File photo of an Agni-5 missile being test-fired.New Delhi: India’s nuclear posture appears to have entered a new phase, with a small number of warheads now assessed to be deployed in peacetime for the first time, according to the Stockholm Int...
A satellite view of INS Baaz at Campbell Bay, Nicobar Island. (Google Earth)New Delhi: After nearly five years of inconclusive feasibility studies, the government has formally abandoned its long-pending proposal to expand INS Baaz, the Indian Navy ai...
A Gorkha Rifles contingent marching on an Independence Day in New Delhi. (File photo)New Delhi: Nepal’s visiting foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has said that if India wishes to resume talks on Nepal’s suspension of Gorkha recruitment in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper (Photo: X/YvetteCooperMP)New Delhi: UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concluded his visit to China and India Friday, prioritizing rebuilding ties that had grown strained under the ...
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, ...
People seen protesting against the Pakistani government in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan. (Representative photo via Facebook)New Delhi: India on Friday lodged a sharp diplomatic protest against Pakistan’s decision to hold assembly election in Gilgit...
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 ...