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Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker: Bishop Westcott schoolboy who became a 1971 war hero
Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker.On a December morning in 1971, four Hawker Hunters of the Indian Air Force’s 20 Squadron thundered 120 kilometres into Pakistani territory to strike an airbase most commanders would have judged beyond safe r...
Who is Mahesh Dixit? New Intelligence Bureau chief replaces Tapan Kumar Deka
Mahesh Dixit (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared the appointment of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit as the next director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s premier domes...
India seeks more S-400 air-defence systems, Russia confirms negotiations
An S-400 battery.New Delhi: India and Russia are in active negotiations for the purchase of an additional batch of S-400 “Triumf” (rechristened “Sudarshan Chakra” in India) long-range air-defence systems, Moscow confirmed on T...
Armour Day: Steel, spirit and the making of India’s Armoured Corps
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
Exercise Brahmastra: Indian army fires Hellfire missiles from Apache helicopters for first time at Pokhran field drill
Apache helicopter fires Hellfire missile at Pokhran, Rajasthan (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian army has, for the first time, put its Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters through live field firing during exercise Brahmastra at the Pokhran...
Spurred by lessons from Operation Sindoor, India plans its first dedicated drone airbase at Meerut
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) at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. This is seen as a move that ref...
Unfenced Borders: Why prioritize jurisdiction over infrastructure?
BSF troops patrol along a border fence between India and Bangladesh in West Bengal. (File photo)The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, made a calculated intervention during a state assembly discussion on the governor’s address on F...
Wing Commander Namansh Syal, pilot who died in Dubai Tejas LCA crash, cremated with full military honours in Himachal Pradesh
Wing Commander Namansh Syal. New Delhi: Wing Commander Namansh Syal, the Indian Air Force pilot killed when his Tejas fighter aircraft crashed during an aerobatic display at the Dubai Air Show, was cremated with full military honours, on Su...
From Valour to Theatre: India’s military symbols under political siege
A political poster of Narendra Modi in an IAF flying overall.As a veteran military officer who has witnessed three consecutive generations of military tradition, I write with profound concern about two disturbing developments that threaten the instit...
Operation Sindoor: How BSF’s ‘offensive defence’ thwarted Pakistan’s designs
Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo: X/@BSF_Rajasthan)The Border Security Force (BSF), India’s first line of defence, shoulders the responsibility of guarding approximately 190 kilometres of int...Results
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