India-Nepal border. (File photo)For most of the modern era, the Himalayas have served as India's natural northern rampart. But mountains do not defend themselves, and the 1,751-kilometre open border India shares with Nepal means that Kathmandu...
New Delhi: The Indian Army has formally decided to raise specialised drone battalions named “Baaz” – the Hindi word for hawk – under the Army Aviation Corps. It is considered as a move that marks one of the more substanti...
The world is watching Europeans jump into rivers to cool off in this extreme heat; as the temperatures soar and social media gets bombarded with content of Parisians lamenting the lack of airconditioning; a more sinister pattern gets ignored. Extreme...
Indian Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi interacts with troops during an exercise. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday debunked media reports claiming that troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had encroached in...
GE F-414 jet engine (Photo: X)Two GE Aerospace engines – two programmes, two separate crises – have placed India’s indigenous fighter aviation ambitions under a degree of stress that is difficult to explain purely by market forces o...
Netra AEW&C. (Screenshot from IAF video.)New Delhi/Bengaluru: India’s indigenous airborne early warning programme reached a definitive milestone on Wednesday when the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) formally handed...
Representational image (Photo: X/@AmitShah) New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has suspended a senior officer of deputy inspector general (DIG)-rank and transferred approximately 20 others in what critics are calling a punitive r...
FWD Supreme Lite concept. (Photo: FWDA)New Delhi: Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA), a Bengaluru-based defence technology firm, has unveiled AI-piloted fighter jet concept, named FWD Supreme. The company simultaneously announced that t...
Dehradun: The Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun was the venue on June 20, 2025, for a silver jubilee reunion of officers who entered service through two distinct streams a quarter century ago, the 91st Technical Entry Course (TEC) and the 9th...
Apache helicopter (File photo)New Delhi: The United States has approved a defence sustainment package worth $482.2 million for India aimed at keeping key frontline platforms, including AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and M777A2 ultra-light howitzers...