Nidhi Singh
Joined: April 11, 2020
Nidhi Singh is a journalist and researcher with over five years of experience in media and storytelling. Currently working with India Sentinels, she is passionate about uncovering meaningful stories through in-depth research and compelling narratives. An avid traveler, she draws inspiration from diverse cultures and experiences, bringing a unique perspective to her writing and storytelling.
Four IAF Rafale jets and two C-17 transports, along with over 120 air warriors, have arrived in Darwin for Exercise Pitch Black 2026, the Royal Australian Air Force's largest-ever multinational air combat drill involving 20 nations.
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Sixth Nilgiri-class warship under Project 17A joins the fleet at Visakhapatnam, a month after sister ship Dunagiri entered service in Kolkata.
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New CMD takes over defence shipyard as it moves from submarine refits into construction and expands its order book.
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The Indian Navy has deployed a P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine-warfare aircraft to Hawaii to take part in the Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) 2026 exercise, the world’s largest multinational maritime exercise.
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General Dhiraj Seth has assumed charge as the 31st chief of the Army staff, taking over at a time when the Indian Army is accelerating modernization, technological transformation and integration with the other services.
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New Delhi refutes reports of PLA camps inside Indian territory, calling claims baseless; tensions along LAC remain unresolved since 2020 Ladakh standoff.
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India has launched Operation Amistad, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission to Venezuela after a powerful earthquake caused widespread destruction and heavy loss of life in the South American country.
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Senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit, a 1993-batch officer with deep experience in Jammu and Kashmir operations and southern counterterrorism assignments, has been appointed director of the Intelligence Bureau, succeeding Tapan Kumar Deka whose four-year extended tenure ends this month.
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DRDO formally handed the final operational clearance certificate for the indigenous Netra AEW&C system to the Indian Air Force.
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The United States has approved a defence sustainment package worth $482.2 million for India aimed at keeping key frontline platforms, including AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and M777A2 ultra-light howitzers, fully operational over the long term.
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The simultaneous induction of a stealth frigate, a survey vessel and an anti-submarine warfare craft, all designed and built in India, signals a decisive shift in the country’s defence manufacturing ambitions.
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Kalyani Strategic Systems and AM General have signed a strategic partnership to co-market India’s MArG mounted artillery system to global militaries.
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India’s indigenous defence production has crossed ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY2025-26, doubling in five years, even as the country remains the world's second-largest arms importer.
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The subsonic terrain-hugging land-attach cruise missile, developed by DRDO, is designed to deliver precision strikes against land targets at ranges of around 1,000 kilometres.
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India commissioned its first NDA-trained women officers – nine Army lieutenants at Dehradun and five IAF flying officers at Dundigal – marking a historic milestone four years after the Supreme Court ordered the academy opened to women.
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Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar took charge as the 48th vice-chief of naval staff. Earlier, he commanded INS Vikramaditya, the Western Fleet, and the Andaman and Nicobar Command.
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Johnnette Technologies signs MoU with Munitions India Limited to fit indigenous warheads on loitering munitions and combat drones, pushing the indigenization of India’s precision-strike arsenal a step further.
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The Indian Air Force’s nine-aircraft aerobatic team, and the only such formation in Asia, marks three decades of precision flying and the air chief is expected to join a sortie to mark the occasion.
3 MONTHS AGO
The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, and the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu, will jointly inaugurate groundbreaking ceremonies for six projects on May 15, anchoring a renewed push to make the state a hub for military manufacturing.
4 MONTHS AGO
Bengaluru-based Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace signs a deal with Portugal’s SketchPixel to manufacture the Kaal Bhairava autonomous combat aircraft in Europe, in what it calls the opening move of an ambitious plan to place Indian-origin military hardware in 77 countries across seven continents.
4 MONTHS AGO
Leading private sector firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered a strategic collaboration with France-based Exail to deliver an advanced unmanned mine countermeasure (MCM) suite for the Indian Navy’s mine counter measure vessels (MCMVs) programme.
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The two-day event in Ahmednagar district will feature a defence capability showcase, an MSME expo, and the inauguration of a bio-CNG plant – the latest signal of Maharashtra’s push to emerge as a private-sector defence hub.
4 MONTHS AGO
An IIT Kanpur engineer-turned-cop who dismantled kidnapping gangs, investigated Indian Mujahideen terror cells, and took on former chief ministers without flinching now takes charge of one of Bihar’s most sensitive police ranges.
4 MONTHS AGO
The Bihari community celebrated Chhath Puja across the globe.
4 YEARS AGO
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Airport Authonty of India (AAI) has now connected Air Force Station Darbhanga in Bihar, to other major cities in the country with first passenger fight of Spice jet landing on Sunday from Bengaluru at 1110 hours.
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Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Sir Philip Barton discussed strong links between the two countries and vouched for working together on their shared ambitions.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday arrived in France with an aim to further enhance the bilateral cooperation between two the nations.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Army on Tuesday celebrated Infantry Day to commemorate the contributions of Infantry across the country. It is the largest fighting arm of the Indian Army.
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday reviewed the security situation and preparedness in the eastern sector at 33 Corps headquarters in Sukna of west Bengal.
6 YEARS AGO
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Saturday celebrated its 59th Raising Day across the country.
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State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has collaborated with Indian Army to implement the third batch of ambitious project – “Kashmir Super 30 (Medical)”.
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Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday commissioned indigeneoulsy-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship INS Kavaratti into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
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Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday visited College of Defence Management (CDM) and Bison Division at Secunderabad.
6 YEARS AGO
Air Marshal RJ Duckworth took over as the air officer in charge (personnel) at Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan in Delhi.
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Indian Army officer Major General Sonali Ghosal on Thursday assumed the charge of Additional Director General Military Nursing Service.
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The Naval Investiture Ceremony - 2020 was held at INS Shikra on Wednesday, wherein Western Naval Command (WNC) Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar presented gallantry and distinguished service awards to recipients.
6 YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart SUGA Yoshihide on Friday expressed their intention to further strengthen the Special Strategic & Global Partnership based upon mutual trust and shared values.
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Pakistan dropped weapons using a drone in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor district, sources in the armed forces said on Tuesday.
6 YEARS AGO
The 35th International Coastal Cleanup Day was celebrated consecutively for the ninth year by the Indian Navy on Saturday.
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Giving a fillip to bilateral defence cooperation between two countries, India and the United States have signed a statement of intent to strengthen the dialogue on defence technology cooperation.
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Reiterating the commitment of the government to protect India's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asserted that India will not accept any attempt to change the status quo at Line of Actual Control (LAC) which acts as border with China and remain prepared to deal with all contingencies.
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Both India and China have formally agreed that the boundary question is a complex issue which requires patience and have committed to seeking a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution through dialogue and peaceful negotiations.
6 YEARS AGO
The 2020 edition of the Indra Indian-Russian naval drills has been completed in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the Russian Pacific Fleet's spokesman, Nikolai Voskresensky, said on Sunday.
6 YEARS AGO
Amidst the border standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in eastern Ladakh, the Indian government has put the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) soldiers on high alert.
6 YEARS AGO
There is a vast untapped potential and huge appetite to invest in India, which remains unexplored, said United Arab Emirates Envoy to India Ahmed Albanna, during ASSOCHAM’s webinar “Rediscovering India - UAE Economic Relations in the COVID era”.
6 YEARS AGO
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago has taken over the command of ‘Chetak Corps’ from Lieutenant General Ajai Singh at Bathinda military station.
6 YEARS AGO
Godrej & Boyce has announced that its business unit Godrej Tooling had partnered with the Ordnance Factory Chandrapur in Maharashtra to conceptualise and develop an indigenous Automated Assembly line for production of Pinaka Rockets.
6 YEARS AGO
Joint Secretary (ERS) in the Ministry of External Affairs Manish Prabhat said, “The combined annual trade with Central Asia is less than US$ 2 billion. The level of trade does not reflect our political will that we enjoy with Central Asian countries.”
6 YEARS AGO
Bangladesh navy ship BNS Sangram, a guided missile stealth corvette, made a port call at Mormugao Port in Goa, on Monday.
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Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed a 180-feet bailey bridge in Jauljibi sector of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand in less than three weeks despite frequent landslides and heavy rains.
6 YEARS AGO
On the occasion of 74th Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday paid tributes to fallen soldiers who laid down their lives in protecting the territory of India at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
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Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre (SDC) established at IISc’s Challakere campus in Chitradurga district of Karnataka through a video conference.
6 YEARS AGO
Amid simmering border row with China in eastern Ladakh since early May, state-owned plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) made two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) have been deployed for operations at high altitude in the Leh sector at short notice to support Indian Air Force (IAF) missions.
6 YEARS AGO
As part of 74th Independence Day Celebrations, Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command organized a live performance of the Navy Band as a tribute to the Corona Warriors at Bojjana Konda heritage site in Sankaram of Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
6 YEARS AGO
Western Air Command air officer commanding in chief Air Marshal B Suresh was superannuated on July 31 after an illustrious career spanning nearly 40 years.
6 YEARS AGO
In a major development and push to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of achieving universalization of membership of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the requisite number of member countries have given the go-ahead.
6 YEARS AGO
The UK-India Business Council on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb), Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat, the premier agency focused on accelerating industrial development in the state.
6 YEARS AGO
Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has visited Visakhapatnam on a maiden three-day visit to Eastern Naval Command (ENC).
6 YEARS AGO
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived at Leh on Friday morning on a two day visit to Ladakh and Kashmir Valley. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat and Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane accompanied him.
6 YEARS AGO
Amid the ongoing disengagement process between India and China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reached Ladakh, would be visiting forward areas.
6 YEARS AGO
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, has appointed Kiran Dambala as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
6 YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a keynote address virtually at High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council session on Friday for the first time after India’s overwhelming election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Tuesday visited formations of Vajra Corps at Amristar and Ferozepur and reviewed the operational preparedness along the western border.
6 YEARS AGO
Boeing has completed delivery of all new AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF)
6 YEARS AGO
British high commissioner to India Sir Philip Barton on Wednesday presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind, in a virtual ceremony.
6 YEARS AGO
The Coast Guards of India and Indonesia on Monday signed a pact in an effort to enhance collaborative and cooperative ties to rein transnational maritime crimes, facilitate Search and Rescue among others.
6 YEARS AGO
Leading private sector carrier SpiceJet will operate 25 flights under the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM).
6 YEARS AGO
With an objective to take bilateral relations to a newer height, India and Afghanistan on Sunday signed five agreements for developing educational infrastructure in four Afghan provinces.
6 YEARS AGO
As part of Indian Navy’s Operation Samudra Setu, the Indian Navy ships have brought back a total of 3,992 Indian nationals stranded overseas.
6 YEARS AGO
The government has appointed Rakesh Kumar Arora as the next high commissioner of India to the Republic of Sierra Leone.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Naval Ship Kesari arrived at Kochi on Sunday after 55 days of deployment to the Southern Indian Ocean region as part of ‘Mission Sagar’.
6 YEARS AGO
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Limited is participating in Poland's "Ottokar-Brzoza" tender (formerly known as "Tank Destroyer") in co-production with local Polish Conglomerate PGZ, which is competing, in part, with BWP-1 and KTO ROSOMAK Armored platforms.
6 YEARS AGO
A wreath laying ceremony was organised by Defence Services Staff College, Wellington on Saturday at Parsi Zoroastrian Cemetery, Udhagamandalam to commemorate the 12th death anniversary of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw.
6 YEARS AGO
India and Germany have held virtual Foreign Secretary level consultations.
6 YEARS AGO
Airbus on Thursday said it has appointed Rémi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, effective September 1.
6 YEARS AGO
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) held at Air Force Academy, Dundigal on Saturday.
6 YEARS AGO
INS Jalashwa, deployed by the Indian Navy for “Operation Samudra Setu", entered Tuticorin harbour with 700 Indian nationals evacuated from Male, Maldvies on Sunday.
6 YEARS AGO
The Union Ministry of Defence will introduce new chapters on post-contract management and procurement of ICT software and systems.
6 YEARS AGO
AK Srivastava on Monday assumed charge as Director (Defence Business) and nominated as member of the Board of Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) BEML.
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The government has appointed Periasamy Kumaran as India's High Commissioner to Singapore.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Naval Ship Kesari on Saturday reached Port Louis in Mauritius, the second destination under Mission Sagar initiative.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna based at Kochi under the Southern Naval Command, successfully completed her anti-piracy deployment in the Gulf of Aden and entered Kochi on May 21.
6 YEARS AGO
In the wake of cyclone Amphan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed its 56 Heavy and Medium Lift assets comprising of 25 fixed-wing aircraft and 31 helicopters to undertake relief operations in the eastern parts of the country.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian foreign policy will be in tandem with domestic polices to support Indian industries to convert the country into low cost manufacturing destination of the world, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Wednesday.
6 YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call on Friday with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte and conveyed his condolences for the loss of lives in Italy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 YEARS AGO
In keeping with his initiative of forging cooperation and helping international community to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken with his counterpart from Portugal Antonio Costa on phone.
6 YEARS AGO
Proactive measures are being taken by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to complete the work on strategic Atal Tunnel in the Pir Panjal ranges of Himachal Pradesh, which is at the crucial stage of construction.
6 YEARS AGO
In an effort to establish better coordination between the returnees from abroad and the state governments, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday deployed 17 officials as part of major repatriation exercise, code named “Vande Bharat Mission.
6 YEARS AGO
Rich tributes were on Tuesday paid to Col Ashutosh Sharma, who was martryred in an encounter with terrorists in 12-hour-long encounter at Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Army’s Western Army Commander Lt Gen RP Singh on Tuesday visited Yol Cantt and Palampur military station to review the operational readiness and COVID-19 pandemic situation.
6 YEARS AGO
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Ultra Violet (UV) Disinfection Tower for rapid and chemical free disinfection of high infection prone areas.
6 YEARS AGO
Lieutenant General Raj ShIukla has assumed command of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) on May 1.
6 YEARS AGO
India and Thailand have agreed on the desirability of greater collaboration between researchers, scientists and innovators of the two countries.
6 YEARS AGO
In keeping with his initiative of forging cooperation and helping international community to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with his counterpart from Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on phone.
6 YEARS AGO
The government on Wednesday appointed senior diplomat T S Tirumurti as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Currently, he is serving as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
6 YEARS AGO
In keeping with his initiative of forging cooperation and helping international community to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with his counterpart from Canada Justin Trudeau on phone.
6 YEARS AGO
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic all over the globe, India on Tuesday assured Indonesia of doing its best to prevent disruption in supplies of medical products and other commodities.
6 YEARS AGO
Assuring India of deeply committed to friendly relations, the Kuwati Government on Monday said they do not support any interference in the internal affairs of India.
6 YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with his counterpart from Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and exchanged views on the health and economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 YEARS AGO
Two Chinese companies that are manufacturing the Covid-19 rapid antibody test kits have expressed shock and surprise after the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) halted surveillance testing for two days.
6 YEARS AGO
Appreciating the armed forces for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also asked them to ensure their operational preparedness so that the adversary could not exploit the current situation.
6 YEARS AGO
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke to his counterparts from US, Russia and Brazil and discussed the novel coronavirus pandemic and ways to increase cooperation in fighting this menace.
6 YEARS AGO
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday unveiled a Mobile Virology Research and Diagnostics Laboratory (MVRDL) via video conference. The Lab has been developed by DRDO in association with Hyderabad-based ESIC Hospital and Private industry.
6 YEARS AGO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar on Wednesday discussed the current situation arises due to COVID-19 pandemic and the steps being taken by both countries to control its health and economic impact.
6 YEARS AGO
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and opened a new permanent bridge on the river Ravi connecting Kasowal enclave in Punjab along the Pakistan border to the rest of the country much ahead of its schedule.
6 YEARS AGO
India and South Korean medical devices maker Humasis Limited have signed an agreement for supply of 5 lakh COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
6 YEARS AGO
Leading private sector air carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday operated its first freighter flight to Myanmar, carrying medical supplies. On its return leg, the aircraft will carry medical equipment from Myanmar to Delhi.
6 YEARS AGO
Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched the COVID India Seva twitter handle, aiming to provide an interactive platform to establish a direct channel of communication with millions of Indians amid the pandemic.
6 YEARS AGO
Amid nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) has constructed a strategic Daporijo bridge over the Subansiri River in record time at Daporijo town in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Naval Hospital Patanjali at Karwar has been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, by treating the patients from the Uttara Kannada district.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday visited Kashmir and reviewed the prevailing security situation in the valley. He is on a 2-day visit to Kashmir.
6 YEARS AGO
Amidst the nationwide lockdown and in an effort to meet Army’s operational requirements at the northern and the eastern command, two special military trains will run this week.
6 YEARS AGO
As part of its continued fight against Covid-19, state-owned plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has produced and handed over over 300 Aerosol boxes to various state governments, including Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala to be used in hospitals.
6 YEARS AGO
An Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Cheetah chopper on Thursday made an emergency landing on the outer Ring Road Highway.
6 YEARS AGO
India on Tuesday assured Palestine of all possible support in fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discussed the COVID-19 situation and steps being taken towards dealing with the global pandemic.
6 YEARS AGO
Condemning the deliberate attack and firing on Indian fishermen by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) vessel on April 12, India on Tuesday called it a contravention of all international established norms and practices.
6 YEARS AGO
Reaching out to those in need during the Covid-19 crisis, Indian Navy’s Naval Air Station (NAS) Utkrosh and Material Organisation (Port Blair) carried out food distribution here.
6 YEARS AGO
Indian Navy’s in-house designed and manufactured ‘Portable Mutlifeed Oxygen Manifold’ by Visakhapatnam-based Naval Dockyard was handed over to local administration.
6 YEARS AGO
The 425-km Srinagar-Leh national highway, considered as the lifeline of the Union Territory of Ladakh, was reopened on Saturday to carry essential commodities after remaining closed for more than four months owing to heavy snowfall along the Zojila Pass.
6 YEARS AGO
In a bid to further strengthen the neighbourhood policy, a team of 15 Indian doctors and health-care professionals reached Kuwait on Saturday to supplement the efforts of the Kuwait government in the collective fight against global Covid-19 pandemic.
6 YEARS AGO
Around 2000 National Cadet Corps (NCC) have been employed in 12 states and union territories and 50,000 cadets have so far volunteered to contribute in ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’ in fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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