Slt K Tyagi and Slt Riti Singh New Delhi: In a first, two women officers have been selected to join as ‘Observers’ (Airborne Tacticians) in the Indian Navy’s helicopter stream.It would pave the way for women being posted in frontlin...
New Delhi: India has become an observer to the Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment, the instrument developed and adopted by countries in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden that has been a key factor in repressing piracy and armed robbery agains...
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...
New Delhi: 1995-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Raveesh Kumar has been concurrently accredited as the next envoy of India to Estonia.Currently, he is an Indian Ambasasor to Finland. He started his diplomatic career at the Indian Miss...
Indra Navy-2020 exercise New Delhi: The 2020 edition of the Indra Indian-Russian naval drills has been completed in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the Russian Pacific Fleet's spokesman, Nikolai Voskresensky, said on Sunday.The Indian...
V Muraleedharan (C) during his videoconference with his Syrian counterpart, Fayssal Mekdad. (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: India and Syria have agreed to continue close consultations and cooperation on issues of mutual interest both bilaterally and at multil...
Indian military contingent at last year’s war games hosted by Russia.New Delhi: The Indian Army will not be participating in multilateral Kavkaz 2020 exercise. A highly placed defence source confirmed the development amid rising tensions at eas...
New Delhi: Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chairperson Justice Rajendra Menon on Wednesday inaugurated hearings by video conferencing for all ten Regional Benches of the Armed Forces Tribunal here.The Principal Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal is the only ...
Foreign minister S Jaishankar at 17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Commission New Delhi: India and Vietnam on Tuesday agreed to coordinate closely at multilateral forums, including at the UN Security Council, where the two nations will serve c...
Chennai: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship C-449 was commissioned on Thursday by chief secretary K Shanmugam in Chennai, which would further strengthen the maritime and coastal security of Tamil Nadu.The ship is the 49th in the series of 54 ships bei...