Map of study area showing the extent of the Cholistan desert, major builtup areas of the region, and network of Punjab irrigation main canals. (Image: ResearchGate/Javed Iqbal)Long before the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and India’s subsequent ...
INS Sharda in the Maldives (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The Indian Navy and the Maldivian National Defence Force (MNDF) have begun a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise on May 5 at Maafilaafushi Atoll. Indian Navy&rsquo...
[This is an excerpt from Pushpa Kurup’s book “Malabar, Mysore and A Tale of Two Sultans” with permission from BluOne Ink, the book’s publisher.]Written in secrecy and concealed from view, this mystifying compilation was discov...
Sacked CRPF constable Munir Ahmed with his Pakistani wife (Photo via X)New Delhi: Citing his conduct is detrimental to India’s national security, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has terminated the service of Munir Ahmed – a consta...
Security forces during a search operation to hunt the Pahalgam terrorists. (Photo via X)New Delhi: In the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed 28 lives on April 22, 2025, Indian security forces have launched multiple counterte...
New Delhi: Global military expenditure reached an unprecedented high of $2.72 trillion in 2024, marking the 10th consecutive year of increase and the steepest year-on-year rise since 1988, according to a new report[pdf] by the Stockholm Internat...
A French Navy Rafale (Marine). (Photo: French Navy)New Delhi: India and France on Monday signed an inter-governmental agreement worth ₹63,000 crore (approximately $7.4 billion) to procure 26 Rafale (Marine) fighter jets, marking a significant u...
Indira Gandhi (seated right) signing the Shimla Agreement with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, on July 2, 1972.New Delhi: The suspension of the 1972 Shimla Agreement by Pakistan as a countermeasure for India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty following the terr...
The Indus river flowing through a part of Ladakh. (Photo via Facebook)New Delhi: On April 23, India made the watershed decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan – a direct response to the devastating terrorist attack in so...
The scramjet engine being tested at the DRDL’s Scramjet Connect Test Facility. (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based facility of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DR...