A Mahindra armoured specialist vehicle for representational purpose. (Photo: X)New Delhi: The Indian Army has issued a request for information (RFI) to domestic manufacturers for a mortar specialist vehicle (MSV) – a wheeled, crew-operated plat...
Sub Lieutenant Astha Tyagi (L) and Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi (3R) with their parents. (Photo: Facebook/Doon Defence Academy)New Delhi: When Sub Lieutenant Akanksha Tyagi passed out of the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, last week, ...
New Delhi: On World Environment Day, Penguin Random House released a book that is part memoir, part conservation chronicle – ‘Ghosts on Peepal Trees’, written by the veteran environmentalist widely known as ‘Peepal Baba’...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. (Photo: IDS)New Delhi: The government has appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit the next vice-chief of the air staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, placing one of the service’s most experienced fighter pilots and sen...
Delcy Rodríguez (L) and Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on June 4, 2026. (Photo: MEA)New Delhi: Venezuela’s executive vice-president and acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, held talks with the prime minister, Narendra ...
U Min Aung Hlaing (L) with Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on June 1, 2026. (Photo: MEA) New Delhi: Myanmar’s president, U Min Aung Hlaing, assured the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday that Naypyidaw would not permit I...
A BrahMos missile. (Photo: IMDS/Public Domain) New Delhi: The defence secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, confirmed on Saturday that a deal to supply BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Vietnam has already been signed, while negotiations with Indon...
Gen Anil Chauhan.New Delhi: After more than four decades in uniform, the chief of defence staff, General Anil Chauhan, hung up his boots on Saturday. This brings to a close one of the most consequential tenures in India’s higher defence establi...