India arms exports cross ₹38,000 crore for first time
New Delhi: India's defence exports have touched an all-time high of ₹38,424 crore in FY 2025–26, surpassing last year's figure of ₹23,622 crore by a record margin of ₹14,802 crore -- a …
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MoD hits 100% capital budget utilization for FY 2025-26
New Delhi: In a major financial milestone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fully utilized its ₹1.86 lakh crore capital outlay for the country’s armed forces in the financial year 2025…
MoD inks ₹1,950 crore deal with BEL for mountain radars for IAF
MoD and BEL officials during the signing of the radar deal. (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth approximately ₹1,950 crore with Bharat Electronics Lim…
DAC clears ₹2.38 lakh crore in military procurement proposals
The Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday approved a fresh round of procurement proposals worth approxima…
India mandates security tests for drones bought by armed forces
Indian Army soldiers during a drill with drones. (File photo for representation)New Delhi: In a major step toward securing its military drone ecosystem, India has finalized a comprehens…
Supreme Court orders full pension for women SSC officers
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has ruled that women officers who were denied permanent commission in the country’s arm…
‘Project Himank’: BRO starts clearing snow on Leh-Manali highway
BRO’s snow-clearance operation in Leh (Photo: BRO)Leh: The Border Roads Organisation’s Project Himank has started snow-clearance operations on National Highway-3, the strategic Leh-Mana…
Army, Navy in drone-procurement drives to plug air-defence gaps
A unit of the Indian Army’s Akashteer air-defence system. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: The Indian Army and the Indian Navy have separately issued requests for information …
Op Sindoor lesson: India plans its first dedicated drone airbase in UP
DRDO’s Ghatak stealth UAV. (Creative Commons photo for representation.)New Delhi: India is building its first runway designed exclusively for drones and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) …
DAC greenlights proposals to acquire 114 Rafale fighters, 6 P-8I aircraft
The Rafale deal will be the largest single defence procurement in India’s history, if taken to fruition. (File photo)New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council has cleared one of the la…
Future warfare course kicks off in New Delhi
New Delhi: In collaboration with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), the tri-services have commenced the third edition of the Future Warfare Course at the Manekshaw Centre, …
Republic Day: India mates military doctrine with European diplomacy
Shaktiban and Divyastra systems on Kartavya Path during the Republic Day parade.New Delhi: India’s 77th Republic Day celebrations on Monday, January 26, marked a deliberate institutiona…