The Kyiv city centre. (Photo: Glib Albovsky/Unsplash) In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram a...
BSF women mountaineers after completing historic Everest bid. (Photo: BSF)New Delhi: Four women constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) reached the summit of Mount Everest at 8am on Wednesday, completing the paramilitary force’s first all...
Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani meets soldiers (File photo)New Delhi: The government has appointed Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani as the next chief of defence staff (CDS), filling the country’s most senior military post as the incumbent, Ge...
Indian Army soldiers on tanks during a Army Day parade in New Delhi. (File photo)Every year on May 1, the Indian Army observes Armour Day – a commemoration of its Armoured Corps that is equal parts history, pride, and resolve. The date marks th...
Holy Relics of Tathagata Buddha (Photo: IBC) By Dr. Portia B. Conrad Every year, on the full moon of Vaishakha, Buddhists across the world stop. Lamps are lit. Monasteries fill with chanting. This year the day carries something extra - the ...
Representational image (Photo: X)New Delhi: To bolster protected mobility in challenging terrains, the Indian Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on April 30 for 159 bullet-proof troop carriers (BPTCs).These 4x4, right-hand-drive vehicles...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for 83 tracked platforms purpose-built to carry the Akashteer air-defence command-and-reporting system into mechanized combat zones, addressing a capability gap that became pa...
Advanced armoured vehicle manufactured by Tata (Photo: TASL)Mumbai: Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Bharat Forge, in partnership with the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), has fast-tracked the development of next-g...
Chennai: A Chennai-based drone manufacturer, ZUPPA Geo Navigation Technologies, has supplied over 500 indigenously built unmanned aerial vehicles to the Indian Army over the past three months. The company described it as a milestone for domestically ...