MV Leo. (Photo: X/@NEXTA)New Delhi: India has strongly condemned a Russian missile strike on a merchant vessel departing Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa that killed four Indian seafarers, calling the attack on commercial shipping “deplo...
Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker.On a December morning in 1971, four Hawker Hunters of the Indian Air Force’s 20 Squadron thundered 120 kilometres into Pakistani territory to strike an airbase most commanders would have judged beyond safe r...
Jean-Brice Dumont. (Photo: Airbus)New Delhi: MBDA, Europe’s largest missile manufacturer, has appointed Jean-Brice Dumont, a senior Airbus executive, as its next chief executive officer, with effect from November 1, 2026. Dumont will succe...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with senior Indian Navy personnel. (Photo: MoD)New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: Defence minister, Rajnath Singh, said India remains the primary guarantor of peace and stability in the Indian Ocean Region, praising th...
Sixth Nilgiri-class stealth frigate -- Mahendragiri. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy will commission Mahendragiri, the sixth Nilgiri-class stealth frigate built under the indigenous Project 17A programme, into its Eastern...
Commander Oliver Vanek joins IFC-IOR as German ILO. (Photo: IFC-IOR)New Delhi: Germany has stationed its first international liaison officer at the Indian Navy’s Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in Gurugram, ...
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese (L) and Indian PM Narendra Modi (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: India and Australia have agreed to deepen and broaden their defence and security relationship, signing a fresh joint declaration in Melbourne that both ...
New Delhi: The Indian Army has initiated a fresh procurement programme aimed at enhancing the combat capabilities of its frontline infantry formations, issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of 450 Carl Gustaf Mk-I...