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INS Vikrant New Delhi: Three years of real-world conflict – the Israel-Hamas war, Israel & US-Iran war, Houthi strikes on commercial shipping, China’s naval build-up &n…
Johnnette Technologies’ JM-1 Loitering munitions (File photo) Pune: Noida-based manufacturer of unmanned combat systems – Johnnette Technologies Private Limited has signed …
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)In March 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Union home ministry) declared what few had once thought possible: the era…
An Indian Army tank and a BMP during a drill in Jammu. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army is set to bring its Mechanized Infantry Regiment and Armoured Corps under a single directorate …
File photo of Indian troops under Unifil mission in south Lebanon near Israel border.New Delhi: The number of troops and other personnel deployed on international peacekeeping missions has …
New Delhi: The chief of the air staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, is expected to fly with the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) on Tuesday, a symbolic gesture marking three decades…
There is a particular kind of infrastructure that only reveals its true value when things go wrong. It sits quietly, doing its job, attracting none of the attention that crises generate and…
Marco Rubio (L) with Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on May 23, 2026. (Photo: X/@SecRubio)New Delhi: The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arrived in India on Saturday on a high-stakes visit …
The selfie taken by Maj Gen Sachin Mehta (L) soon after the chopper crash. (Photo via X)New Delhi: A single-engine Cheetah helicopter carrying three Indian Army officers crashed, on Wednesd…
The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded …
The Agni-1 missile that was test-fired, on May 22, 2026.New Delhi: India successfully test-fired the Agni-1 (also spelled Agni I), a surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile, from t…
False accusations of blasphemy and “anti-national” activity are no longer spontaneous eruptions of street anger; they are being organised and deployed through social media to pr…
