The oil tanker Settebello. (Photo: X/@vishnumathur)New Delhi: A Palau-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members on board was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, triggering an engine-room fire and leaving three Indians missing. ...
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...
New Delhi: The defence ministry is considering invoking contractual penalty clauses against state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over its failure to deliver a single Tejas Mk1A fighter jet to the Indian Air Force (IAF), more than two years...
Chinese Dongfeng-5C ICBMs displayed during Victory Day parade in Beijing, on September 3, 2025.New Delhi: The world’s nine nuclear-armed states collectively possessed an estimated 12,187 warheads as of January 2026, of which approximately 9,745...
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...
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...