The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has given the green signal to the Indian Army’s proposal to procure 6,400 new rockets worth an estimated ₹2,600 crore for the Pinaka weapon system for deployment along the Pakistan and China borders. Read More

The Defence Acquisition Council has given the go-ahead to the Indian Army to procure another 73,000 SIG Sauer’s SIG 716 assault rifles. This comes at a time when the manufacturing of AK-203 rifles, a part of the Army’s F-INSAS programme, under a Russia-India joint venture has been delayed. Read More

Indian Army officer Captain Fatima Wasim became the third woman to be posted in Siachen Glacier. She is also the second woman medical officer to be posted at the world’s highest battlefield. However, she is the first woman doctor to be deployed at an operational post in the glacier. Read More

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. Read More

The Indian Army is seeking to procure 10,000 advanced hand-held thermal imagers for enhancing its surveillance capabilities. For this, the service has issued a request for information from manufacturers and vendors. Read More

Captain Geetika Koul from the Snow Leopard Brigade has become the second woman officer and the first woman doctor of the Indian Army to be deployed in the Siachen Glacier. Read More

Within an hour of request from civil administration in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Army swiftly mobilized its resources in rescuing the stranded people in the areas of Greater Chennai corporation. Read More

The 17th edition of joint military exercise Surya Kiran between the armies of India and Nepal started on November 24 at Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh. Read More

Five Indian Army soldiers, including two officers were killed in action when the Indian troops were engaged in an encounter with militants in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Two terrorists are also reported to have been killed in the encounter, which started in the Kalakot forests region on Wednesday morning and ended on Thursday evening. Read More

Troops of Indian Armed Forces and Australian forces began their joint military exercise “AustraHind” on November 22 at Perth in Australia. Read More