An ECHS polyclinic in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. (Representative photo via ECHS website.)When the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) was launched on April 1, 2003, it represented a beacon of hope for the Indian armed forces’ veterans. ...
Harpreet Singh (C) held by an FBI and a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Sacramento, California. (Photo: FBI)New Delhi: The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation in Sacramento, California has arrested Harpreet Singh, a...
An Indian Air Force C-130 J Hercules transport aircraft. (Photo: IAF)New Delhi: The Indian Air Force’s C-130J Hercules and C-17 transport aircraft carrying humanitarian aid supplies to earthquake-hit Myanmar faced “GPS spoofing”, ac...
Naib Subedar Shambhu Kumar with didgerido (PC: Special arrangement) Lucknow: A serving Indian Army personnel, Naib Subedar Shambhu Kumar, has listed himself in the Guinness world records in the category of the longest sustained note on a didgeri...
Indian and Bangladeshi troops at Tripura’s Agartala-Akhaura border during a joint commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas. (Photo: MEA) India’s northeastern states – Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram – s...
Indian Army troops and artillery guns and an Indian Air Force Rafale fighter are seen during Exercise Trishakti Prahar held in the Siliguri Corridor, in January 2023. (File photo)Recent developments in Bangladesh-China relations have set off alarm be...
Members of Sewa International in quake-hit MyanmarNew Delhi: In the wake of the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar and neighboring regions on March 28 and in sync with the government’s “Neighbourhood First” policy...
Indian Army’s Para Special Forces commandos during a recent encounter with militants in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir. (Viral photo via X)Jammu & Kashmir continues to grapple with both cross-border- and locally sponsored militancy. This secur...
Indian Army soldiers during the hunt for the militants in Kathua. (Photo: X) Jammu/Udhampur/Srinagar/New Delhi: A fierce encounter between security forces and militants has gripped the Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir over the past week, w...
Muhammad Yunus (L) with the Chinese president, X Jinping, in Beijing. (Photo: X/Kanthan2030) New Delhi: Bangladesh’s interim government chief advisor, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has stirred a diplomatic row with India following remarks made...