An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI test-firing an Astra BVRAAM in 2019. (File photo)New Delhi: India’s defence capabilities received a significant boost on Friday, as the indigenous Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) successfully demonstrat...
The 14th Dalai Lama. (Photo: The Office of the Dalai Lama, Dharamshala)As Buddhists worldwide celebrated the 90th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, on July 6, a familiar yet increasingly urgent dispu...
User trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket conducted from INS Kavaratti (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has successfully completed user trials of the extended-range anti-submarine rocket (ERASR), the Ministry of Defence said in a rel...
An Indian Air Force Rafale fighter aircraft. (File photo)New Delhi: Chinese diplomatic missions across the globe orchestrated a comprehensive disinformation campaign to damage the international reputation of French-made Rafale fighter jets following ...
Lt Gen Rahul R Singh.New Delhi: India’s four-day military operation in May revealed the emergence of a complex adversarial alliance, with China providing real-time intelligence support to Pakistan while Turkey supplied advanced drone technology...
File photo of the defence minister, Rajnath Singh.New Delhi: The defence minister-headed Defence Acquisition Council has approved 10 major capital acquisition proposals worth approximately ₹1.05 lakh crore, marking the country’s most sign...
Troops of Indian Army and French Army during Exercise Shakti (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: The militaries of India and France have concluded their two-week bilateral exercise Shakti – VIII at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie in France, aim...
Ali Khamenei (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu.The dust has barely settled on the Middle East’s latest conflagration, yet the contours of a strategic paradox are already emerging. Israel’s audacious Operation Rising Lion, launched on June 13, 20...
Abdul Rehman gazed at his sole remaining goat, whose ribs protruded beneath matted fur. For months, the 52-year-old farmer from Kargil had seen his 50-strong herd of goats whittle down to a mere 20. "I didn't know what to do," he s...
Asim Munir’s official portrait when he became the Pakistani army chief in 2022. (Photo: ISPR/Handout)The elevation of Pakistan’s chief of army staff, General Asim Munir, to the rank of field marshal by the Shehbaz Sharif government was ne...