An Adani Defence drone on display at Umroi where the Exercise Pragati 2026 was held. (Photo: Adani Group)Shillong/New Delhi: India’s first multilateral military exercise, Pragati 2026, did more than test battlefield interoperability among 13 na...
Gen NS Raja Subramani. (Photo: HQ IDS) New Delhi: General NS Raja Subramani, a former Indian Army commander, formally assumed charge as India’s third chief of defence staff (CDS) on Sunday, succeeding General Anil Chauhan, who retired afte...
COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi inspecting the guard of honour during the NDA 150th Course’s passing-out-parade ceremony at the Khetarpal Parade Ground in the institution. (Photo: HQ IDS)Khadakwasla, Pune: The National Defence Academy’s 150th Co...
Indian Navy's new vice-chief Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed charge as the 48th vice-chief of the naval staff on May 29, stepping into one of the Indian Navy’s most senior operation...
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 fallen to its lowest level in at least a quarter century, wit...
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 emergency aid attracts. Then the crisis comes – the re...
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 Wednesday, in the high-altitude terrain of Tangtse, in eastern Ladak...
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 a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...