VSHORADS during one of its three test-firings. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: India has achieved a significant milestone in its defence capabilities with three consecutive successful flight trials of its very short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) conduc...
Nirmala Sitharaman before presenting the Union Budget 2025-26 before Parliament.New Delhi: The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced a defence budget of ₹6.81 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2025-26, on Saturday, marking an increase of...
The Phillora police station in Pakistan’s Sialkot sector after its capture by Indian forces during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. (Photo: Public Domain)“For the Fighting Fifth”In July 1964, after their challenging deployment in Ladakh...
General Upendra Dwivedi.New Delhi: In his first annual news conference ahead of the 77th Army Day celebrations, the Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, provided comprehensive updates on several critical defence matters, highlighting the milit...
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue at Pangong-tso. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Fire & Fury (XIV) Corps has constructed a 9-metre-tall statue of the Maratha warrior-king Shivaji Bhonsale I, popularly known as Chhatra...
A Zorawar light tank during firing trials in Ladakh. (Photo via special arrangement)New Delhi: India’s indigenously developed light tank, named Zorawar, has successfully completed high-altitude firing trials in Ladakh. This marks a significant ...
New Delhi: The 32nd meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs concluded in the Indian capital, yielding significant progress in efforts to ease tensions along the line of actual control (L...
Rajnath Singh (L) wih Admiral Dong Jun in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: X/@rajnathsingh)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, engaged with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, during the 11th Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (AD...
S Jaishankar (L) with Wang Yi at Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar)New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. This marked the first high-level inter...
Lt Gen KJ Singh with his book – “General’s Jottings: National Security, Conflicts, and Strategies”. (Photo: The Browser)[This is an excerpt from “General’s Jottings: National Security, Conflicts, and Strategie...