India confronts Pakistan as a hostile adversary along its 3,323-kilometre western front. This frontier encompasses various states as security stakeholders, bearing the brunt of cross-border terrorism and drug-induced social upheaval. These states inc...
Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (October 29, 1962 – October 16, 2024)Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, the charismatic yet controversial leader of Hamas, was killed while fighting Israeli forces in Gaza. His death in combat dropped the curtains on a tum...
Yahya Sinwar. (Photo via X)New Delhi: The Israeli Defence Forces announced the killing of Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza and a mastermind of the October 7, 2023, military raid on Israel, which resulted in over 1,200 deaths. ...
Silhouette of a statue of a soldier at the Walong War Memorial in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district. (Photo: Wikipedia/Palash Datta)The Battle of Walong is one of the lesser-known yet significant episodes of the 1962 India-China. Fought betwee...
S Jaishankar (2R) along with representatives of SCO members for the Islamabad summit. (Photo: X/DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, participated in a series of formal events on the main day of the SCO Summit in the Paki...
Gurpawant Singh Pannun.New Delhi: The United States has announced that a high-ranking Indian investigative team will visit the country looking into claims of a thwarted plan to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani separatist leader, last...
New Delhi: The “Five Eyes” (FVEY) intelligence-sharing alliance, comprising the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, has backed Canada to varying degrees on its diplomatic spat with India over the Ottawa...
S Jaishankar being welcomed by senior Pakistani officials after landing at Islamabad’s Nur Khan airbase. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: India’s foreign minister, S Jaishankar, arrived in Islamabad for the Shanghai Coopera...
A General Atomics MQ-9B Predator drone.New Delhi: India has finally signed the MQ-9B Predator drone deal with the United States on Tuesday. The agreement, worth $3.1 billion (around ₹26,000 crore) will see India acquire 31 drones distributed am...
Dikson, a Mudyug-class Russian diesel-powered icebreaker. (Photo via Creative Commons)New Delhi: Russia is exploring opportunities to collaborate with Indian shipyards for the construction of four non-nuclear icebreaking ships, intended for its state...