PNS Hangor makes port call in Malaysia (Photo: Malaysian Navy)In fiscal year 2024, the World Bank estimated that Pakistan’s poverty rate had reached 40.5 per cent, measured at $3.65 per person per day in 2017 purchasing power parity terms, with...
Representational imageMajor military projects typically generate public debate. What makes Gwadar’s naval base planning so striking is the absence of any such discussion. Official planning documents reportedly name a foreign navy as a prospecti...
Rajnath Singh along with DRDO scientists at DRDL, Hyderabad (Photo: MoD) Hyderabad: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated an Advanced Weapon System Complex at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a part o...
File photo of an Agni-5 missile being test-fired.New Delhi: India’s nuclear posture appears to have entered a new phase, with a small number of warheads now assessed to be deployed in peacetime for the first time, according to the Stockholm Int...
L&T-built K9 Vajra howitzer. (File photo) New Delhi: The Indian Army is preparing to make one of its biggest artillery acquisitions in recent memory, moving a proposal to procure more than 300 additional K9 Vajra self-propelled ho...
New Delhi: The defence ministry is considering invoking contractual penalty clauses against state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over its failure to deliver a single Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), more than two years...
Chinese Dongfeng-5C ICBMs displayed during Victory Day parade in Beijing, on September 3, 2025.New Delhi: The world’s nine nuclear-armed states collectively possessed an estimated 12,187 warheads as of January 2026, of which approximately 9,745...
People seen protesting against the Pakistani government in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan. (Representative photo via Facebook)New Delhi: India on Friday lodged a sharp diplomatic protest against Pakistan’s decision to hold assembly election in Gilgit...