India, Brazil and South Africa push for South-South Cooperation

India, Brazil and South Africa have called upon the  global North to honour its Official Development Assistance (ODA)  commitments fully, scale up existing resources and commit additional resources to provide the necessary mea...

IAF chief to visit Israel for strong military ties

In an effort to give further impetus to bilateral military ties, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be embarking on a four day visit to Israel on Monday. His visit will conclude on May 24. The ACM Dhan...

Killing tourist in Kashmir, unfortunate: Sitharaman

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday condemned the killing of a tourist from Tamil Nadu in an incident of stone throwing at Narbal on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road in Jammu and Kashmir and said “It is unfortunate”. Talking to...

Eyeing permanent commission for women, Army to create “specialized cadre”

In an effort to resolve the issue of offering permanent commission to women, the Indian Army is mulling to create a “specialized cadre” system so that they can be assigned non-combatant roles. Six branches of the Indian Army have b...