Newly attested Gorkha Agniveer soldiers pose with senior officers after taking oath. (File photo)New Delhi: In what is seen as a major shift in policy triggered by personnel shortage, the armed forces are mulling to permanently retain 50 per cent of ...
New Delhi: Indian and the United States’ navies conducted their seventh edition Salvage and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise, SALVEX from June 26 June to July 6 at Kochi in Kerala. The two navies have been participating in joint ...
Vice Admiral Atul Anand. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Indian Navy’s Vice Admiral Atul Anand assumed charge of the additional secretary in the department of military affairs. Indian Army’s Lieutenant General Anil Puri held the post previ...
Giridhar Armane. (File photo)New Delhi: The defence secretary, Giridhar Aramane, embarked on a two-day official visit to Myanmar, on Friday. During his visit, he called on the country’s leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is the chairman...
New Delhi: Indian Navy and French Navy conducted a maritime partnership exercise in the Bay of Bengal off the Visakhapatnam, on Friday. From the Indian Navy side, INS Rana, a guided missile destroyer, and INS Sumedha, an indigenously built offshore p...
New Delhi: India and the United States inched closer to an agreement where an US company will set up a base in India to manufacture jet engines together with an Indian company. Moving towards this during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first sta...
Narendra Modi being greeted by Indian Americans after his arrival at New York City, on June 20, 2023. (Photo: PMO India)New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, landed in New York City, on Tuesday, for his maiden state visit in the United States...
INS Kirpan. (Photo via Twitter/@AdithyaKM_) New Delhi: India has gifted INS Kirpan, an indigenously built missile corvette, which was in service with the Indian Navy until now, to Vietnam. The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, announced this afte...
Photo for representation.New Delhi: In one of the most conspicuous moves towards theaterization of the country’s armed forces, the government has given the go-ahead for implementing a common evaluation process for promotion and posting of senio...
A SeaGuardian drone. (Photo: General Atomics) New Delhi: The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, gave its green signal to the armed forces to purchase 31 MQ-9B SeaGuardian, also known as Predator B, drone...