File photo of Indian troops under Unifil mission in south Lebanon near Israel border.New Delhi: The number of troops and other personnel deployed on international peacekeeping missions has fallen to its lowest level in at least a quarter century, wit...
An IAF Sukhoi-30MKI. (File photo)New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for proposal to fit all 258 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force with an advanced anti-jamming, anti-spoofing navigation system. This procurement mo...
New Delhi: The chief of the air staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, is expected to fly with the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) on Tuesday, a symbolic gesture marking three decades since the Indian Air Force’s premier display squadron ...
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...
False accusations of blasphemy and “anti-national” activity are no longer spontaneous eruptions of street anger; they are being organised and deployed through social media to prepare the ground for targeted killings of Bangladesh's mi...
NGOPV Sanghmitra launched by Sarita Vatsayan in Kolkata. (Photo: GRSE)Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) on Wednesday launched Sanghamitra, the first next-generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) from its yard, in a ceremony hel...
CDS General Anil Chauhan. (File photo)— By Dhanashree ValunjkarOn May 14 in the wood-panelled hall of the Manekshaw Centre at Delhi Cantonment, General Anil Chauhan, the second chief of defence staff, delivered what may well be remembered as on...
C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft (Photo: Embraer) New Delhi: Leading private sector giant Bharat Forge Limited on Tuesday announced that has forged a long-term contract with Brazil’s Embraer, the world's third-largest ...
Mumbai: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, the chief of integrated defence staff, has said that India's ability to prevail in future conflicts will depend not only on the sophistication of its fighter aircraft or warships but on the strength of its...