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‘Sell More, Befriend More’: India’s defence attachés get a new mandate with increased budget of ₹400 crore
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)New Delhi: India has sharply increased funding for its defence-diplomacy programme, setting aside ₹400 crore for the 2025–26 financial year – a rise of ₹10...
From Gwadar to the Andamans: How China is building the capacity to challenge India at sea
INS Vikrant (File photo)South of the Nicobar Islands, a Chinese survey ship spends weeks mapping the seabed. Officially, it studies marine geology. In practice, it collects bathymetry, salinity layers and acoustic profiles, the exact data a submarine...
General Vishwa Nath Sharma, Army chief who fought four major crises at once, dies at 96
General Vishwa Nath Sharma – June 4, 1930–July 31, 2026 (India Sentinels rendition of an old official photo.)New Delhi: General Vishwa Nath Sharma, the first president’s commissioned officer to rise to command of the Indian Army, ha...
Germany posts first liaison officer at India’s maritime intelligence hub IFC-IOR in Gurugram
Commander Oliver Vanek joins IFC-IOR as German ILO. (Photo: IFC-IOR)New Delhi: Germany has stationed its first international liaison officer at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in Gurugram, ...
Indonesia stations first liaison officer at India’s IFC-IOR as Modi begins Jakarta visit
Lieutenant Commander Felix Dimas Satirawan joins IFC-IOR as first Indonesian liaison officer. (Photo: X/IFC-IOR) New Delhi: Indonesia has, for the first time, stationed a liaison officer at Gurugram-based Information Fusion Centre–Indian O...
Indian Navy eyes indigenous surveillance drones as it extends spotter concept from ships to shore
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has floated a request for information (RFI) for tactical multi-copter surveillance drones meant to bolster security at naval bases and other sensitive installations. It marks the Indian Navy’s first formal mov...
Indian Navy sends P-8I aircraft to Hawaii for Exercise Rimpac 2026
Indian Navy contingent with P8I aircraft. (Photo: Indian Navy PRO)New Delhi: 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 exe...
Hosting PLA (N) ships at Gwadar: Pakistan’s sovereignty bargain with Beijing
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...
Fourth US strike on Indian-crewed tanker in a week: MT Liaki Freedom hit off Oman, four sailors dead
MT Liaki Freedom. (Yvon Perchoc photo via Shipspotting.com)New Delhi: A suspected US missile strike on the Marshall Islands-flagged oil and chemical tanker MT Liaki Freedom late on Friday night killed four Indian crew members, according to a person w...
India calls for unimpeded shipping through Strait of Hormuz as US strikes claim three Indian sailors’ lives
The Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.New Delhi has renewed its demand for safe and unimpeded merchant shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after a third vessel carrying Indian crew came under attack within a week, taking the toll of Indian seafarer deat...Results
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