SMPP-made bulletproof jackets (Photo via X)New Delhi: SMPP, an indigenous designer, developer and manufacturer of defence equipment, bagged order worth ₹300 crore from Indian Army for supply of bulletproof jackets and advanced ballistic he...
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...
Agniveers Passing Out Parade at Assam Regimental Centre in Shillong (Photo: Spear Corps)New Delhi: The Indian Army has commenced the third assessment phase for the inaugural batch of Agniveers, who were inducted in January 2023, as part of a comprehe...
Rajnath Singh at SCO Summit in China (Photo: MoD)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, refused to sign a joint statement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, China. It has been learned ...
New Delhi: The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited has secured a substantial export contract worth ₹600 crore from German arms giant Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH. This marks a significant breakthrough for India’s private...
The joint insignia of the Indian armed forces. (File photo)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday authorized the chief of defence staff and secretary, Department of Military Affairs, to issue “Joint Instructions and Joint Or...
Indian Army to procure 4.25 lakh 5.56*45-mm CQB carbines (Photo: DRDO)New Delhi: Bharat Forge, a subsidiary of Kalyani Strategic Systems, has emerged as the lowest bidder in the Indian Army’s tender for over 4 lakh close-quarter battle (CQB) ca...
The three Iranian nuclear sites that the US bombed.New Delhi: The United States launched its most significant military operation against Iran since 1979 in the early hours of Sunday (Iran time), deploying seven B-2 stealth bombers to target three cri...
The crest of Tamal.New Delhi: The Indian Navy will commission its latest stealth multi-role frigate on July 1 at Kaliningrad in Russia, christened as “Tamal”, which is the eighth ship in the series of Krivak-class frigates inducted from R...