Beijing’s official language on CPEC is one of permanence – “all-weather,” “iron-clad,” unshakeable by attack. That’s messaging for a domestic and diplomatic audience; it isn’t what moves capital. Chines...
Gen Dhiraj Seth. (Photo: Indian Army)New Delhi: General Dhiraj Seth took over as the 31st chief of the Army staff on June 30, inheriting an institution in the middle of its most sweeping reorganization in decades. His in-tray blends structural upheav...
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 &...
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...
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Navy Chief Admiral K Swaminathan (L) during commissioning of three vessels (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi/Kolkata: In only the second such ceremony in recent years, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Sunday c...
MT Liaki Freedom. (Yvon Perchoc photo via Shipspotting.com)New Delhi: A suspected US missile strike on the Marshall Islands-flagged oil and chemical tanker MT Liaki Freedom late on Friday night killed four Indian crew members, according to a person w...