INS Kolkata during Malabar 2000 exercise. (Photo: Public domain/US Navy)New Delhi: India has deployed two of its most advanced guided-missile destroyers – INS Kolkata and INS Kochi – off the Somali coast near the Gulf of Aden in northern ...
The AFWTD that was test-flown. (Photo: Defence ministry) Bangalore/New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organization has successfully conducted a test-flight of an indigenously built high-speed and stealth autonomous flying-wing techn...
UN general assembly during Gaza ceasefire vote. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi: India seems to have changed its recent stand on the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and voted in favour of a United Nations general assembly resolution calling for a ceasefir...
Like all three services of the Indian armed forces, the Indian Navy is also facing an acute shortage of sailor and officers. (Photo for representation.)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has been grappling with shortage of personnel for a while now. However,...
New Delhi: The military secretary’s office has issued a comprehensive promotion policy that will change the way how Indian Army officers of colonel and above ranks are promoted. The new promotion policy will come into effect from January 1, 202...
Tawang: As a part of Eastern Command’s initiative in looking after the war widows and Next of Kin’s of war widows, a total of five Veer Naaris and their dependents, hailing from Tawang District, of Arunachal Pradesh were felicitated ...
An Indian advanced towed-gun system during trials. (Photo: DRDO) New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave the acceptance of necessity (AoN) for procurement of defence platforms, including LCA T...
Hamas fighters in Gaza. (File photo)The Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, on October 7, 2023, and successful infiltration by breaching the border wall between Gaza and Israel brings into focus the perils of the routine paradigm of border guarding....
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar on Wednesday for procurement of 16 upgraded super-rapid gun mounts (SRGM) along with associated equipment/accessories for Indian Navy unde...
Exercise Surya Kiran commencedPithoragarh: The 17th edition of joint military exercise Surya Kiran between the armies of India and Nepal started on November 24 at Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh.The exercise which will culminate on December 7 will ai...