An artist’s impression of the Nisar satellite orbiting Earth. (Image: Nasa) New Delhi: The groundbreaking Nisar (Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Srihar...
Nimisha Priya.New Delhi: The fate of Nimisha Priya, a 38-year-old Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen, remains shrouded in uncertainty after conflicting claims about her sentence status created diplomatic confusion between Indian religious leaders and...
Lt Gen Sagat Singh.Today, on July 14, India is commemorating the birth anniversary of one of its most formidable military leaders: Lieutenant General Sagat Singh Rathore, PVSM. A man of unyielding resolve, exceptional operational genius, and quiet di...
Two BSF troopers manning a mortar position near the international border in Jammu. (File photo)A recent scroll through X (formerly Twitter) left me profoundly troubled. Post after post revealed a disturbing ignorance about one of India’s most c...
Akash Rao Girepunje.Raipur: An additional superintendent of Chhattisgarh Police, Akash Rao Girepunje, was killed and two other officers were injured in a Maoist IED (improvised explosive device) attack in Sukma district, on Monday. This came as a sho...
Indian Army personnel presenting a memento to Col Virender Thapar (R) and his wife, parents of Kargil hero Capt Vijayant Thapar, in Noida. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: The Indian Army has initiated a first-of-its-kind outreach programme to honour t...
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. (Photo: X/@FollowCII)New Delhi: In an extraordinary public criticism of India’s defence-manufacturing ecosystem, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has delivered his most scathing assessment yet of persistent...
Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited has accomplished 100% indigenization of MBT Arjun engines. (File photo)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, has approved Miniratna “Category I” status for three defence public sector undertakings...
Lt Shashank Tiwari. (Photo: Indian Army) Kalimpong: Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari, a 23-year-old Indian Army officer, died while saving a fellow soldier’s life during a routine military operation in the challenging terrain of North Sikkim dis...