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IAF successfully conducts online test for airmen

In yet another first, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted its first online selection test for airmen from May 3-6. Taking forward the Digital India Initiative of the government, the first ever Scheduled Test for Airmen Recruitme ... Read More

Navy kicks-off 2nd leg of car rally to motivate youth

With objectives to showcase its achievements and motivate youth to join the force, the Indian Navy on Wednesday kicked off the second leg of Car Rally expedition on Tuesday to Leh. “The Sea Warr ... Read More

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 report ... Read More

UN Peacekeeping: India, US to train African troops

Aiming to build and enhance the capacity of African nations contributing troops for UN peacekeeping missions, India and the US on Monday kicked off the third edition of a programme to train instructors from these countries. The ... Read More

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 ... Read More

BRO to celebrate 58th Raising Day on May 7

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will celebrate its 58th Raising Day on May 7 to mark the glorious services given to the nation. BRO, a leader in the arena of infrastructural development in the border areas of the country, was established in 1960 with two ... Read More

Arjan Singh Memorial: IAF to organize pan-India Hockey tournament

Aiming to propel the awareness of Hockey and also to reinstate its prominence, a national level tournament will be held in Chandigarh from May 7-12, honoring the first and the only ‘Five Star’ rank officer Late Arjan Singh Read More

Defence Planning Committee deliberates on geo-strategic landscape

The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) in its first meeting on Thursday deliberated upon the geo-strategic landscape and also agreed to chart a time-bound action plan in keeping with its broad mandate. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of National Security Ad ... Read More

Harimau Shakti: Indian & Malaysian Army learn jungle survival techniques

Armies of India and Malaysia on Thursday carried out the training in jungle survival techniques during their ongoing first-ever joint military exercise “Harimau Shakt ... Read More

Harimau Shakti ex: Indian Army demonstrates skills in radio controlled IED

The Indian Army on Wednesday demonstrated training on the assembling of a radio controlled explosive device for Malaysian Army on third day of their first-e ... Read More