India confronts Pakistan as a hostile adversary along its 3,323-kilometre western front. This frontier encompasses various states as security stakeholders, bearing the brunt of cross-border terrorism and drug-induced social upheaval. These states inc...
Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar (October 29, 1962 – October 16, 2024)Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, the charismatic yet controversial leader of Hamas, was killed while fighting Israeli forces in Gaza. His death in combat dropped the curtains on a tum...
Yahya Sinwar. (Photo via X)New Delhi: The Israeli Defence Forces announced the killing of Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza and a mastermind of the October 7, 2023, military raid on Israel, which resulted in over 1,200 deaths. ...
Silhouette of a statue of a soldier at the Walong War Memorial in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district. (Photo: Wikipedia/Palash Datta)The Battle of Walong is one of the lesser-known yet significant episodes of the 1962 India-China. Fought betwee...
S Jaishankar (2R) along with representatives of SCO members for the Islamabad summit. (Photo: X/DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, participated in a series of formal events on the main day of the SCO Summit in the Paki...
Dikson, a Mudyug-class Russian diesel-powered icebreaker. (Photo via Creative Commons)New Delhi: Russia is exploring opportunities to collaborate with Indian shipyards for the construction of four non-nuclear icebreaking ships, intended for its state...
Justin Trudeau. (File photo)New Delhi: Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that his country has taken decisive action against the Indian government following an investigation into the murder of Canadian citizen and pro-Khali...
Narendra Modi (R) with Justin Trudeau during their brief meeting in Laos.New Delhi: The diplomatic stand-off between India and Canada has escalated after Canada named India’s high commissioner to Ottawa, Sanjay Kumar Verma, as a “person o...
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security, chaired by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has sanctioned two crucial defence acquisitions on Wednesday, which are aimed at substantially enhancing the country’s military capabilities. The CCS ap...
An MK-54 Torpedo. Seen in the background is a US Navy P-8 Poseidon. New Delhi: The United States state department has approved the potential sale of 53 MK-54 lightweight torpedoes to India. The torpedoes are intended to enhance the capabilities ...