Gen Upendra Dwivedi superannuated on June 30, 2026. (Photo: Indian Army) New Delhi: General Upendra Dwivedi retired as chief of the Army staff on Tuesday, leaving behind a number that has become shorthand for his tenure – 50,000 drones. Ad...
India-Nepal border. (File photo)For most of the modern era, the Himalayas have served as India's natural northern rampart. But mountains do not defend themselves, and the 1,751-kilometre open border India shares with Nepal means that Kathmandu...
New Delhi: The Indian Army has formally decided to raise specialised drone battalions named “Baaz” – the Hindi word for hawk – under the Army Aviation Corps. It is considered as a move that marks one of the more substanti...
Indian Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi interacts with troops during an exercise. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday debunked media reports claiming that troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had encroached in...
Two Palestinian women in Gaza mourn their children who were killed in an Israeli airstrike. (Photo via X)New Delhi: A UN independent commission of inquiry has concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian ch...
Representational image (Photo: X/@AmitShah) New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has suspended a senior officer of deputy inspector general (DIG)-rank and transferred approximately 20 others in what critics are calling a punitive r...
New Delhi: The European Union has awarded 75 Indian students the two years-long Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) scholarships for the 2026-2028 academic cycle, cementing India’s position as the top recipient of these scholarships sinc...
Vaishali district magistrate Varsha Singh (Photo: special arrangement)Vaishali district magistrate Varsha Singh has launched an initiative that brings career counseling and mentorship directly to students in rural Bihar, many of whom have big aspirat...
PNS Hangor makes port call in Malaysia (Photo: Malaysian Navy)In fiscal year 2024, the World Bank estimated that Pakistan’s poverty rate had reached 40.5 per cent, measured at $3.65 per person per day in 2017 purchasing power parity terms, with...