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India’s InsideFPV inks 10,000-drone deal with Israel’s UAV Dynamix

The partnership aims to combine the technological expertise of both companies, focusing on exchanging hardware and software tech to develop innovative drone solutions. Read More

Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera takes charge as director general of Assam Rifles

Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera takes charge as 22nd DG of Assam Rifles

Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera has officially assumed the role of the 22nd director general of the Assam Rifles – the oldest paramilitary force in India. Read More

Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair makes history as first woman director general of Indian Army’s medical services

Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair becomes first woman Army DGMS

Lt Gen Sadhana Saxena Nair became the first woman to assume the post of director general of the Indian Army’s medical services and will command the Army Medical Corps. Read More

Tejas LCA fighter: Indian Air Force faces further delays in warplanes’ deliveries from HAL

Tejas LCA: IAF faces further delays in warplanes’ deliveries from HAL

Despite HAL’s assurances of delivering 16 aircraft in the financial year 2024-25, the IAF remains sceptical about meeting the deadlines due to the ongoing supply issues of engines. Read More

Kerala’s Wayanad grapples with landslides devastation as Indian Army, Navy, Air Force intensify search-and-rescue operations; death toll mount to 164, around 200 still missing

Wayanad landslides: Army, Navy, and Air Force intensify rescue operations

The catastrophe, triggered by incessant rainfall, has transformed once serene landscapes into scenes of unimaginable destruction. Read More

India and China hold 30th WMCC meeting on border affairs, breakthrough in LAC stand-off remains elusive

No breakthrough in 30th India and China WMCC meeting on LAC

India and China convened the 30th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs with the aim of resolving the ongoing border dispute. Read More

Exercise Tarang Shakti – 2024: Indian Air Force to host first-ever multinational air drills from August 6

‘Tarang Shakti’: IAF to host first-ever multinational air drills from August 6

This is the first time that the Indian Air Force will be hosting a multinational air exercise. Read More

Israel kills Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran airstrike after killing Hezbollah military leader Fouad Shukur in Beirut

Israel kills Hamas leader after top Hezbollah commander in airstrikes

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on his residence in Tehran. Hours before, Israel had killed Hezbollah’s top military commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut. Read More

India’s S-400 missile-defence system secrets leaked in serious cybersecurity breach by Ukraine hackers, report says

India’s S-400 system secrets leaked in serious cybersecurity breach: Report

The leak, originating from hacked emails of Russian military officials, details the specific configuration of the advanced weapon system purchased by India. Read More

Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam’s prime minister, arrives in India for three-day state visit

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh arrives in India for 3-day state visit

Accompanied by a high-level delegation, Chinh’s visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties and enhance cooperation between India and Vietnam. Read More