New Delhi: India and Japan on Thursday expanded their Special Strategic and Global Partnership in a major way after signing a series of agreements spanning artificial intelligence, defence, economic security, energy resilience and critical technologi...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi (L) in Delhi. (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: India and Japan on Thursday formally inked an agreement for the joint development of the Unified Complex Radio Antenna – or UNICORN &...
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...
The world is watching Europeans jump into rivers to cool off in this extreme heat; as the temperatures soar and social media gets bombarded with content of Parisians lamenting the lack of airconditioning; a more sinister pattern gets ignored. Extreme...
GE F-414 jet engine (Photo: X)Two GE Aerospace engines – two programmes, two separate crises – have placed India’s indigenous fighter aviation ambitions under a degree of stress that is difficult to explain purely by market forces o...
Mahesh Dixit (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has cleared the appointment of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit as the next director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s premier domes...
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 International Maritime Organization has begun a large-scale evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors still stranded in the Persian Gulf, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran that ended...
New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission two more indigenously built warships – INS Mahendragiri and INS Malvan – next month, pressing ahead with the fastest sustained fleet expansion in its recent history.The stealth frigate ...
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...