.)New Delhi: In a move that is sure to raise eyebrows in New Delhi, the Maldives signed ...
Suman Kumari. (Photo: BSF)New Delhi: In a groundbreaking achievement, Suman Kumari has become the first woman sniper in the Border Security Force. Completing the grueling eight-week sniper course at the Central School of Weapons and Tactics in Indore...
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (L), receives a symbolic gavel from Azerbaijan’s foreign minister, Jeyhun Aziz Ogu Bayramov, at the opening ceremony of the 19th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movemen...
Dr Manoj Kumar (L), R Venkataramani (C), and Dr Lalit Bhasin at the IACC Summit on India-US Legal Services organized at New Delhi. (Photo: IACC)New Delhi: The attorney general of India, R Venkataramani, has proposed the establishment of an India-Unit...
Rajnath Singh at DefConnect – 2024, in New Delhi. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, launched the ADITI scheme, a new initiative to promote innovations in critical and strategic defen...
An MH-60R Seahawk on INS Vikrant, India’s indigenously made aircraft carrier. (India Sentinels photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission its newly acquired MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters at INS ...
Chinese troops attacking an Indian Army post at Galwan in 1962. (Photo credit: mymemo.cn99.com)In 1962, China said the establishment of the Indian military post at Galwan was an attempt to grab land by India. Galwan is one of the most-used terms by t...
Delegates from Italy (L) and India during their talks in the second India-Italy Consular Dialogue. (Photo: Foreign ministry)New Delhi: Senior officials from India and Italy convened in New Delhi for the second India-Italy Consular Dialogue, on Thursd...
The distance between Mauritius’s Agaléga and mainland India is a little over 3,000 kilometres at the nearest points. (Google Maps)Agaléga Island comprises two islets, shaped like an exclamation mark (!) – a long and thin nor...