The Australian Defence Force’s flagship regional engagement activity, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, will see two ships, embarked helicopters, and around 1,500 personnel visit Vishakhapatnam, India from October 30 to November 2 (IPE22). Read More

US Department of Defense (Pentagon) on Thursday released its National Defense Strategy 2022 and stated that the Biden administration will advance its "major defense partnership” with India to enhance its ability to deter People’s Republic China’s aggression. Read More

India’s foreign minister will travel to Russia to meet with his counterpart on November 8. Moscow said the discussions would centre on bilateral relations and international developments. This comes at time in the ongoing Ukraine war when Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of using nuclear weapons. Read More

Days after Rishi Sunak took over charge as UK’s prime ministership, Indian PM Narendra Modi on Thursday dialled him and spoke about enhancing India-UK ties. Read More

The Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, had a telephonic meeting with his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, to discuss bilateral defence ties and ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Shoigu also apprised Singh of Moscow’s perception that Kyiv might use a “dirty bomb” in the war. Read More

In the wake of fast changing environment in Ukraine amidst ongoing tussle between Kyiv and Moscow, the Indian embassy in Ukraine has asked its nationals to leave the country “immediately”. Read More

The ministry of external affairs on Monday reiterated that the government is in regular touch with its Kenyan counterpart to locate the two missing Indian nationals ---Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan. Read More

A 20-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow became the British H high commissioner to India for a day. She assumed the charge as UK’s top diplomat in India on September 23. Read More

Defending India’s procurement of weaponry systems from Russia, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday lambasted at the West for supplying military equipment to the Pakistani military for decades and not to India. Read More

Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar visited New Zealand from September 1-October 1 and discussed the ways to expand the scale and scope of bilateral engagements in the coming years with his counterpart from New Zealand Rear Admiral David Proctor. Read More